Antonine Wall
A sixty kilometer wall north of Hadrian's built by the Romans in Britian to keep the Picts at bay during the reign of Antoninus Pius (A.D. 142-155). Building of Artificial Stone
Guest feature, by Judith Geary, about the use of concrete by the ancient Romans who discovered a special ingredient that made their concrete withstand time and the elements.
Colosseum
Resources on the Roman Colosseum or Amphitheatrum Flavium. Curia
The curia was the senate house where Roman senators met during the Republic. The original curia was built before the Republic, around the mid-6th c. B.C., by Tullus Hostilius, who built it to house the ten elected representatives known as curiae. Hadrian's Wall
Following Trajan's expansionist policy, Hadrian tried to consolidate the Roman empire and strengthen it by such means as a great fortified walls. Pantheon
Originally built by Agrippa in 27 B.C., Hadrian added a 143 foot high dome to this structure for the gods when he rebuilt it from A.D. 118-128. Roman Architecture
From About's Architecture Guide, links to a wide range of topics in Roman architecture. Roman Republican Construction
Guest writer Judith Geary explains what happened to ancient Republican Roman construction, the masses of crumbling stone blocks, like a giantīs building blocks, their featureless faces mysteriously pockmarked. Villa
Originally the simple house of a farmer in the countryside, the villa came to be an elaborate residence beyond the city wall. Villa of the Papyri
The Villa of the Papyri, Herculaneum, excavated in the 18th century, was a treasure house of papyrus, revealing lost writing of the Epicurean philosopher Philodemus. Little House in Pompeii
Guest feature, by Judith Geary, about a house in Pompeii filled with oddities and illusions. House was a brothel. Return to Rome Index
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