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how can Roman Engineers achieve their
Emperor's
demands they turn to the iconic Roman
Arch the exterior of the amphitheater is
characterized by the repetition of what
is called The forx
Motif the forx is the basic building
unit of any Roman Amphitheater
it consists of an arch supported by two
pillars think of a unit as being from
the center of the pillar to the center
of the next pillar and then you can
multiply that in any way the repetition
of the forx 0 arounded circumference and
four stacked one above the other is the
most recognizable visual of an
Amphitheater but behind every great PHX
Arch is a series of supporting arches
called vaults and those vaults go back
into the building they're very strong so
they're the architectural and structural
mechanism by which you hold up all of
this seating and the 50,000
[Applause]
Spectators in addition to beautiful
design the forex's basic building unit
has other
advantages the Coliseum could be divided
into four essentially identical
sections the modular ity of the
coliseum's design aided speed efficiency
and cost of construction the repetition
allows you to divide up segments and
attribute them to different work teams
and have them all running concurrently
and that saves a lot of
time and speed has an added benefit to
Ovation getting an Amphitheater built
quickly was a demonstration of your
power your efficiency your drive