Romanese if you please

The multi stories structures in China served many of the same purposes as the domus houses did in Rome. They are both housing structures and had a distinct show of architecture that conveyed the occupants' standing or class in the culture. The domus was designed with an atrium in the center, which was used as an opening in the roof and a pool below on the ground to catch rainwater. They also incorporated a peristyle courtyard that was used for growing edible plants and trees such as lemon, cherry, and pear trees.  The Chinese structure used the 1st floor of 4 to house livestock such as pigs, chickens, and sometimes oxen and horses. This is a similarity showing that the two cultures used some of their housing for other purposes than just for living and dwelling. This multi-faceted usage demonstrated by both the Romans and the Chinese goes to show that they both were concerned with efficiency. They wanted to maximize the structures and architecture to the fullest utility possible, thus evidenced by their designing of multi-purpose living quarters. The Roman domus was owned by the wealthier class. It also can be determined by the size of the Chinese dwelling that it too was owned by people with financial stature in the culture's economy. The Great Wall, near Beijing, shows a defining characteristic of protection and honor towards family and nation. It also showed an impressive unification of an empire, which, in today's world, would be near impossible to amass such a unification in comparative terms. In a more diluted comparison, the Roman triumphal arches were more of a ceremonial or celebratory structure, and not so much for keeping people out (hard to do with a big open doorway). Yet they did in similar ways commemorate the honor of family, pertaining to leadership in the empire, just like the wall did in China.