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Verona (537 words) |
 | The Arena (which shape and use immediately recall the Roman Colosseum) was built around the half of the 1st century CE on a site which at the time was out of the urban walls. |
| But other Roman monuments too are in the town, like the Roman Theatre, built in the 1st century BC and retrieved in the 18th century CE thanks to Andrea Monga, a wealthy Veronese who bought all the houses that in time had been built over the theatre, demolished them and saved the monument. |
| The Arco dei Gavi (Gavi Arch), dedicated to the important Roman family of the Gavii, was built in the same 1st century CE, and is famous for having the name of the builder (architect Lucius Vitruvius Cordone[?]) graved on it, a really rare case in the architecture of the epoque. |
| Buddhist Art (4054 words) |
| Buddhism arrived in China around the 1st century CE (although there are some traditions about a monk visiting China during Asoka¡¯s reign), and through to the 8th century it became very active and creative in the development of Buddhist art, particularly in the area of statuary. |
| During the 1st century CE, the trade on the overland Silk Road tended to be restricted by the rise of the Parthian empire in the Middle East, an unvanquished enemy of Rome, just as Romans were becoming extremely wealthy and their demand for Asian luxury was rising. |
| From the 1st to 7th centuries, Buddhist art in Thailand was first influenced by direct contact with Indian traders and the expansion of the Mon kingdom, leading to the creation of Hindu and Buddhist art inspired from the Gupta tradition, with numerous monumental statues of great virtuosity. |
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