Architecture

8 09, 2017

South American and Central American architecture

By |2018-04-12T08:53:21-07:00September 8th, 2017|Architecture, Central America, South America|Comments Off on South American and Central American architecture

Olmec Pyramid, La Venta, Mexico (500 BC) The earliest big buildings from South America are in Ecuador and Peru, along the Pacific coast. The Norte Chico people and the Valdivia people built [...]

31 08, 2017

Trajan’s Markets – Roman architecture

By |2019-10-19T10:42:32-07:00August 31st, 2017|Architecture, Romans|Comments Off on Trajan’s Markets – Roman architecture

The view from Trajan's Markets Why did Trajan build a new forum? After the Forum of Julius Caesar and the Forum of Augustus, later emperors also built more extensions on to the Roman Forum, [...]

28 08, 2017

Republican temples – ancient Rome – architecture

By |2018-04-24T23:28:32-07:00August 28th, 2017|Architecture, Romans|Comments Off on Republican temples – ancient Rome – architecture

A victory temple from Republican Rome Like the Egyptians, the West Asians, the Carthaginians, the Greeks and theEtruscans before them, the Romans built many temples for their gods. One of the first buildings we know of in Rome is [...]

27 08, 2017

Basilica of Maxentius – Roman architecture

By |2019-12-11T17:00:38-08:00August 27th, 2017|Architecture, Romans|Comments Off on Basilica of Maxentius – Roman architecture

Basilica of Maxentius and Constantine in the Roman Forum Where is the Basilica of Maxentius? The Basilica of Maxentius was the last building the emperors built in the Roman Forum before the fall of Rome. [...]

26 08, 2017

Nero’s Golden House – Domus Aurea – Rome

By |2019-07-09T23:32:50-07:00August 26th, 2017|Architecture, Romans|Comments Off on Nero’s Golden House – Domus Aurea – Rome

The inside of Nero's Golden House: it's very dark! Why was Nero building a new palace? After the Great Fire of Rome in 64 AD, the Roman Emperor Nero took advantage of the space [...]

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