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The list of ancient roofs comprises roof constructions from
Traianus
– Technical investigation of Roman public works {{DEFAULTSORT:Ancient Greek and Roman roofs Ancient Greek architecture *Roof Ancient Roman architectural elements Ancient Roman temples Ancient basilicas in Rome Basilicas * History of construction
The list of ancient roofs comprises roof constructions from Greek
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and Roman architecture
Ancient Roman architecture adopted the external language of classical Greek architecture for the purposes of the ancient Romans, but was different from Greek buildings, becoming a new architectural style. The two styles are often considered on ...
ordered by clear span. Roof constructions increased in clear span as Greek and Roman engineering
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improved. Most buildings in classical Greece
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were covered by traditional prop-and-lintel constructions, which often needed to include interior colonnades. In Sicily
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, truss
A truss is an assembly of ''members'' such as beams, connected by ''nodes'', that creates a rigid structure.
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roofs presumably appeared as early as 550 BC. Their potential was fully realized in the Roman
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period which saw over 30 m wide trussed roofs spanning the rectangular spaces of monumental public buildings such as temple
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s, basilica
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s, and later church
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es. Such spans were thrice as large as the widest prop-and-lintel roofs and only superseded by the largest Roman domes.
Greek roofing
Roman roofing
See also
* Record-holding roofs in antiquity *Ancient Greek architecture
Ancient Greek architecture came from the Greek-speaking people (''Hellenic'' people) whose culture flourished on the Greek mainland, the Peloponnese, the Aegean Islands, and in colonies in Anatolia and Italy for a period from about 900 BC unti ...
*Ancient Roman architecture
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*List of Ancient Greek temples
This list of ancient Greek temples covers temples built by the Hellenic people from the 6th century BC until the 2nd century AD on mainland Greece and in Hellenic towns in the Aegean Islands, Asia Minor, Sicily and Italy ("Magna Graecia"), wher ...
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Traianus
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Roofs
A roof ( : roofs or rooves) is the top covering of a building, including all materials and constructions necessary to support it on the walls of the building or on uprights, providing protection against rain, snow, sunlight, extremes of temper ...
Timber framing
Roofs
A roof ( : roofs or rooves) is the top covering of a building, including all materials and constructions necessary to support it on the walls of the building or on uprights, providing protection against rain, snow, sunlight, extremes of temper ...