Roman Architecture

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"The great revolution in Roman architecture is generally dated from the time of Nero's Domus Aurea (64-69 AD). But the expanded repertory of architectural shapes and procedures that was the foundation of that revolution first began to come together in the time of the Republic. Increased wealth and important political changes created a growing demand for architectural projects of all sorts. Simultaneously, the expansion of Roman power brought more Greek influences directly to Rome. Then, when the development of the potential of concrete construction made Roman innovations in vaulting and domes possible, architecture sped forward. The decades prior to Sulla's brief reign as dictator were particularly productive ones for architecture. But the subsequent periods of civil war and the emergence of an old-fashioned official taste under the..."

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