Stealing ideas from other cultures?! Yep, were talking about roman art history!

 

The romans excelled in art and architecture, mostly because they used other peoples ideas. They used arch, vault & concrete better than anyone else! They did what we call "assimulated" all other cultures, which technically means they stole ideas from everyone else and used them to make their culture better, pretty smart right?

                                                                          
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 This is called a vault. A vault is an arched roof or covering made of brick, stone, or concrete



                                          
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This is an arch. An Arch is a curved architectural element used to span an opening.