How Roman Engineering Perfected Greek Architectural Principles

How Roman Engineering Perfected Greek Architectural Principles

Roman architecture transformed Greek ideals by merging aesthetic harmony with revolutionary engineering. Here, the Roman amphitheater in Lecce, Italy. Credit: Benjamin Smith, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 While it’s often said that Roman society merely expanded on Greek creations and made them bigger, to claim that Roman engineering simply replicated Greek architecture entirely misses the essence of their innovation. The relationship between G…