Roman Reno

This past weekend I was in Reno for a volleyball tournament. On our drive for some celebratory ice cream after winning the tournament, we drove past a hotel called the Peppermill that had Roman columns on the front of the hotel. Obviously they were just poorly done replicas, but the many different styles of the columns reminded me about a unit we did in the 7th grade over Roman architecture. From Mr. Stewart we learned the three main types of Roman column styles: doric, ionic, and corinth, all of which where from different time periods. I realized that the hotel had all 3 types of columns. It's funny to think about all of the little historical inaccuracies we make all the time, even the ones that don't seem as big of a deal, like having three different types of Roman columns from different eras on the outside of a Reno casino. Its also fun to see that even in Reno for a volleyball tournament, I am always using my Latin skills!