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=ANCIENT ROME=

Greek buildings were usually rectangular-shaped, surrounded by **colonnades**– rows of columns. Greece is rich in limestone, which was the most popular material of the time. Marble was more expensive, and was mostly used for statues and decoration.

In __//**Doric**//__ temples, the columns have no base, but just sit right on the floor. At the top of the columns, there's a capital made of a sort of small pillow in stone, and then a square block, under the architrave.

__//**Ionic**//__ temples are a little fancier and more delicate than Doric temples, without being as elaborate as[|Corinthian] temples. In Ionic temples, the columns have a small base to stand on, instead of sitting right on the floor. They are still [|fluted], but they have more flutes than Doric columns. At the top of the columns, there's a double curve in stone, under the architrave (ARR-kuh-trayv). ==

The [|Greeks] never actually used the __//**Corinthian**//__ column that much, but the [|Romans] used it a lot.  Roman temple in the Corinthian style, at Nimes in southern France. The Corinthian style is fancier and heavier than the[|Ionic style]. In Corinthian temples, the columns have a fancier base to stand on. At the top of the columns, on the capital, there's a stone carving of acanthus leaves, under the architrave (ARR-kuh-trayv). One example of a Corinthian temple is the[|Pantheon]. Another is the[|Temple of Castor] in the[|Roman forum].