Roman columns
Classical architectural supports
Roman columns are the vertical pillars characteristic of ancient Roman architecture, adapted from Greek models.
The Romans used three main styles—Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian—adding their own Tuscan and Composite orders.
These columns supported temples, basilicas, and public buildings, and their forms have been revived repeatedly in Western architecture: The courthouse features Roman columns across its facade.
- ancient RomeEarly Italian empire city
- PantheonRoman temple for all gods
- DoricAustere classical column style
- IonicScroll-capitaled column order
- TuscanOf a central Italian region
classical architecture · Corinthian · Colosseum · Pompeii ruins · temple ruins · fluting · carved stone · portico · standing tall · triumphal arch
- ItalyRome, Venice, Milan, Florence, Naples
- columnspillar, pillars, shaft, shafts, pedestal
- ancient forumsforum, agora, public square, stoa, portico
- Neoclassical architecturecolonnades, pediments, porticos, domes, cornices
- Roman antiquitiesamphora, amphorae, bronze statues, bronze figures, marble reliefs
- Roman artfrescoes, mosaic, sculpture, marble statues, wall paintings
Roman columnsflying buttresses
External arched wall supports
cantilevers · suspension cables · load-bearing walls · arches · steel beams
Roman, Romans, romance, Romance, romantic, romantically, romanticism, romanticize, Romanesque