The document summarizes the history and use of concrete by ancient civilizations like the Assyrians, Babylonians, and Egyptians. It then focuses on how the Romans advanced the use of concrete in their architecture by developing new techniques like arches, vaults, and domes. They used concrete for many of their iconic structures like aqueducts, the Colosseum, and the Pantheon.

1. Concrete and Rome
New Architecture

2. Brief History of Concrete
• Assyrians and Babylonians as well as Egyptians
used it
• Romans created their own recipe
• Romans used it for almost everything
– Aqueducts
– Roads
– Architecture
Pont du Gard

3. New Architecture
• Arches
• Vaults
• Domes

4. Arches
• #1 Roman example of arches = Colosseum 70-82 CE
• #2 Roman example = Triumphal Arch of Titus after
81 CE

5. Vaults
• Barrel vault
• Groin vault

6. Dome
• Pantheon

7. Sources
• www.howconcreteworks.com
• http://100falcons.wordpress.com/2008/02/04/roma
n-concrete/
• Gardner’s Art Through the Ages The Western
Perspective Twelfth Edition Vol. 1 by Fred S. Kleiner
and Christin J. Mamiya