Images

Fluted column drums from the Propylaea of the Athenian acropolis, 5th century BCE.

The Tholos temple of Delphi, c. 580 BCE and originally with 20 columns.

A reconstruction of the peristyle from the house of the Vetti, Pompeii.

A diagram illustrating the pronaos of a temple - the space between the outer columns and entrance of a Classical temple.

A cornice from the Arch of Titus, Rome, completed c. 81 CE.

The portico of the Pantheon in Rome, c. 135 CE.

The 2nd century BCE Temple of Portunus, Rome. At the sides can be seen engaged columns.

Pilaster columns on the Colosseum of Rome, completed in the 1st century CE.

a cornice with dentils, from the rear of the Pantheon (c. 125 CE), Rome.

The pediment of the pantheon in Rome, completed c. 125 CE. Once it would have carried a gilded bronze emblem, possibly an eagle and wreath.