A Renaissance pope replaced the statue of Trajan with one of St. Peter, to sanctify the ancient ... dead Roman soldier on the column. Present-day city names are in parentheses. Map: Jerome N.

The crumbling yet still magnificent Ancient Rome is ... and easily one of Rome's top sights: the Trevi Fountain. The fountain features breathtaking architecture, and was featured in Fellini's ...

Flying buttresses act the same way ancient Roman columns did, countering the horizontal force of the arch. They also provide for more ground area underneath: more worshippers could fit into a church ...

The victory of the Roman emperor Trajan over the ... foot marble pillar in Rome known as Trajan’s Column. It’s a tale that reads like an ancient comic strip. The victory of the Roman emperor ...

Concrete is an incredibly useful and versatile building material on which not only today’s societies, but also the ancient Roman ... these last remnants of Roman architecture changed and changed ...