https://padlet.com/atknight23/4tw96mgyu7yn Made with whimsy en-us 2019-09-20 14:36:16 UTC 2025-12-28 14:01:40 UTC hello@padlet.com atknight23 https://padlet.com/atknight23/4tw96mgyu7yn/wish/387227168 man-made conduit for carrying water. ... In modern engineering, however, aqueduct refers to a system of pipes, ditches, canals, tunnels, and supporting structures used to convey water from its source to its main distribution point.]]> 2019-09-20 14:40:24 UTC https://padlet.com/atknight23/4tw96mgyu7yn/wish/387227168 atknight23 https://padlet.com/atknight23/4tw96mgyu7yn/wish/387227840 is an open-air venue used for entertainment, performances, and sports. ... Ancient Roman amphitheatres were oval or circular in plan, with seating tiers that surrounded the central performance area, like a modern open-air stadium.]]> 2019-09-20 14:41:21 UTC https://padlet.com/atknight23/4tw96mgyu7yn/wish/387227840 atknight23 https://padlet.com/atknight23/4tw96mgyu7yn/wish/387228615 also called Flavian Amphitheatre, giant amphitheatre built in Rome under the Flavian emperors. ... The artificial lake that was the centrepiece of that palace complex was drained, and the Colosseum was sited there, a decision that was as much symbolic as it was practical.]]> 2019-09-20 14:42:22 UTC https://padlet.com/atknight23/4tw96mgyu7yn/wish/387228615 atknight23 https://padlet.com/atknight23/4tw96mgyu7yn/wish/387229065 A triumphal arch is a monumental structure in the shape of an archway with one or more arched passageways, often designed to span a road.]]> 2019-09-20 14:42:58 UTC https://padlet.com/atknight23/4tw96mgyu7yn/wish/387229065 atknight23 https://padlet.com/atknight23/4tw96mgyu7yn/wish/387229535 Roman bath. Thermae, complex of rooms designed for public bathing, relaxation, and social activity that was developed to a high degree of sophistication by the ancient Romans.]]> 2019-09-20 14:43:35 UTC https://padlet.com/atknight23/4tw96mgyu7yn/wish/387229535 atknight23 https://padlet.com/atknight23/4tw96mgyu7yn/wish/387229942 an oblong building ending in a semicircular apse used in ancient Rome especially for a court of justice and place of public assembly.]]> 2019-09-20 14:44:11 UTC https://padlet.com/atknight23/4tw96mgyu7yn/wish/387229942 atknight23 https://padlet.com/atknight23/4tw96mgyu7yn/wish/387230537  type of domestic building, often luxurious, and found in the countryside and at the seashore, although also in the periphery of urban centers. v.]]> 2019-09-20 14:44:54 UTC https://padlet.com/atknight23/4tw96mgyu7yn/wish/387230537 atknight23 https://padlet.com/atknight23/4tw96mgyu7yn/wish/387231054 A fountain (from the Latin "fons" (genitive "fontis"), a source or spring) is a piece of architecture which pours water into a basin or jets it into the air to supply drinking water and/or for a decorative or dramatic effect. ... Roman fountains were decorated with bronze or stone masks of animals or heroes.]]> 2019-09-20 14:45:38 UTC https://padlet.com/atknight23/4tw96mgyu7yn/wish/387231054 atknight23 https://padlet.com/atknight23/4tw96mgyu7yn/wish/387233411 An altar is a structure upon which offerings such as sacrifices are made for religious purposes. Altars are found at shrines, temples, churches and other places of worship.]]> 2019-09-20 14:48:54 UTC https://padlet.com/atknight23/4tw96mgyu7yn/wish/387233411 atknight23 https://padlet.com/atknight23/4tw96mgyu7yn/wish/387233815 In Roman architecture, an insula (Latin for "island", plural insulae) was one of two things: either a kind of apartment building, or a city block. This article deals with the former definition, that of a type of building.]]> 2019-09-20 14:49:23 UTC https://padlet.com/atknight23/4tw96mgyu7yn/wish/387233815 atknight23 https://padlet.com/atknight23/4tw96mgyu7yn/wish/387234508 Thermae usually refers to the large imperial bath complexes, while balneae were smaller-scale facilities, public or private, that existed in great numbers throughout Rome. ... The water would be heated by a log fire before being channelled into the hot bathing rooms.]]> 2019-09-20 14:50:18 UTC https://padlet.com/atknight23/4tw96mgyu7yn/wish/387234508 atknight23 https://padlet.com/atknight23/4tw96mgyu7yn/wish/387235501 The Doric Order was the first style of Classical Architecture, which is the sophisticated architectural styles of ancient Greece and Rome that set the standards for beauty, harmony, and strength for European architecture. The other two orders are Ionic and Corinthian.]]> 2019-09-20 14:51:48 UTC https://padlet.com/atknight23/4tw96mgyu7yn/wish/387235501 atknight23 https://padlet.com/atknight23/4tw96mgyu7yn/wish/387235652 The Ionic order is one of the three orders of classical architecture, the others being Doric and Corinthian. It is most recognizable by its columns. Every column is made of a base, a shaft, and the volute on top. In the Ionic order, the volute is shaped like scrolls or spirals.]]> 2019-09-20 14:52:00 UTC https://padlet.com/atknight23/4tw96mgyu7yn/wish/387235652 atknight23 https://padlet.com/atknight23/4tw96mgyu7yn/wish/387235743 The Greek Corinthian order was the most decorative of the three orders. It featured columns that were fluted, or decorated by vertical lines cut into the surface, and capitals that were decorated with a design of unfurled acanthus leafs, based on a plant found throughout the Mediterranean.]]> 2019-09-20 14:52:07 UTC https://padlet.com/atknight23/4tw96mgyu7yn/wish/387235743 atknight23 https://padlet.com/atknight23/4tw96mgyu7yn/wish/387236020 Architecture. A classical order similar to Roman Doric but having columns with an unfluted shaft and a simplified base, capital, and entablature. Tuscan order.]]> 2019-09-20 14:52:28 UTC https://padlet.com/atknight23/4tw96mgyu7yn/wish/387236020 atknight23 https://padlet.com/atknight23/4tw96mgyu7yn/wish/387236139 Composite order, an order of Classical architecture, developed in Rome, that combines characteristics of both the Ionic order and the Corinthian order]]> 2019-09-20 14:52:39 UTC https://padlet.com/atknight23/4tw96mgyu7yn/wish/387236139