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Ancient Rome Concrete Uses

Ancient Rome Concrete Uses. Overview. Topics: Aqueducts Roman Coliseums Arches Columns. Roman Aqueducts. A canal constructed to transport water to cities and industrial sites. The Romans constructed the greatest ancient aqueducts; some of them are still in use!.

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Ancient Rome Concrete Uses

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  1. Ancient Rome Concrete Uses

  2. Overview • Topics: • Aqueducts • Roman Coliseums • Arches • Columns

  3. Roman Aqueducts • A canal constructed to transport water to cities and industrial sites. • The Romans constructed the greatest ancient aqueducts; some of them are still in use!

  4. Even More Roman Aqueducts • The Romans constructed over 10 aqueducts in 500 year period. • The aqueducts supplied the many baths, and fountains in the city. • Then finally being emptied into the sewers, where they finished there last job, removing the waste matter.

  5. Roman Coliseums • The Romans only had one coliseum. • It was able to hold around 70,000 people. • It’s original name was the Flavian Amphitheater.

  6. Even More Roman Coliseums • It was built in the 70’s AD. • It was finished and ready to use around 80 AD. • The coliseum was continuously used until 217, when it got hit by a lightning strike and then started a fire. • The coliseum was repaired by the year 238 and, the fighting commenced.

  7. Ancient Roman Arches • They were used in a lot of structures like aqueducts, and coliseums. • The way arches were built was a trademark of Ancient Rome.

  8. Even More Ancient Roman Arches • The Romans used arches in a lot of there buildings for two reasons: for support and for decoration. • Triumphal arches were later constructed to honor their leaders.

  9. Ancient Roman Columns • Ancient Rome used columns a lot. • Most of the columns were adopted from the Greek columns.

  10. Even More Ancient Roman Columns • They used them as support and as decoration. • Rome came up with 5 different columns known as Tuscan, Doric, Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite.

  11. Conclusion The Romans used concrete in arches, columns, coliseums, and aqueducts. THE END

  12. Works Cited http://www-tc.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/images/bridge/basics/aqueduct_bridge_1.jpg http://z.about.com/d/goitaly/1/0/2/0/-/-/rome_forum.jpg http://www.greenwichschools.org/uploaded/central_ms/photos/Lau_pix/coliseum_danielgodin_2005.jpg http://www.e-architect.co.uk/rome/jpgs/rome_building_aw080217_987.jpg http://www.essential-architecture.com/STYLE/800px-Temple_Of_Vesta_Rome.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_aqueduct http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aqueduct http://www.romanaqueducts.info/aquasite/foto/P1010118.jpg http://bobnholli.com/Gallery/albums/album03/3_Roman_Aqueducts0003.jpg http://www.romanaqueducts.info/aquasite/foto/aspendos_jcl_half.jpg http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/DANPOD/EU09_BJA0008~The-Pont-du-Gard-Roman-Aquaduct-Over-the-Gard-River-Avignon-France-Posters.jpg http://ezinearticles.com/?Ancient-Roman-Coliseum&id=249319 http://www.colosseumapts.com/Images/Photo/Tourism/Colosseum-02.jpg http://www.theinnattheromanforum.com/en/images/1.jpg http://www.colosseumapts.com/Images/Photo/Tourism/Ludus-Magnus-01.jpg http://photos.igougo.com/images/p145790-Rome-The_Roman_Colosseum_at_dusk.jpg http://www.mariamilani.com/ancient_rome/rome_building_arches.htm http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Workshop/5220/ancient/roman.html http://girlsoloinarabia.typepad.com/photos/libya/arch_of_marcus_aurelius.jpg

  13. Even More Works Cited http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/08/photogalleries/rome-reborn/images/primary/4_461.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/94/ArchGlanum.jpg http://farm1.static.flickr.com/12/15791916_e6ae96d87b.jpg?v=0 http://lh6.ggpht.com/_E9DJuDAQSno/Rze5gbVhR3I/AAAAAAAAAGc/DZK0yFyKPZc/1A+Amman+10-2007+(7).JPG http://www.edupic.net/Images/SocialStudies/columns_rome03.jpg

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