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Italian Landscape
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Aqueduct
Segovia, Spain
50 BC
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Pont Du Gard
19 B.C.
Roman
Nimes, France
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FORCE
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THRUST
MASS
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ROMAN URBAN PLANNING - POMPEII
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Maison Carree
19 B.C.
Roman, Early Imperial
Corinthian
Nimes, France
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Carre d’Art
1993.
Norman Foster
Nimes, France
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Colosseum
Imperial Roman
•72-80 AD
•Rome, Italy
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Pantheon
•118-128 AD
•Rome, Italy
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Baths of Caracalla
Late Antique
•211-217 AD
•Rome, Italy
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Baths of Caracalla
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Pennsylvania Station-main waiting room
McKIm, Mead and White
1910
Roman Revival
NY, NY
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Baths of Caracalla
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Arch of Titus
•90 A.D.
•Rome, Italy (Forum
Romanum)
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Arch of Constantine
•315 A.D.
•Rome, Italy (opposite Colosseum)
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