Architecture In Roman Britain

Download or read book Architecture in Roman Britain written by Guy de la Bedoyere and published by Shire Publications. This book was released on 2008-03-04 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Roman period was Britain's first great architectural age, though this is sometimes difficult to appreciate from the ruinous state of the sites that survive. This book looks at how in a few years Britain witnessed the design and erection of an astonishing range of buildings, from mundane and functional houses through to exotic temples and ambitious civil engineering projects. Some of Britain's Roman architects turn out to have been innovators. Reconstruction drawings and paintings by the author bring these vanished buildings back to life and recreate a lost world of forts, basilicas, theatres, baths, arches, classical temples, villas and lighthouses.