English Gothic Architecture has been broadly divided into periods for the purpose of classifying the styles, the follow…

When the Emperor Constantine, removed the seat of Government from Rome to Byzantium, in the year A.D. 330, he inaugurat…

Pompeii, Herculaneum and Stabia, Roman cities, were buried by an eruption of Vesuvius in the year A.D. 79. These cities…

Rome, founded by Romulus, B.C. 783, became by successive wars and conquests the mistress of the world, absorbing the ar…

Roman Architecture is differentiated from that of Greece by the extensive use of the arch and of superposed orders.  _ …

Greece, or Hellas, consisted of a number of small states, speaking the same language, and worshipping the same gods. Al…

GREEK ARCHITECTURE - Classic or columnar architecture is divided into the Greek and Roman styles, and each style compri…

The early history of Babylonia and Assyria is one long series of wars and conquests. _  _  _  _  _  _ Еxcerpt from the …