Rome

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The Roman architecture was unique with the buildings designed to impress when viewed from outside. The buildings relied on the post lintel system which used upright posts with horizontal blocks. The power of the ancient role was influenced and manifested in the architecture. Therefore, architecture was vital for the Rome political success.The formal architecture of the temples and basilicas were utilized as building bridges that played vital roles in unifying the empire. The road construction with effective bridges was also vital in communication for the Roman Empire. The buildings in the cities directly served the Roman power with the basilica serving the administrative functions (Violeau 319). Also, basilica acted as a courthouse hence exemplifying the Rome architecture. The characteristic elements of the basilica projections served the responsibility of dispensing the law. As a result, the basilica architecture conveyed the idea of Roman authority with the association of authority a fundamental rationale in the political philosophy of the Romans. Consequently, the Roman cities became increasingly in the political philosophy as well as the architectural world with the new empirical and practical ideas of the authority.
The Rome invention of the ceremonial architecture in the commemorative arches showed the power of the Rome Empire. Its considerable symmetry and academic competence in the construction paid attention to the political functions of the empire.

It was erected away from the thoroughfares and decorated with relief sculpture thus illustrated the events to be commemorated (Corbusier 267). The famous triumphal arches erected served as models to the generation of triumphant militarists. The arches impressed the political side of the Roman character with the offshoot having single column memorial. Its antithesis stylistic features marked the triumphal return of emperor return from the battlefield.
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Corbusier, LE. “Withdrawn: Architecture or Revolution.” Towards a New Architecture, 1989, pp. 267-289.
Violeau, Jean-Louis. “Henri Lefebvre on Space: Architecture, Urban Research and the Production of Theory.” Architectural Theory Review, vol. 16, no. 3, 2011, pp. 319-321.