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C O U R S E 
Roman Architecture
Diana Kleiner, Yale University
https://www.coursera.org/course/romanarchitecture
C O U R S E   L E C T U R E 
Roman Tombs, Aqueducts and the Lasting Impact of Roman Architecture
Notes taken on February 5, 2014 by Edward Tanguay
tomb architecture
particularly interesting because the only practical function of the structure was to house the remains of the deceased
therefore personal, even whimsical
tomb of Augustus
A large tomb built in 28 BC by Augustus, the founder of the Roman Empire. Although built for Emperor Augustus, it also held the remains of emperors after him including Tiberius, Caligula, and Claudius. In 410, during the sack of Rome by Alaric, the pillaging Visigoths rifled the vaults, stole the urns and scattered the ashes, without damaging the structure of the building. The interior of the Mausoleum is no longer open to tourists, as looting, time, and carelessness have stripped the ruins of marbled elegance. But even as ruins, it is a dominating landmark on the northern side of the Campus Martius.
Mausoleum of Hadrian
used as a fortress by popes in times of trouble
Pyramid of Cestius
was built in time when a great deal of Egyptian artifacts came into Rome at the time Augustus defeated Cleopatra and Anthony
Next to the Porta San Paolo, one of the southern gates in the 3rd-century Aurelian Walls, the Pyramid of Cestius is today one of the best-preserved ancient buildings in Rome, due to its incorporation into the city's fortifications. The pyramid was built about 18-12 BC as a tomb for Gaius Cestius and is made of brick-faced concrete covered with slabs of white marble standing on a travertine foundation measuring 30 square meters at the base, the tomb standing 37 meters high. Although the tomb had been sealed when it was built with no exterior entrance, there is no trace left of its major contents today, they having been plundered in antiquity. It is not possible for visitors to access the interior except by special permission typically only granted to scholars.
Petra, Jordan
burial table is inside the rock
aqueducts
for those they conquered, they provided amenities, including water, e.g. the aqueduct in Segovia, Spain
traditional vs. innovative Roman architecture
traditional
based on Greek and Etruscan prototypes
innovative
Pantheon
Thomas Jefferson looked to the Pantheon for design
Library Rotunda at the University of Virginia
very few names of architects from Roman times since the patron was more important
amphitheater in Pompeii
the colloseum is more famous, the amphitheater in Pompeii is earlier in date, used as a model to build the Yale Bowl