There are many imitations and reproductions of Greek and Roman forms in today's modern society. Although the times of the great Greek and Roman empires have passed, people today are still able to honor their legacy with their lasting influences on modern society, especially in architecture. If you just look at the style of buildings today, you can see the similarities between the two different time frames. In the heyday of Greece, one of the highest priorities for the Greek people was how grand and impressive their way of life was, and this included their homes and public buildings. The main type of definitive Greek building was the temple. Many of these temples were built on a large hill known as an acropolis, and generally included placements of columns surrounding a large hall for a statue of one of the Greek deities to which the temple was dedicated. The Greek architectural style that we know today at school and from common knowledge began in the Bronze Age of the Aegean civilization (3000-1000 BC), which was mostly located along the coast of Asia Minor, which was located along the present-day southern Greece and the island of Crete. In ancient Greece, there were two distinct time periods that encompassed different, but similar, styles of architecture. The first was the Minoan period (3000-1200), during this period Minoan royalty and the wealthy lived in large palace-like houses, which contained a number of rooms and were usually built around a central courtyard. Many of these buildings were at least two or more stories tall and were connected by enormous, elaborate staircases. The walls were typically made of a bright white stone and covered with stucco for the... middle of paper ......all modern buildings exist only because of the foundations that the Greeks and Romans gave us. It is thanks to them that modern society has today's architectural capabilities and continues to enrich our world with modern ideas, as their civilizations once did. Works Cited1. Reid, Richard. “Greek architecture, Roman architecture”. The book of buildings: a panorama of ancient, medieval, Renaissance and modern structures. Chicago: Rand McNally, 1980. 26-29. Print.2. Adkins, Lesley and Roy. An Adkins. “Construction techniques, Architects and Architecture, Foundations”. Manual for life in ancient Rome. New York: Oxford UP, 1994. 151-152. Print.3. "Classical Greek Architecture, Function". The World Book Encyclopedia. vol. 1. Chicago, IL. World Book, 2009. 610-616. Print.4. Nardo, Don. "Chapter 3." Architecture. Detroit: Lucent, 2008. 40-48. Press.