Ancient Roman Architecture The ancient Romans are
famous for many things. One thing is their adaptation and
development of architecture. From the Etruscans and early
tribes the Romans found most of their basic architectural
skills. From the Greeks some components of Roman
architecture were adapted. Which gives some early Roman
architecture some characteristics of oriental architecture
because of Greek contact with the Orient. The heart of
Roman architecture was the Roman forum, which was
really being constructed under the rule of Octavian
(Augustus) Caesar. As time progressed the Roman
architecture went into a stage of Greek like buildings. After
this Roman architecture as we know it today was starting
to take form. Etruscan architecture was really the beginning
of Roman architecture. For example in Etruscan tombs
people would find many types of architectural traits found
in many Roman buildings. Like the fact they had vaulted
entrances. Some cities had an......
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