Today my teacher gave a lecture about Roman architecture. We talked about something the Romans were very well known for and that is their use of columns. Roman columns were usually quite large structures. Their main purpose was to hold up buildings in the place of walls. They were usually well decorated and really brought the building they supported together. Roman architecture would most certainly be different if they did not use columns but instead walls. Many temples and important buildings would look very different and may not have the great open look of Roman architecture that we all know and love.
Something that Rome is very well known for is the Coliseum. The Coliseum was a large ancient stadium. Usually large events would happen in the Coliseum. One major event that was popular was gladiator fights. This is when two men chose armor and weapons and fought to the death and the winner was awarded. Though now that kind of thing is greatly frowned upon, I honestly think it would have been very interesting to see two gladiators fight to the death.
Picture of Coliseum:
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