masters of urban planning, and the city of Rome is the model metropolis. On a typical

day the Roman citizen could go to worship at the Pantheon. Then, maybe squeeze in

some shopping at the marketplace before the show started at the Colosseum. Ending the

day with a nice relaxing dip in the caldarium at the Baths of Caracalla.

Roman architects adopted the grid plan of the Etruscan and later Greek cities, dividing

towns into four quarters defined by intersecting north-south and east-west arteries, called

the cardo and the decumanus. A good example of a Roman town built on the grid system

Rome was a sprawling metropolis laid out muc

The Pantheon was built under the patronage of Emperor Hadrian between 125 and 128

Rome was the heart and nerve of the Empire. The Pantheon was the heart of Rome.

theater. The Colosseum was an enormous entertainment center built in 72 CE. Roman

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