How Did The Victory Arch Influence Roman Architecture

Construction technology of the arch began in the Indus Valley already in the third millennium BC, but has been refined and developed for effective use by the Romans. Before the invention of the bow can happen only by wooden beams or stone. These methods support width and the load that you could load him were very limited. The invention of the bow broke through the construction technology and greatly influenced Roman architecture and styles that followed.

Arch shape allowed the Romans building huge spaces with concrete. It was a way to express their power through architecture.

The Romans were the first builders in Europe who often building arches, vaults and domes concrete. Typically the Roman arch was a semi-circle shape, but sometimes she

had an elliptical shape or a flat

The Romans adopted the practices of the Etruscans skillfully built walls and city sewage systems. Some attribute them to the construction of the so-called radiant rainbow "(where mutual pressure causes the stones constituent stick together)

Triumphal arch or triumphal arch, is a monumental structure built in the form of exchange to commemorate victory in battle or war.

The origin of the custom construction of this structure in the Roman Empire, there was the construction of the gate of honor given by the Roman Senate victor in battle or war.

Victory Arch is a unique Roman invention. Ephemeral victory arches were erected in honor of the ministers of the army and victorious Roman emperors at some point along the way they were going to pass on their return from battle. Later converted archery bows as permanent impermanence.

These arches were reliefs and inscriptions telling the story of the history at the time.

Like the Victory Arch of Titus - honor of the victory of Judah, burning the Second Temple and the revolt in Judea. Titus, taking with him after winning the host of the temple. Loot is commemorated at the bottom arch the destroy of the Jewish temple by Roman soldiers.

• Roman arch - until this invention developers can only use wooden materials. Of course, these methods is very limited and restricted in accordance with the architecture. Roman arch is built as a semi-circle so that each brick rests on its neighbours and thus to stabilize the bow and lay off her other

loads.

• dome - thanks to the use of concrete that uses materials found in the Gulf of south Italy, a material with similar properties to cement, the Romans were able to build concrete domes. The largest known and built is the Pantheon stands intact to this day.
Roman architecture arches lend a dynamic character. They convey a sense of motion compared to Greek architecture based on the pillars.

The Roman culture was all about the indulgence of the body, glorifying the body, by culture of sport and spa, roman bath, the symbol of the arch, is actually a rainbow, which symbolized from the bible the generation of the flood, the arch /rainbow symbol the intense sexuality and body celebration before the flood, the roman believed in this culture, of nudity via their games, in the spa, and in homosexuality as an acceptable society concept, the arch symbolized the an arrow living the bow, like a phallus symbol shooting his sperm, this is why they were so obsessed with the arch concept, the believed in the freedom of no borders or taboo on sexuality. So basically the arch is a symbol for hedonism , self love of body versus spirituality.