Greek and Roman Architecture

Detailed essay, lots of info Good, but needs expansion The Greeks thought of their Gods as having the same needs as human beings, they believed that the Gods needed somewhere to live on Earth. Temples were built as the gods' earthly homes. The basic design of temples developed from the royal halls of the Maycenaean Age. A Mycenaean palace consisted of a number of buildings often more than one story high, grouped around a central …showed first 75 words of 2071 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2071 total…du Gard, near Nimes, about 14 BC; the Diocletian's Palace in Split, Croatia, 300 BC.         Greek temples, with their simple style, had three different, refined architectural styles which were best illustrated in the Parthenon. Rome then took that style and expanded it for their own temples, adding details, arches and domes. They then used those techniques to make churches later in their history, many of which have survived to today. In fact, those styles are still used.