Mahogany-veneered furniture with ormolu mounts assumed the shapes of Roman, Greek, and Egyptian chairs and tables, with winged-lion supports and pilasters headed with sphinxes' busts or palm leaves; where no Classical prototypes existed, contemporary designs were enlivened with Classical ornament.
Eastern Roman coins from the first half of the 6th century suggest a significant military presence in Olteniaa region also characterized by the predominance of pottery with shapes of Roman tradition.
This research disproved older theories about the shape of the Roman city walls, demonstrating that the Roman and medieval defences formed an identical circuit.
Built to echo the elliptical shape of a Roman galley ship, the museum occupies a dramatic setting, surrounded by the river, near the dam at Cunovo, and the point where the borders of Slovakia, Hungary and Austria converge.
Mr. Putin is to arrive tomorrow for an informal visit at Villa Certosa, Mr. Berlusconi's summer retreat, which reportedly has a cactus garden planted in the shape of a Roman amphitheater.
Instead of the classic yellow plastic models, Lego has designed and produced three aluminum variants in the shape of the Roman god Jupiter, his sister (and the probe's namesake) Juno, and the astronomer Galileo.
Its carefully worked ashlar and the second cornice, which ran along all ancient piers, provide us with the most distinct impression of the original shape of the Roman bridge.
Using a simplified symbol which does not depict St. Andrew's image, the saltire or crux decussata, (from the Latin crux, 'cross', and decussis, 'having the shape of the Roman numeral X'), began in the late 14th century.
