Byzantine architecture has had a profound influence across the world, including in the Balkans, Middle East, and North ...

when old Roman columns were sliced into thin paving pieces to create elaborately decorated floor designs and wall panels. “The first thing they reused was metal, because that could be remade ...

It’s also told in 155 scenes carved in a spiral frieze on a monumental column. In back-to-back wars fought between A.D. 101 and 106, the emperor Trajan mustered tens of thousands of Roman troops ...

Flying buttresses act the same way ancient Roman columns did, countering the horizontal force of the arch. They also provide for more ground area underneath: more worshippers could fit into a church ...

This top from a Roman column is decorated with a carved design and some traces of red paint were also seen when it was recovered from the well at Bar Hill Roman Fort. Together with a shaft and a ...

Roman heritage At the heart of Évora stands its Roman temple, the Temple of Diana. Emperor Augustus wanted it to be grand: ...

The victory of the Roman emperor Trajan over the Dacians in back-to-back wars is carved in numerous scenes that spiral around a 126-foot marble pillar in Rome known as Trajan’s Column.

65, 2020 The Theatre of Pompey: Staging the Self ... The Theatre of Pompey: Staging the Self through Roman Architecture This is the metadata section. Skip to content viewer section. At the opening of ...