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Definition of Roman building
1. Noun. A building constructed by the ancient Romans.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Roman Building
Literary usage of Roman building
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Medieval Art: From the Peace of the Church to the Eve of the Renaissance by William Richard Lethaby (1904)
"Late Roman building, from a drawing in the Soane Museum, made .. 1510. materials like
coloured marbles, glass mosaic, and gilded bronze, were used in never ..."
2. Historical Essays by Edward Augustus Freeman (1892)
"The church thus took the common form and outline of a German minster, and all
traces of the general effect of the Roman building were swept away. ..."
3. Journal of the British Archaeological Association by British Archaeological Association (1886)
"Mr. GR Wright, FSA, then exhibited a drawing of a Roman building at Rheims, and
read the following:— A RECENTLY DISCOVERED Roman building IN THE PROMENADE ..."
4. Ancient and Modern Engineering and the Isthmian Canal by William Hubert Burr (1902)
"Roman building Laws. — So much depended upon the excellence of the building in
Rome, and upon the materials and methods employed, that building laws or ..."
5. Ancient and Modern Engineering and the Isthmian Canal by William Hubert Burr (1902)
"... operations were executed as efficiently and with as sound engineering judgment
as those employed in great modern quarries. 17. Roman building Laws. ..."
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