Roman Architecture

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It is evident that roman architecture has had a profound impact on modern society because of the fact that many of there buildings still exist today. The Romans brought three main things to the world of architecture these were arch, the baked brick, and the use of cement and concrete.

The Romans built there roads in a way that is still widely used today. They generally had four layers with top layer consisting of flat hard stones, concrete or pebbles. The roads were built with a slight rise in the middle allowing water to runoff.  Most roads were straight but some had curves.

The bridges that were built by the Romans were just as amazing as their roads. When they developed the arch, bridges became easy to build and many of these still stand and are still in use. The Roman’s bridge building had a new level of style and complexity, because of the style and strength their bridges had compared to those of other societies.

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With the development of the arch the Romans were able to create aqueducts which large amounts of water over vast distances. The need for aqueducts occurred due to the fact that the Tiber River had gotten too muddy and polluted.

To transport the water over the great distances, the Roman aqueducts worked with the use of gravity and they also had special basins between the source and the destination that would help purify the water. This system was used all over the world until the introduction of pumps. Once the water reached its destination it was put ...

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