The Latin word templum originally referred not to the temple building itself, but to a sacred space surveyed and plotted ritually through augury: "The architecture of the ancient Romans was, from first to last, an art of shaping space around ritual." The Roman architect Vitruvius always uses the word templum to refer to this sacred precinct, and the more common Latin words aedes, delubrum, or fanum for a temple or shrine as a building. The ruins of temples are among the most visible monuments of ancient Roman culture. COUNT 5
QSN1 Around what aspect did the Romans a lot space? ANS1 ritual QSN2 What religious practice did Rome use to determine ritual? ANS2 augury QSN3 What Roman word was used to refer to the scared precinct? ANS3 templum QSN4 What common Latin words were used to mean a shrine or building? ANS4 aedes, delubrum, or fanum QSN5 What monuments were the some of most visible of Roman culture? ANS5 temples