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A round or oval arena with tiered seating, usually recessed into a hillside

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Amphitheater

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An artificial channel for conveying water, typically in the form of a bridge supported by tall columns across a valley

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Aqueduct

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A series of arches supported by columns or piers

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Arcade

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A curved structure used to support the weight of the material above it

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Arch

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A stone at the tope of an arch that holds the other parts in place

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Keystone

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Pastoral, especially dealing with a sense of rural tranquility or peace

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Bucolic

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An early medieval landscape architecture of no particular originality

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Byzantine

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North-south oriented streets in ancient Roman cities

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Cardo

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A Roman legion camp, square and gridiron in form, influential in town layout and planning in late classical times

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Castrum

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Applied by Romans to circular arenas for performances and contests and oval courses for racing

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Circus

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An oval amphitheater in the center of the city of Rome; Flavian Amphitheater

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Colosseum

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Cross-shaped

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Cruciform

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An east-west street that served as secondary main street

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Decumanus

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Type of house occupied by the upper classes and some wealthy freedmen during the Republican and Imperial eras

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Domus

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Language of ancient Ethuria, an unknown affinity, written in alphabet derived from Greek

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Etruscan

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Public square or market place of an ancient Roman city that was the assembly place for judicial activity and public business

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Forum

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A wall painting executed on wet plaster

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Fresco

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Distinctive atmosphere or pervading spirit of place

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Genius loci

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Development of something over a period of time

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Gestatio

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A small picturesquee cave, especially an artificial one in a park of garden

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Grotto

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A course for chariot or horse races

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Hippodrome

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A collection basin in the floor of an atrium

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Impluvium

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A kind of apartment building in ancient Rome that provided housing for all but the elite

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Insula

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Compicated irregular network of passages or paths in which it is difficult to find one’s way

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Labyrinth

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A picture or pattern produced by arranging together small colored pieces of hard materials, such as stone, tile or glass

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Mosaic

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An unbroken view of the whole region surrounding an observer

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Panorama

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A roof in the form on an arch or a series of arches, typical of churches and other large, formal buildings

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Vault

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Urban villa, enclosed within walls and included formal geometric gardens

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Villa urbana

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Country villa, often expansive yet walled, comprised of numerous structures for residence and entertainment

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Villa rustica

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A support built against an outside wall of a building

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Buttress

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Curved support shaped like an inverted triangle, holding up a dome

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Pendentive

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Resembling the Corinthian order, but has a capital that combines the acanthus leaf decorations with volutes from the Ionic order

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Composite

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Resembling the Doric order but the shaft has no fluting

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Tuscan

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A round or oval arena with tiered seating, usually recessed into a hillside

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Amphitheater

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An artificial channel for conveying water, typically in the form of a bridge supported by tall columns across a valley

A

Aqueduct

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A series of arches supported by columns or piers

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Arcade

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A curved structure used to support the weight of the material above it

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Arch

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A stone at the tope of an arch that holds the other parts in place

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Keystone

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Pastoral, especially dealing with a sense of rural tranquility or peace

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Bucolic

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An early medieval landscape architecture of no particular originality

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Byzantine

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North-south oriented streets in ancient Roman cities

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Cardo

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A Roman legion camp, square and gridiron in form, influential in town layout and planning in late classical times

A

Castrum

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Applied by Romans to circular arenas for performances and contests and oval courses for racing

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Circus

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An oval amphitheater in the center of the city of Rome; Flavian Amphitheater

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Colosseum

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Cross-shaped

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Cruciform

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An east-west street that served as secondary main street

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Decumanus

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Type of house occupied by the upper classes and some wealthy freedmen during the Republican and Imperial eras

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Domus

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Language of ancient Ethuria, an unknown affinity, written in alphabet derived from Greek

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Etruscan

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