How Did Roman Culture Influence Art And Architecture Change To British Society

The joining of societies turned out to be huge as to the status of the Roman Empire however rejected the removal of Christianity after a particular timeframe. Regardless of the evidence to support this assimilation of culture the sense of false acknowledgment of Christianity at last made a 'significant and enduring change to British society'’ . The destruction of Druids developed Roman attack, which constrains the effectiveness of this change. This therefore supports the traditional view as Roman colonisation changed numerous parts of Celtic traditions.
Art related to the designing and construction of beautiful buildings and structures became a subject to change as it was effectively enforced upon Roman Britain. The development of architecture was evident in many homes and public areas in Roman

Britain as ‘improvements in house structures... had taken place’ for instance ‘ceiling paintings and sophisticated architectural figures’ .

Roman influence meant to create an environment almost the same as other Romanised cultures to secure their authority and power to dissimilate other existing cultures. There was a great deal of improvements made which included things such as 'marble to the places/locations of construction’. Those of the elite enjoyed the privilege of ‘under floor heating and mosaic floor tiles’ . Such architectural designs and changes were definitely influenced by Roman culture and subsequently improved the way of life for Roman Britons. Before Roman involvement 'there was no architecture in Britain' effectively proving that the developments made on art and architecture only came from the Roman attempts of mass change. The buildings in British towns 'directly and indirectly served Roman power’ . The modern structure of Roman facilities was introduced to Britain culture for instance religious buildings became very 'popular in Roman Britain’ . Roman gardens and 'ornamental horticulture became highly developed' during the history of Roman civilisation, stylistic developments 'included the Tuscan and Composite orders' such developments led to many towns

adapting a great deal of these new and fascinating ideas. Mattingly argues that only '10-15%’ of Britain' changed to fit this new beautiful way of life as it's alleged that some 'rural homes went through a transition' throughout Roman invasion which he gave opinions about and went on to emphasise that in reality only '85-90%' of population lived in almost very minimal conditions. This illustrates the rate at which the Romans had influence on Britain and it’s architectural characteristics, which according to Mattingly failed to be significant on a large scale.
Romans failed to modify British towns, as their attempt to do so was predominantly slow. This was due to the lack of funding from the Roman government. Civil establishments were built however its arguable that this wasn’t mainly down to Roman influence as ‘leading Britons’ contributed to governmental funds. This in essence suggests that Celts became fully absorbed within Roman culture as they eventually began to participate in the modification implemented by Romans.
The belief that Romans ‘introduced proper roads ’ has been thrown into doubt, as there are a few discoveries, which contradict this idea. Archaeologists found ‘metalled and cambered road dated to the first century’ . This proves that the introduction of roads was before Roman invasion even came about as the metalled road found ‘did not quite fit in with the known Roman road network ’. This therefore means that Roman’s modified roads, which were existent before their imperialism essentially meaning Britons built them.