ROMAN ARCHITECTURE

RESUMME

Roman architecture includes the period from the establishment of the roman republic in
509 bc until about the 4th century ad, which after it became classified repeated as the ancient
the end or byzantine architecture.Most examples still has survived dating from the later.An
architectural style roman continue to affect building in the former the imperial for centuries,
and the forces used in western europe since around 1000 years called architecture romanesque
to reflect ketergantungannya on basic roman forms.

The concept of roman architecture reflect practical terms , :

Robustness
Security
Comfort
Function

Example building at the time of the romans

Kolloseum
Kolosseum is a relic historic of the arena gladiator , built by vespasian .Place the performance
large ellipsoidal called an amphitheater or with real name is flavian amphitheatre , which is one of than
sixty-nine a miracle the world middle ages .The site are located in the small in italy , rome , founded by
the mayor of vespasian in the domitian and resolved by his sons titus 1 , and was one of the work of the
largest of architecture of the roman empire that had ever been built .Kolosseum designed to
accommodate 50,000 audience .

Description

Koloseum is quite big .With high 48 m , long 188 m , wide 156 m and total area local buildings
2.5 ha make koloseum look so large and widely .Arenanya made of wood measuring 86 m x 54 m , and
inclosed by sand .The form of an ellipse or a spheroid from koloseum the point to prevent of the players
to flee the angular direction and prevent the audience to get closer the .
1.Construction arch

as we know, construction arch first created by the greeks.Then construction is adopted by of

roman society into the buildings in its design.As a result, the majority building classical version of the
roman will have room is more extensive because not there was a limit of yan.g firmly

2. Roof dome

At first , architecture typical roman are equipped with a roof in the form of curved .Later , the
form of this roof undergo development be dome .A vaulted archway types half bubble is capable of
create impressions stately in a building .

3. Not wearing stone whole

In ancient times , the people generally used stones whole as building materials .Stones whole
were then arranged to form construction architecture according to desire .But distinct to the greek , she
is not use again stone whole this because have found construction arch last .

4. variation site

In his days , roman architecture this could was said to be so great masterpiece .Just think of ,
when the nations maintain denah building regarded as denah best .But these people dared to do
exploration to denah of the buildings .Most of them often combined denah quadrangle , a circle , and
half of its circumference .

5. A column a trimmer

Columns at the buildings artificial roman did not only serves as part of construction alone, but
also serves as decoration.The head column is usually adorned with ornamen-ornamen inclined to
floral.One more interesting, all ornament is also always contains meaning its own.

6. Symmetrical design

Basically , symmetrical mean the same between left and right or top and bottom .Design
symmetrical including a relic of the romans in the fields of architecture eternal .Of design principles even
this is still used until now for be able to create the impression that glamorous in an instant .We had to
deal with it specifically here .

7. Stones

The characteristics of roman architecture next namely the use of stone as the raw material for
building main .For building general , stone used from among the cretaceous rocks .While the building
which privileged lumrahnya established used stones marble .Stone was seen possess the qualities high
in and of itself expensive.