Following the Roman Practice of Placing the "Heaviest" Column at the Bottom

question 33

Multiple Choice

Following the Roman practice of placing the "heaviest" column at the bottom of a structure, the columns of the Colosseum were arranged in which order from the first (bottom) to the third level?

• A) Corinthian, Doric, Ionic
• B) Ionic, Doric, Corinthian
• C) Doric, Ionic, Corinthian
• D) Corinthian, Ionic, Doric

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