How Did Ancient Roman Architecture And Engineering Affected Ancient Rome

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How Roman Architecture and Engineering affected Ancient Rome

Have you ever wondered how architecture and engineering helped Ancient

Rome be so successful? Rome was once one of the most successful empires, and it popularized one of the most popular religions today, Christianity. To gain as much power and influence as Rome had over the ancient world it had to utilize all of its resources, both physical and mental. Architecture and engineering affected
Ancient Rome in the form of buildings, roads and aqueducts.

Buildings greatly affected Ancient Rome, when the Ancient Romans lived they created a new type of building called the stadium. The stadium was an open air structure that has tunnels from the outside leading into the stadium. The
tunnels …show more content…
You will mostly see arches on churches. One type of arch was the
Triumphal Arch. It's purpose was to celebrate big victories and accomplishments.
One example of the Triumphal Arch is in Paris, France. It's called the Arc de
Triumph also known as the Arch of Triumph. The arch affected Ancient Rome because it changed the way they built their houses, churches and other important buildings in Ancient Rome. The stadium affected Ancient Rome because it changed the way they watch gladiator battles and chariot races (Student TCI).

Another piece of architecture that affected the Ancient Romans was their roads. 50,000 roads connected Rome with the other frontiers of the empire. The
Roman's technique was they would make their roads with layers of gravel, sand,

and stone. For 2,000 years the Roman's techniques were the standard for road building. In parts of Europe the freeways are built over the Roman roads. The first Roman road was the Via Appia (Appia Way). This road was also the most famous in Rome. The Roman's tried to make the road as long as possible to connect Capua to Rome. It was 312 B.C.E, covering 196 km. To the Roman it was known as the Regina Viarum, also known as Queen of Roads
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