Roman And Greek Architecture

Very little is known about exactly how the Roman Empire began. One myth is that twin brothers Romulos and Remus settled on palattine hill in about 753 B.C. The first known inhabitants, the Latins, settled there in about 1000 B.C. The city was taken over by the most civilized culture in Italy, the Etruscans. Many shepherds and farmers prospered there and the city grew. In 509 B.C., the Roman people drove out the Etruscans and …

…and free standing columns. The columns followed the Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian order. The Romans developed a mix of Ionic and Corinthian called Composite Capital. A good example of this style is the Maison-Caree in Nimes, France. Many other styles of temples were used as well, such as the one used for the Pantheon, with a gable-roofed columnar porch and a domed cylindrical drum behind it, which is quite different than the normal rectangular one.