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Theater of Marcello - 13 or 11 BC
The theater of Marcellus shows us some of the characteristic differences between the Roman and the Greek theater. It is not build on a hillside, but on a complex structure of arches and opus caementicium (concrete). The orchestra is not round, but half-round; this as it was not more intended for the orchestra, but for seating the senators of Rome. It was also impossible to see the landscape as the scaena decors were becoming higher and higher. Also the base of the plan was build on a circle and the rotation of a triangle, instead of the rotation of a square, leading to less subdivisions of the theatron (6 wedges vs 8 greek wedges).
Another very important element is that the theater of Marcellus actually has the first usage of hierarchical orders in different floors. From the ground up respectively; Dorian, lighter Ionic and most probably Corinthian on the top floor.
The combination of arches as support and columns as decoration that will be used in many other architectural master pieces started with this building. A very big example is of course the amphitheater Flavium, a.k.a. the Colosseum, but also in the renaissance by influential architects like Alberti and Giuliano da Sangallo.
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Theater of Marcello - 13 or 11 BC The theater of Marcellus shows us some of the characteristic differences between the Roman and the Greek theater. It is not build on a hillside, but on a complex structure of arches and opus caementicium (concrete). The orchestra is not round, but half-round; this as it was not more intended for the orchestra, but for seating the senators of Rome. It was also impossible to see the landscape as the scaena decors were becoming higher and higher. Also the base of the plan was build on a circle and the rotation of a triangle, instead of the rotation of a square, leading to less subdivisions of the theatron (6 wedges vs 8 greek wedges). Another very important element is that the theater of Marcellus actually has the first usage of hierarchical orders in different floors. From the ground up respectively; Dorian, lighter Ionic and most probably Corinthian on the top floor. The combination of arches as support and columns as decoration that will be used in many other architectural master pieces started with this building. A very big example is of course the amphitheater Flavium, a.k.a. the Colosseum, but also in the renaissance by influential architects like Alberti and Giuliano da Sangallo.
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The Roman Odeum at Pompeii
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Plan of Housesteads (Borcovicium) on Hadrian’s Wall.
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temple at tivoli and plan of the temple of vesta at rome
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Domitian’s Palace on the Palatine Hill. Plan.
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Flavian Palace
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Temple of Venus and Roma, Plan
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Baths of Pompeii
Description: The ground plan of the baths of Pompeii, Italy.
Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed., vol. 3) (New York: The Encyclopaedia Britannica Company, 1910) 3: 515
Keywords: thermae, balnae, Rome, Roman baths, public bathing, Pompeii, ground plan, blueprint, floor plan
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Baths of Pompeii Description: The ground plan of the baths of Pompeii, Italy. Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed., vol. 3) (New York: The Encyclopaedia Britannica Company, 1910) 3: 515 Keywords: thermae, balnae, Rome, Roman baths, public bathing, Pompeii, ground plan, blueprint, floor plan
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Ground Plan of the Colosseum
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Thermæ of Caracalla, Plan of Central Block
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