Roman architecture is the best example of Italy’s fine art. This architecture is the combination of Etruscan elements and traditional Greek elements. This architecture consists mainly of arches and horizontal beams that are beautifully supported by the columns. The dome, three dimensional form of the arch came in later period. Mostly, Roman architecture are inspired and copied largely from the Greek architecture.

The building materials that were used in the Roman architecture are concrete that are developed, stones, and most importantly very expensive marble. The idea of using mosaic or using mosaic chips on the stone is copied from the Greece as the Greek architecture mainly consisted of marble decoration with colorful chips. Roman combined the decorations found in the Greece in their wall mural paintings and floors with little changes and added some pictorial and geometric designs.

The Roman architecture depicts the different tastes and styles of different cultural changes and regional styles, and gives wide idea of the lifestyle of the early Romans. Though, it is argued that Roman copied their style from Greek, the Roman developed two different building styles namely composite orders and Tuscan. Composite order represents the tall buildings that had huge floral decoration on the wall and Tuscan represents the short buildings, which is the simple variant of the Doric order.

The Pantheon and the Roman Colosseum is the best example for the beautiful architecture of the Roman Empire. Romans are the real contributors to the modern day concrete style of building. The Roman buildings are still in use in most of the European countries and this is mainly used as the religious or government buildings. The Italian architecture is mainly divided into three orders: Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian. The largest examples available today are in the Doric order. Each architectural order has its own rules with respect to the detailing and proportions.