Section1ThehistoricalbackgroundofancientRomeand
ConstructionSectionOverview
TheRomaneraisthehigheststageofdevelopmentofwesternslavery.TheRomanscreateuniquearchitectureandRomancityconstructionstylebyrelyingonahugeamountofwealthandslaves,remarkablebuildingtechniqueandgoodmaterials,GreekandOrientalcountriesbuildingtypesandshapingmethods,combiningwithitsowntradition.
Incityconstruction,theRomanpeoplearenotasgoodatmakingthemostofterrainastheGreeks.butpowerfultoreformit.ThisisthereasonthatwhytheRomanscanextensiveuseofslavelabor.
RomangeographicalpositionwasinItalyterritoryatfirst.Withthedevelopingofthecountryandterritorialexpanding,theterritoryhasbeenexpandedtoEurope,AsiaandAfricabytheRomanEmpire.WhenEmperorTrajan(AD98to117yearswasinpower,thepopulationismorethan1million(around800millionnativeItaliansintheRomanEmpire.It'sraretoseethatthequantityandthelargeofRomancitiesintheworld'sancientcivilizations.TherearethousandsofcitiesinthemapsoftheRomanEmpire.JustSpainforexample,thereareover400importantcitiesand293secondarycities.Mediumandsmallcitieshavetensofthousandsofpeopleatthattime.Largecitieshavethepopulationofuptoseveralhundredthousand,ornearlyamillion.Denseland-seacommercialtradenetworkmaintaintheeconomiclifeoftheempire.Mostofthematerialflowsofgoodsissustainedbythemarketmechanismofcommercialeconomyandfreetrade.ThatEmpiredensespiderwebaroundthehighwaytransportationsystem,hugegoldandsilvermining,massiveslavelaborandthe"lawofnations"providethematerialandlegalguaranteesforthedevelopmentofeconomy.
Romanhistorycanbedividedintothreeperiods,namelyEtruriaPeriod(750BC~300BC,RomanRepublic(510BC~30BCandtheRomanEmpire.(30BC-AD476.Startingfrom395AD,theRomanEmpirewasdividedintoeasternandwesternparts.EasternRomanEmpirecapitalisinConstantinople.CapitalcityoftheWesternRomanEmpireisinRome.Romecannotbesustainedafterthereunificationofthecountryafterbeingsplit,theWesternRomanEmpireinAD476destroyed.ThenEasternRomandevelopedintotheByzantineEmpirewiththefeudalsystem.Romanhistorycanbetracedbacktothe8thcenturyBCwhenIradaliyaruledtheLatiumplain.ItistheearliestculturednationinRome.IthaseverbeencombinedwiththecultureofEgypt,Phoenician,Greek,formingtheseedsofRomanculture.Theyhavesomesuccessinbuildingtechnology.Theyusestonestobuildthecitywalls,templesandtombs.
Inthelast100yearsoftheRomanRepublic,urbanconstructionhasbeengreatlydevelopedduetonationalunity,territorialexpansionandtheconcentrationofwealth.Constructionprojectsfirstarethoseroads,bridges,wallsformilitaryandtransportation.Andthentheatre,bathhouses,waterchannels,sitesfortheslaveownersanddailypleasuresandashipportexchangeandthecourtofBasilicaandsoon.Urbanhousingspeculationhasbeenpopular,butspeciesofthetemplehasbeenrelegatedtosecondarystatus.
IntheRomanEmpire,nation-buildingismoreprosperous.Inadditiontocontinuingconstructingtheaters,theColosseums,bathroomstheyalsobuiltmonumentstopropagandaemperorcreditsforemperors,suchasthesquares,theArcdeTriomphe,JiGongcolumn,andtombsoftheemperor'spalaceasPalatine(PalatineIiandotherplaceswhichseemextremelylike
luxuriouspalaces.AtthistimealargenumberofrentalapartmentsareconstructedinthecityofRome.DuringtheheydayofRomeitspopulationhasarrivedto100million.
Mostofemperorsabuseconstructionsto