Pup 200 - Roman Holiday Recommended!! Vaults are architectural features that are found inside a building. Vaults are characterized by arch -shaped ceiling. The simplest vault found in Rome is a tunnel vault (sometimes called a barrel vault). The photo below is also a vault, but obviously not a tunnel vault. - ANS>Dome . When Nero rebuilt Rome after the fire, he made sure that the central core of Rome had public buildings with particular characteristics. What best describes the characteristics of these Rome core public buildings of Nero's time? (that you see today in the movie and in Rome) - ANS>The public buildings in the central core of Imperial Rome were of enormous size, but using Greek designs Greek theatres are found in modern culture, such as the one at Griffith Park in Los Angeles. They originated in ancient Greece. The Romans also had theatres for outside performances and other outside events. The images below portray two types of architectural styles for theatres. One of the images below portrays a theatre that has hillside seating. The structure is permanent. The other image portrays a theatre that can be erected anywhere for a big event and then taken down -- a "free -
standing" amphitheatre. The prefix amphi means "both" or "both sides" and so seating could run completely around a central arena (as opposed to being on a hillslope only). Which one of these architectural styles was developed by ancient Roman architects? - ANS>the style allowing free -
standing seating.
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