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| Art in Roman Architecture appears in such varied purposes. ''The Romans were the first people to treat architecture as a minister to the numberless needs of a great nation. Before them, except in the Greek theatres, it had served the gods, the royal families, and the dead, alone.'' [http://www.2020site.org/rome/] Some examples of Roman Architecture are: [[Pantheon, Rome| The Pantheon]] (the best-preserved building in Rome), [[Colosseum|The Colosseum]], the aqueducts like The Aqua Appia, [[Hadrian's Wall| The Hadrian's Wall]], [[Antonine Wall|The Antonine Wall]], and The Library of Celsus designed by the Roman architect Vitruoya in the Roman city of Ephesus.
| Art in Roman Architecture appears in such varied purposes. ''The Romans were the first people to treat architecture as a minister to the numberless needs of a great nation. Before them, except in the Greek theatres, it had served the gods, the royal families, and the dead, alone.'' [http://www.2020site.org/rome/] Some examples of Roman Architecture are: [[Pantheon, Rome| The Pantheon]] (the best-preserved building in Rome), [[Colosseum|The Colosseum]], the aqueducts like The Aqua Appia, [[Hadrian's Wall| The Hadrian's Wall]], [[Antonine Wall|The Antonine Wall]], and The Library of Celsus designed by the Roman architect Vitruoya in the Roman city of Ephesus.
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By the middle of the fifteenth century, scholars in the curia--like the brilliant architect [[Leon Battista Alberti]] and the erudite scholar Flavio Biondo -- knew the ancient city (of Rome) better than anyone had for a thousand years. Artists recorded the ruins that survived, broken and ivy-covered, and reconstructed the original palaces and temples in all their crisp-edged glory. Architects tried to grasp the rules and methods of the Roman builders. When ancient works of art, like the Laocoon, came to light they immediately became famous and influential, finding prominent places in the sculpture collections that adorned the Capitoline hill, the Belvedere court of the Vatican, and many private houses. Drawn and printed images of them circulated throughout Europe and scholars and artists made pilgrimages to Rome to see them. <ref>[http://ancienthistory.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?zi=1/XJ/Ya&sdn=ancienthistory&zu=http%3A%2F%2Fmetalab.unc.edu%2Fexpo%2Fvatican.exhibit%2Fexhibit%2Fb-archeology%2FArchaeology.html Learning to Read Rome's Ruins]</ref>
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