2. The Romans took architectonic elements from the Greeks
and adapted them to their urban needs.
3. The Roman orders are merely modifications of the Greek orders
and they were five in number instead of three. The two different were:
TUSCAN ORDER
It was the name of the most simple. The Tuscan column admits no
ornament and is never fluted, and it differs so little from the Roman
Doric.
THE COMPOSITE ORDER
This was a distinctively Roman order, although its features were copied
from the Greek. It was because the capital which characterizes it is a
compound of those of the other orders. It borrows the quarter-round
molding from the Tuscan and Doric, a rank of leaves from the
Corinthian, and volutes from the Ionic period.
