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==1st millennium BC== *'''[[1st century BC in architecture|1-99 BC]]''' β [[Vitruvius]] writes [[De architectura]] (c. 15 BC). Expansion of [[Herod the Great]]'s temple begins (c. 37 BC). [[Pont du Gard]] (c. 50 BC), [[Provence]], [[France]].<ref name=Calkinscpt1/> [[Pons Fabricius]], oldest functional stone [[Roman bridge]] in [[Rome]], Italy (62 BC). [[Maison CarrΓ©e]] [[Roman temple]] is constructed (c. 16 BC). [[Mausoleum of Augustus]] is completed (28 BC). *'''[[2nd century BC in architecture|100s]]''' β Across the [[Tiber]] in Italy: [[Ponte Milvio]] is the second bridge at this location (115 BC); [[Pons Aemilius]] is the oldest stone [[Roman bridge]] in [[Rome]] (126 BC). *'''[[3rd century BC in architecture|200s]]''' β [[Erechtheion]] in [[Athens]] completed (206 BC). [[Lighthouse of Alexandria]] in [[Egypt]] completed and is the tallest man-made structure in existence at the time (c. 246 BC). The city of [[DjennΓ©-Djenno]] is first occupied (250 BC). [[Colossus of Rhodes]] is completed (280 BC). *'''[[4th century BC in architecture|300s]]''' β [[University of ancient Taxila]], one of the first institutes of learning, is established. [[Mausoleum at Halicarnassus]], one of the [[Seven Wonders of the Ancient World]], is completed (350 BC). [[Alexander the Great]] founds the city of [[Alexandria]] and plans its layout (331 BC). The city of [[Antioch]] is founded (300 BC). *'''[[5th century BC in architecture|400s]]''' β Completion of the final form of the [[Parthenon]] in [[Athens]] (432 BC). Construction of [[Pataliputra]] (modern day [[Patna]]) in the [[Magadha (Mahajanapada)|Magadha]] empire ([[Indian Subcontinent]]) begun (490 BC). *'''[[6th century BC in architecture|500s]]''' β Construction of the [[Temple of Artemis]] in [[Ephesus]] begins (c. 500 BC). [[Second Temple]] [[Temple in Jerusalem|in Jerusalem]] completed (February 25, 515 BC). Work begins on [[Persepolis]] (515 BC). [[Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus]] completed in [[Rome]] (509 BC). *'''[[7th century BC in architecture|600s]]''' β Port city of [[Naucratis]] is founded in Egypt (c. 625 BC). Massalia (modern-day [[Marseille]]) is founded (c. 600 BC). *'''[[8th century BC in architecture|700s]]''' β According to legend, the city of Rome is founded (753 BC). *'''[[9th century BC in architecture|800s]]''' β *'''[[10th century BC in architecture|900s]]''' β The earliest Greek temple built at [[Samos]] with some timber framing based on the [[Mycenaean Greece|Mycenaean]] [[megaron]]<ref>Norwich, John Julius, ed.. ''great architecture of the world: from ancient times to the present, with more than 800 diagrams, drawings, and photographs''. 2001. 68. {{ISBN|0306810425}}</ref>
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