The Roman Triumph Arch

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The Triumph Arch was built in many of Roman cities it was a passageway for citizens in the city and was also a monument to illustrate triumph. The arch had 4 entrances from each side and was usually the centre of the city or town. It was first used by the Hittites Empire at around 17th Century BC. The construction of the arch came from Monumental gateways that had been already in use for thousands of years by civilizations such as the Hittites, Assyrians,Babylonians and Myceneans. The Arch was a simple construction the saw two piers from either sides connected with an arch with decorations around that illustrated wars and power. Triumphal arches are one of the most influential and distinctive types of architecture associated with ancient Rome. The Triumph Arch is now popular and is used in modern architecture. Here are some examples of famous modern arches:

- Arc de Triomphe in Paris
- Siegestor in Munich
- Wellington Arch in London

Examples of arches built by the Romans:

- The Arch of Septimius Severus at Leptis Magna
- The Porte Noire in Besançon
- The Arch of Titus in Rome
- The Triumphal Arch of Orange

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Roman Thermae

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In ancient Roman cities it was very important to have public baths where people used to go and socialize, play ball games and wash themselves. The baths were introduces to the public in the earlier stages of the first century BC and spread quickly around Europe and the Roman empire.

Most Roman cities had at least one, if not many, such buildings. Roman bath-houses were also provided for private villas, town houses, and forts (where Roman soldiers used to camp of build fortresses). They were supplied with water from an adjacent river or stream, or more normally, by an aqueduct a long channel that carried water to cities from rivers and mountains. When the water got to the baths it would be heated up in a boiler with wood that is where the name Thermae comes from the word thermos means hot in Greek

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Ancient Roman Temples

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Roman Temples were usually associated with the Greek temple because the Roman period of architecture has developed most of the main factors and techniques that the Greeks have invented.

Ancient Roman temples are among the most visible archaeological remains of Roman culture, and are a significant source for Roman architecture. The reason to their construction was the Roman believe in the Roman and Greek Gods. The cella housed the cult where the Roman citizens used to do their religious practises. Behind the cella was a room or rooms used by temple attendants for storage of equipment and offerings.

The English word "temple" derives from Latin templum, which was originally not the building itself, but a sacred space surveyed and plotted ritually. 

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Roman Insulae

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Insulae was an ancient Roman apartment building which housed most of the middle classed urban Roman citizens in villages, towns and cities which belonged to the Roman Empire. An Insulae was an apartment which had shops or markets on the ground floor with a entrance from the street. The upper floors were flats and apartment where people used to live. Insulaes were usually built out of stone and had tiles on the rooftops. However the wealthier class of Roman citizens would usually have a separate house or villa. The Roman soldiers and workers would of had an apartment in the Insulae.

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