Ancient Roman architecture is seen as a part of classical architecture and generally builds off of the three classical orders—Ionic, Corinthian, and Doric—which were developed in ancient Greece.

[3] Broadly speaking, there are five classic architectural orders: Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian, of Greek character, and the orders Tuscan and Composite, of Roman character. The differentiation of ...

Architecture inevitably entails large expenditures ... the legitimacy of his empire—to Thomas Jefferson—who employed Roman-inspired columnar designs to signal the ambitions of the university ...

or what we now know as orders of architecture, due to the terminology used by Roman architect Vitruvius. The stylized bases, capitals, and entablatures were classified into three types ...

Trump’s executive order in December ... and a jarring contrast with local architectural styles. The Trump administration hailed Greco-Roman-inspired buildings as an important homage to democracy ...

The executive order, titled “Promoting Beautiful Federal Civic Architecture,” mandates that federal buildings be “beautiful” and praises the characteristics of Greco-Roman architecture ...