Curiosities of ancient Rome (Architecture)
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Trajan’s Halls – first shopping mall
Trajan’s Halls (Mercatus Traiani) is probably the first shopping mall as we understand it today. They were created on the command of Emperor Trajan in the 2nd century CE (probably in the years 100-110 CE) by his architect Apollodor of ... Read more
Long Roman roads
By the end of the 2nd century CE (for over 5 centuries), Roman engineers built about 48,500 Roman miles (71,700 km) paved roads. Less than 100 years later, the inventory of Emperor Diocletian showed the existence of 372 roads in ... Read more
Romans pioneered sewage system
Romans were pioneers with the sewage system. They were the first to use underground water to discharge waste. The first sewerage system in Rome is believed to have been built between 800 and 735 BCE. Roman sewer system was extremely ... Read more
Pantheon – completely preserved Roman building
The Pantheon is the only completely preserved building of Ancient Rome. It is one of the most important and impressive buildings in Rome. The original temple was built during the rebuilding of the Field of Mars by Marcus Agrippa around ... Read more
Project of church in Colosseum
Colosseum is considered proof of the power and engineering genius of the ancient Romans. On the other hand, thousands of animals and people died in the arena of this monstrous building. After the fall of the Western Roman Empire, the ... Read more
Ancient rotunda in Thessaloniki
Ancient rotunda in Thessaloniki, Greece, built in 306 CE by order of the Emperor Galerius, who was Caesar in the East, reigned by Diocletian. His domain was especially the Balkans. It is suspected that the building was built as the ... Read more
Roman skyscrapers
In 1884, the first skyscraper was built in Chicago, USA. It was 42 meters high. Shortly afterwards, the New York World Building exceeded a hundred meters. In both cases, however, it was only an imitation of the ancient Romans. The ... Read more
Largest construction disaster of ancient Rome
The Romans left behind many wonderful buildings, many of them have survived to this day in a better or worse condition. Amphitheatres, where crowds of people gathered to see gladiatorial battles, enjoyed great popularity among the Romans. Unfortunately, one of ... Read more
Ancient Roman baths
Nowadays, we associate stays in thermal baths with biological regeneration and that’s basically the end. And how was it in antiquity? Ancient Roman baths were not only a place where you could take care of your personal hygiene, physical fitness ... Read more
Cross section of Roman road
Cross-section of the Roman road (belonging to the so-called via munita) located in Rome. It is dated to the 4th century BCE. Via munita was a kind of Roman road, covered and made of stones or polygonal lava blocks. The ... Read more
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