Most characteristic roman metropolitan building?

[Kyriakos]

Probably a hippodrome? The Colloseum is too unique to be in all metropoleis i guess...

Any other ideas?

I will be modelling the final roman building this month, for my ancient roman city set.

 

[sydhe]

The public bath?

 

[Ajidica]

Walls I presume.

 

[sophie]

Roman amphitheaters maybe? Since they seem to be, quite literally, all over the place in the former Roman world.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_amphitheatre

That or a Roman forum...

 

[innonimatu]

I'd go with amphitheaters also. Forums you could find even in small cities. Likewise with basilicas and baths.

Aqueducts might be a good alternative, the smaller cities often didn't need those or had small ones.

 

[Pangur Bán]

Basilica is a great candidate.

 

[bob bobato]

Probably a hippodrome? The Colloseum is too unique to be in all metropoleis i guess...

Any other ideas?

I will be modelling the final roman building this month, for my ancient roman city set.

Personally I think ghe most characteristic building of any society is usually going to be the most banal, so in the Roman context that would be either a tenement or a villa.

 

[Optical]

Go with the public baths.

 

[Samez]

Aqueduct or amphitheater.

 

[Kyriakos]

I will try that, but this forum looks interesting too:

Obviously i would only model a part of it, since in this scale modelling the whole thing would be pointless.

 

[Kyriakos]

Edit: A large amphitheatre:

 

[North King]

That strikes me as a little too tall relative to its width...