Definition of Roman architecture

1. Noun. The architecture of ancient Rome.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Roman Architecture

Roman Catholic Church
Roman Catholic Pope
Roman Catholicism
Roman Catholics
Roman Church
Roman Emperor
Roman Empire
Roman Jakobson
Roman Legion
Roman Osipovich Jakobson
Roman Republic
Roman Rite
Roman alphabet
Roman alphabets
Roman arch
Roman architecture (current term)
Roman bath
Roman baths
Roman building
Roman calendar
Roman candle
Roman candles
Roman collar
Roman coriander
Roman cursive
Roman deity
Roman fever
Roman holiday
Roman hyacinth

Literary usage of Roman architecture

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Glossary of Terms Used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic Architecture by John Henry Parker (1845)
"ROLL-MOULDING—Roman architecture, especially in strings and ... Roman architecture differs considerably from Grecian both in general aspect and in the ..."

2. History of Architecture in All Countries: From the Earliest Times to the by James Fergusson (1887)
"Throughout the Roman period the two styles remain distinct, and there is no great difficulty in referring almost every feature in Roman architecture to its ..."

3. A Text Book of the History of Architecture by Alfred Dwight Foster Hamlin (1909)
"Roman architecture—Continue. BOOKS RECOMMENDED: Same as for Chapter VIII. Adams, Ruins of the Palace of ..."

4. Outlines of the History of Art by Wilhelm Lübke (1904)
"Roman architecture. A.—ITS SYSTEM. Nowhere does the eclectic, adaptable tendency of the Romans in their art creations appear so clearly as in their ..."

5. Beyond Architecture by Arthur Kingsley Porter (1918)
"BEYOND ARCHITECTURE AGAINST Roman architecture IN the course of an article published in the ... It is entirely orthodox to admire Roman architecture. ..."

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