Editing Ancient Roman architecture (section)

=== Origins ===
While borrowing much from the preceding [[Etruscan civilization|Etruscan]] architecture, such as the use of [[hydraulics]] and the construction of arches,<ref>Yarwood, 38</ref> Roman prestige architecture remained firmly under the spell of [[ancient Greek architecture]] and the [[classical orders]].<ref name="Henig, 27">Henig, p. 27</ref> This came initially from [[Magna Graecia]], the Greek colonies in southern Italy, and indirectly from Greek influence on the Etruscans, but after the [[Roman conquest of Greece]] directly from the best classical and [[Hellenistic]] examples in the Greek world. {{Citation needed|date=June 2018}}  The influence is evident in many ways; for example, in the introduction and use of the [[triclinium]] in [[Roman villa]]s as a place and manner of dining. Roman builders employed Greeks in many capacities, especially in the great boom in construction in the early Empire.{{Citation needed|date=June 2018}}