page_title: Timeline of Italian architecture
section_title: Early period
hierarchical_section_title: Timeline of Italian architecture / Timeline / Early period
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Arc de Constantin et le Colisée - Rome, Italie. English: Arch of Constantine and the Colosseum - Rome, Italy. Italiano: Arco di Costantino e il Colosseo - Roma, Italia.
context_page_description: This timeline shows the periods of various architectural styles in the architecture of Italy. Italy's architecture spans almost 3,500 years, from Etruscan and Ancient Roman architecture to Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque, Rococo, Neoclassical, Art Nouveau, Fascist, and Italian modern and contemporary architecture.
context_section_description: AD 313 – The arch of Constantine in Rome. Mostly built in concrete, bricks or marble, Roman Triumphal arch were grandiose and meant to represent victories, prestige, money and power.
  AD 800 – Domes become popular and major features in Byzantine architecture in Italy.
caption: The Arch of Constantine, Rome
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