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In the Roman Doric order, the columns are more slender, usually have bases, and the fluting is sometimes altered or omitted.
Doric entablature: A plain architrave, a frieze of alternating triglyphs and metopes, and a plain crowning cornice.
The Roman Doric order is known for having a base and the flutes being altered or even omitted. Like the Greek Doric order, the height is based on the diameter. It stands eight times its diameter.
It is supposed to represent the piece of timber through which the wooden pegs were driven in order to hold the rafter in position, and it follows the sloping rake of the roof. In the Roman Doric order the mutule was horizontal, ...
 See also: Roman, Doric order, Greek, Roman doric, Architecture
  
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