Now that you have learned about the Roman use of arches and domes, what did they build with them?

• Colosseum

• Pantheon

• Aqueducts

• Trajan’s arch

Check out the Colosseum

What architectural design can you identify?

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Corinthian Columns

Ionic Columns

Doric Columns

Arches

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Model of Colosseum interior

Present-day ruins of interior

Many features were part of the arena’s design

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Colosseum in present-day Rome

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Check out the Pantheon

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Why do you think this aqueduct in Segovia, Spain is still able to be used?

Check out the aqueducts

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Check out Emperor Trajan’s Victory Monuments

It stands in Benevento, ItalyThis is an etching of the arch by Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Name the constructions where Romans used arches and domes.

• Colosseum

• Pantheon

• Aqueducts

• Trajan’s arch

Where can they be found in buildings today?