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- ARCHITECTURE: THE STYLE AND PARTS OF BUILDINGS

-ENGINEERING: THE DESIGNING OF BUILDINGS, ROADS, BRIDGES,ETC

Learning Objective: We willdescribe the legacy of Romanarchitecture & engineering.

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Connect APK to LO: Some of the p!t" of the #$%&'%n( )o$ 'e"c!%#e' come f!om nc%ent !ch%tect$!e*

 A!: air-"hare

#escribe the $arts of this building.

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%olumnsuch of the ancient world used columns tohold u$ buildings'including the Romans. (ou needed to havemany columns tosu$$ort the weight ofheavy roofs.

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)*+' the Romans alsolearned to use the arch to

 build huge structures.

 A!ch: c$!+e'o! #oe' "hpe$"e' %n

con"t!$ct%on* It&&oe' fo! the $"eof %'e!, mo!eopen "pce", n'he&' mo!e e%(htthn co&$mn"*

Pair-Share: Why is an arch better than a

column?

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 Arches can be used in allsort of combinations to

create all ,inds of newarchitecture in buildings'li,e vaults and domes.

 ault: arches

strungtogether toform a longhallway 

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Dome: !che"%n -./'e(!ee"0 "em%1c%!c$&! !oof 

+his Roman building is called thePntheon* +he hole in the to$allows light to $roject into thegrand hall.

Originally the inside of the dome was covered in brone to allowthe sun to reflect off the wallsim$roving the interior lighting.

  Remember the Romans didn/thave electricity.

Pair-Share: How are arches, vaults, anddomes related?

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Inte!%o! +%e

of thePntheon+he dome of theantheon is sha$ed in ahalf circle that rests on acircular wall.

CE2ENT3Conc!ete

+he Romans were alsothe first to ma,e wides$read use ofcement *

Pair-Share: What do we use

today that is made of cement?

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The RomnCo&o""e$m0 "t'%$m %nRome he!e

(me" n'(&'%to!4mtche" e!ehe&'*

+he colosseum couldseat 00'111 s$ectatorsand2

 after the games it too,only 34 minutes to clearthe seats.

 ideo #econstructing the %olosseum

*gladiator: someone who

would fight to the death for

entertainment

Pair-Share: What parts of oman !rchitecture

do you see in the "olosseum?

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Ro'"

+he Romans build a largenetwor, of

roadwaysthroughout theem$ire. +hey were

 built to last. +heys$anned over 01'111

miles.

+here is a saying in5uro$e that you can/tget lost because' 6allroads lead to Rome.7

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 A5$e'$ct"

 A $i$e orchannel built tocarry water

 between distant$laces

Pair-Share: How do we transport water from

place to place today?

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+he Romans were thegreatest builders of

roads' bridges anda8ueducts in theancient world.

+hey created asystem of a8ueductsfor Rome that

 brought water fromas far away as 91miles.

+he water system in"egovia' "$ain' stilluses $art of anancient Romana8ueduct.

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air-"hare: What features of Roman architecture can you s$ot in

our *.". %a$itol building of today

elevance: #ust li$e oman art, early !mericans also copied oman architecture%

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air-"hare: What features of Roman architecture can you s$ot in

this building from our community

elevance: We even still copy oman architecture in our own community%