Following the Roman practice of placing the "heaviest" column at the bottom of a structure, the columns of the Colosseum were arranged in which order from the first (bottom) to the third level?
A) Corinthian, Doric, Ionic
B) Ionic, Doric, Corinthian
C) Doric, Ionic, Corinthian
D) Corinthian, Ionic, Doric

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The Doric order is the heaviest and was used on the first level, followed by the lighter Ionic order on the second level, and the even lighter Corinthian order on the third level.

Following the Roman Practice of Placing the "Heaviest" Column at the Bottom