Definition of Roman building

1. Noun. A building constructed by the ancient Romans.

Generic synonyms: Antiquity, Building, Edifice
Specialized synonyms: Basilica, Roman Basilica

Lexicographical Neighbors of Roman Building

Roman Catholics
Roman Church
Roman Emperor
Roman Empire
Roman Jakobson
Roman Legion
Roman Osipovich Jakobson
Roman Republic
Roman Rite
Roman alphabet
Roman alphabets
Roman arch
Roman architecture
Roman bath
Roman baths
Roman building
Roman calendar
Roman candle
Roman candles
Roman collar
Roman coriander
Roman cursive
Roman deity
Roman fever
Roman holiday
Roman hyacinth
Roman law
Roman mile
Roman miles

Literary usage of Roman building

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Medieval Art: From the Peace of the Church to the Eve of the Renaissance by William Richard Lethaby (1904)
"Late roman building, from a drawing in the Soane Museum, made .. 1510. materials like coloured marbles, glass mosaic, and gilded bronze, were used in never ..."

2. Historical Essays by Edward Augustus Freeman (1892)
"The church thus took the common form and outline of a German minster, and all traces of the general effect of the roman building were swept away. ..."

3. Journal of the British Archaeological Association by British Archaeological Association (1886)
"Mr. GR Wright, FSA, then exhibited a drawing of a roman building at Rheims, and read the following:— A RECENTLY DISCOVERED roman building IN THE PROMENADE ..."

4. Ancient and Modern Engineering and the Isthmian Canal by William Hubert Burr (1902)
"roman building Laws. — So much depended upon the excellence of the building in Rome, and upon the materials and methods employed, that building laws or ..."

5. Ancient and Modern Engineering and the Isthmian Canal by William Hubert Burr (1902)
"... operations were executed as efficiently and with as sound engineering judgment as those employed in great modern quarries. 17. roman building Laws. ..."

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