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Neoclassical architecture in postrevolutionary America The U.S. Capitol's designs, derived from ancient Greece and Rome, evoke the ideals that guided the nation's founders as they framed their new republic. Construction began in 1793. Thomas Jefferson wanted Congress housed in a replica of an ancient Roman temple. Another well-known example of the neoclassical architecture style on Capitol Hill is the U.S. Supreme Court Building. Finished and occupied in 1935, the Supreme Court is meant to resemble a great marble temple. Thinking points Why would the ‘founders’ of the new nation of America want to replicate Roman temples? What ideas did they have about the new nation that the architecture might invoke? “A state without law was like a body without a mind.” - Cicero • Founders of the US turned to Roman ideas, particularly to Cicero, when developing their new nation • Influence from the Romans can be seen in the writing of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution and Bill of Rights • Representative democracy is structured like the government of the Roman Republic Find out! What was the structure of the Roman Republic?