The Roman Architectural Revolution, also known as the Concrete Revolution, was the widespread use in Roman architecture of the previously little-used architectural forms of the arch, vault, and dome. These included amphitheatres, aqueducts, baths, bridges, circuses, dams, domes, harbours, temples, and theatres.

Greek and Roman architecture is relatively similar, they were inspired by the Greeks existing work and adapted their own styles around it. Although, the Greeks did prefer the use of the Doric and Ionic orders, whereas the Romans preferred the more ornate Corinthian order.

Interesting Roman Architecture Facts: Roman architecture made use of arches, vaulting, and concrete to enable interior space to be much larger in its buildings. Roman architecture replaced the corbeled arch with the true arch which made it possible to create domes with expansive interiors.

Some of the most important characteristics of Roman architecture include arches, columns and the use of marble and limestone. Roman architects were heavily influenced by early Greek architects, particularly in their use of Doric, Corinthian and Ionic columns.

A characteristic feature of Roman design was the combined use of arcuated and trabeated construction (employing arches and constructed with post and lintel). Although at first tentatively employed in the spaces between the classical columns, the arch eventually came to be the chief structural element.

Architecture was crucial to the success of Rome. Both formal architecture like temples and basilicas and in its utilitarian buildings like bridges and aqueducts played important roles in unifying the empire. The construction of a roads with bridges helped communication across the far flung empire.

Columns, domes and arches have found their way into important buildings across the world, and Paris in particular drew a lot of its inspiration from Roman architecture. More recently, many official buildings built in the US are very strongly influenced by Roman architecture.

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Greek architecture was one important influence on the Romans. The Romans used Greek designs in their own public buildings. In time, they learned to use concrete to make even larger structures, such as the Pantheon in Rome. The Romans also used concrete to build huge stadiums like the Colosseum, where gladiators fought.

Due to the presence of Greek colonies on the Lower Peninsula, the Romans adopted many of the Greek gods as their own. Religion and myth became one. Under this Greek influence, the Roman gods became more anthropomorphic – with the human characteristics of jealousy, love, hate, etc.

In almost every sphere of life, the Romans used Greek culture but in a very different way. They did copy in the sense that Roman elite adopted the education, culture, tutors, language, etc.. Ultimately, the Roman empire stopped using Latin and Greek became the official language of the empire.

Even though Roman and Greek mythology are descriptive and elaborate both forms of mythologies have a major difference. They are still almost the same Mythology. Roman Mythology was created almost 1000 years later but it adopted the ideas of Greek mythology and “paraphrased” those ideas as their own.