Ancient Roman Quote by Michael Armstrong

The Romans were not inventors of the supporting arch, but its extended use in vaults and intersecting barrel shapes and domes is theirs.

— Harry Seidler

“In some strata of Greek and Roman society the engineer was actually denigrated, higher esteem being accorded to poets, playwrights and sculptors. According to…

— Stephanie Dalley

“ Roman engineering The Romans accomplished amazing feats of engineering as they built roads, bridges, and aqueducts (bridges for water conduits) across their empire.…

— Marilyn Tolhurst

“Indeed, "brute force" solutions are often characteristic of advanced cultures, not primitive ones. The Romans and their predecessors spent a long time figuring out…

— Henry Spencer

“Tradition spoke of an elegant half-arch being only a fallen pile of stones without its counterpart to make it whole.”

— Mercedes Lackey

“A plaque just outside remembers June 30, 1944. That night, Nazi forces were planning to blow up the arch to slow the Allied advance.…

— Rick Steves

“Within the overall structure of a project there is always room for individuality and craftsmanship… One hundred years from now, our engineering may seem…

— Cal Newport

The imperial vastness of late Roman architecture was made possible by the invention of concrete.

— Iain McGilchrist

“The ancients Knew exactly what they were doing. There is no mystery on why the monuments around the word are placed where they are.…

— Kenneth G. Ortiz

Without stones there is no arch

— Marco Polo

The major concern ...was to create a monument which would have lasting significance and would be a landmark of our time... Neither an obelisk…

— Eero Saarinen

“Then there is Roman engineering: the Roman roads, aqueducts, the Colosseum. Warfare, alas, has always been beneficial to engineering. Yet there are unmistakeable trends…

— Petr Beckmann