List of ancient architectural records

The Pont du Gard in France, the tallest ancient bridge (47.4 m)

The list of ancient architectural records consists of record-making architectural achievements of the Greco-Roman world from ca. 800 BC to 600 AD.

Bridges

Further information: List of Roman bridges and Roman bridges
Relief of the monumental Trajan's Bridge across the Danube, record-holder in various categories, such as the largest bridge by span and the longest segmental arch bridge.
Dimensions of a typical segmented arch of the Roman Bridge at Limyra, Turkey
The semi-circular arches of the Alcántara Bridge can support loads of up to 52 t.

Ratio of clear span against rise, arch rib and pier thickness:

Canals

Further information: List of Roman canals

Columns

Further information: List of Roman victory columns
Note: This section makes no difference between columns composed of drums and monolithic shafts; for records concerning solely the latter, see monoliths.
Pompey's Pillar, the highest free-standing Corinthian column (26.85 m)

Dams

Further information: List of Roman dams
The dam at Cornalvo, Spain, is one of the tallest Roman dams still in use (28 m).

Domes

Further information: List of Roman domes
Interior of the Pantheon dome

Fortifications

Further information: Roman military engineering
The Long Walls and the Phaleric Wall connecting landlocked Athens with its port Peiraeus (5th c. BC)

Monoliths

Further information: List of ancient monoliths and ancient crane
Reconstructed Roman treadwheel crane
Stone of the Pregnant Woman, the second largest monolith quarried, weighs ca. 1,000 t

Obelisks

Further information: List of Roman obelisks

Roads

Further information: Roman roads

Roofs

Further information: List of ancient roofs
Parthenon in Athens

Tunnels

Entrance to the 750 m long Crypta Neapolitana, one of the largest Roman road tunnels

Vaulting

Miscellaneous

The longest straight alignment was a ca. 80 km long section of the Limes in modern-day Germany. It ran between modern Walldürn and Lorch in the angle between Rhine and Danube, protecting the borders of Roman Germania.

See also

References

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  31. Dimensions: Smith 1971, pp. 35f.
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