Description of the Roman style in the interior:

ROMAN STYLE or ANCIENT ROMAN STYLE - antique luxury. Having absorbed the heritage of Ancient Greece, the ancient Roman style embellished and revived it, adding refinement and luxury to it. This is how the Italian arch, barrel vaults, arch-order cell, various variations of bathing vaults were born. 

The Roman style in the interior emphasizes the greatness of the entire Roman Empire. The expression "golden house of Nero" has come down to our days as a symbol of great wealth. 
 

Roman Style Walls: Roman style walls generally use one color. Mostly decorative plaster, also murals imitating marble. More often light colors, white, ivory, beige, but this is not a limitation in the palette, since marble and sky-colored and red, and other colors were used. The main thing is that there should be a feeling of purity, light, grandeur. Frescoes and mosaics can serve as a pleasant addition and decoration of the Roman style.

Roman style ceiling: Roman style ceiling is light. If the walls are also light, then it is made in the same color scheme as the walls (shades of white), often brighter than the walls. Relief is possible (geometric, less often pictorial in the form of scenes of Ancient Rome). A big plus is the use of a coffered ceiling, divided into cells. Sometimes mosaic inserts are added.

Roman style floor: Ceramic tiles, imitation marble, stone, concrete. Sometimes a colored mosaic of stones is used, it is important not to overdo it here. It is possible to use Roman style carpet, but only as a small part of the total floor area, so as not to interrupt the overall feel. In extreme cases, parquet is used under bleached wood, or a marble floor.

Roman-style furniture: Washed armchairs with a semicircular back, the shape of the chair and bed is similar to ancient Greek. Benches and ceremonial chairs in the interior of the Roman style, marble chairs (round bases), tables - with "lion" legs and a round top, or a stone slab with embossed side posts. The drawing on the right illustrates only a partial rendering of the Roman style in the interior (non-strict correspondence).

Roman-style decor items: First of all, elements of luxury and grandeur. Greatness can be understood as the use of columns, arcades, sculptures (both small and large, human-sized) depicting warriors, gladiators or athletes. Under luxury, you can imagine antique vases, fabric products with a border, Italian curtains, painted pillows.

 

Pro Tips:

1. When choosing furniture for the Roman style, pay special attention to complex shapes. The advantage will be furniture covered with ornaments using military attributes or animals symbolizing power. Remember, furniture should evoke a sense of luxury.

2. When choosing a Roman-style ceiling, as a rule, two directions are distinguished. The first is the coffered ceiling. Due to refractions, you can create a feeling of additional space. The second is multilevel. With a high ceiling, you can achieve a domed shape, which will also give scale to the entire room.

3. It is fashionable to decorate the Roman style of the interior with fabrics with a border. Pillows stuffed with goose down were covered with such a fabric, bedspreads were sewn from it. Silk was widely used. A "carpet" of mosaic cubes stretched out near the bed. All these elements will bring sophistication to your room.

4. The Romans were famous for the dressing of fur and leather used in the interior. Do not be afraid to add a touch of regal grandeur and add the skin of a large predatory "cat". It is not necessary to throw it on the floor, as is often done with the skin of a bear, it can be used as a cape on a sofa or in another way.

5. When choosing decor items in the Roman interior style, many people often confuse ancient Roman items (heroes, warriors, clothes, etc.) with ancient Greek ones. This is not an unforgivable mistake, but try to avoid such situations by getting advice when buying, or by reading information on the Internet beforehand. On the other hand, there are many items inherited from Greece, for example, painting on vases and vessels.

6. Pay special attention to the light in the Roman style interior. The presence of direct light from lamps, and even more so chandeliers, is unacceptable. Create a feeling of penetrating light, which will give naturalness to the interior, you can also use the illumination of individual elements (statues, vases). Penetrating light can be lighting through a door, skylight, arches, recesses. If you use a multi-level ceiling, then "hide" direct light is also not difficult.

HISTORY OF THE ROMAN STYLE:

Ancient Rome is one of the leading civilizations of the Ancient World and antiquity, which existed from the 8th century BC. to the 5th century AD. It got its name from the main city (Roma), in turn named after the legendary founder - Romulus. The culture of the Etruscans and the ancient Greeks had a certain influence on the formation of the ancient Roman civilization.

Ancient Rome reached its peak of power in the 2nd century AD. e., when under his control was the space from modern Scotland in the north to Ethiopia in the south and from Armenia in the east to Portugal in the west, all the shores of the Mediterranean were under his authority.

Roman culture at the time of its heyday had a huge impact on neighboring peoples and on the subsequent development of Europe. Ancient Rome gave the modern world Roman law, some architectural forms and solutions (for example, an arch and a dome) and many other innovations (for example, wheeled water mills).

Ancient Roman mythology is close to Greek in many aspects, up to the direct borrowing of individual myths. However, animistic superstitions associated with the veneration of spirits also played a large role in the religious practice of the Romans. Images of gods and spirits were reflected in art and were an integral part of culture.

Important in ancient Rome was the military theme. Images of strong warriors, architectural structures in honor of victory in battles. Military service for young men was obligatory, and when Italy was threatened, everyone who could hold a weapon was armed.

The chic of the Roman style was inherent in the nobility, who demonstrated it with pleasure. Education was revered, especially higher education. Even educated slaves were worth more than illiterate ones.

Roman style and the history of Roman architecture can be divided into four periods:

The first covers the time from the founding of Rome to the middle of the 2nd century BC. BC e. This time is still poor in buildings that had a purely Etruscan character, more often in the form of public benefit. Such were the canals for the sewage of the city, excellent roads (the Appian Way), aqueducts, the Mamertine prison and the first basilicas.

In the second period one can observe a strong influence of Greek architecture. This period, lasting from the middle of the II century. before 31 BC e.. It was marked by the appearance in Rome of the first marble temples, while earlier temples were built from local volcanic rocks, piperine and travertine. This period includes the temple of Portun, the temple of Vesta, the Tabularium (state archive), the first stone theater.

The third, most brilliant period in the history of Roman architecture begins with the seizure of power by Augustus and continues until 138 AD. At this time, the widespread use of concrete begins. New types of buildings appear, for example, basilicas, where trade transactions were made and courts were decided, circuses, chariot competitions took place, libraries, places for games, for walks. A new type of monumental structure appears - the triumphal arch. Improvement in the technique of arch construction contributes to the construction of aqueducts and bridges.

This period includes the construction of two of the most famous Roman monuments: the Colosseum (the largest amphitheater of the ancient world), as well as the Pantheon, a temple in the name of all the gods. The walls, ceilings and floors of public buildings, as well as the palaces of emperors and wealthy private houses, were decorated with paintings or mosaics.

During the fourth period, architecture tends to decline, an excess of decorations, a mixture of the most heterogeneous forms and the irrationality of their use. The last period in the history of Roman architecture, lasting until the final victory of Christianity over paganism (from 138 to 300). At this time, each emperor tries to leave a memory of some significant building (the temple of Antoninus and Faustina, the baths of Caracalla and others)

In the III century AD. Ancient Rome was filled with a struggle for power and, as a result, political instability, and the foreign policy situation of the empire was complicated. In the IV century AD. the division of the empire occurred, Christianity became the state religion of the entire empire. In the 5th century, the Western Roman Empire became the object of active resettlement of Germanic tribes, which finally undermined the unity of the state. 

The overthrow of the last emperor of the Western Roman Empire, Romulus Augustus, by the German leader Odoacer on September 4, 476 is considered the traditional date for the fall of the Roman Empire.