Roman Architecture
ABSTRACT
This lecture looks at the unique aspects of Pantheon’s design and why in a sense it was so un-Roman. It compares it with the so-called Treasury in Petra, Jordan, both built around the same time in the middle of the second century CE. 

KEY PEOPLES AND EMPIRES
•	Emperor Hadrian (76 – 138)
•	Parthian Empire 
•	Nabateans

KEY CONCEPTS
•	Exedra
•	Concrete
•	Colonnade
•	Niche
•	Aedicule
•	Coffering
•	Oculus
•	Axis, major and minor
•	Broken pediment

KEY PLACES
•	Pantheon 120 CE
•	Petra, Jordan, “The Treasury,” ca. 150 CE
•	Domitian’s Palace, ca. 85 CE
•	Bath of Diocletian, 300 CE
•	Hadrian’s Villa, ca. 110 CE