Some examples of canons are found in the writings of the 1st-century BCE Roman Architect Vitruvius. These texts provided both general advice and specific formal prescriptions or canons. Texts on architecture have been written since ancient time. Roman architecture was influenced by Greek architecture as they incorporated many Greek elements into their building practices. Architectural "style" developed in the form of the Classical orders.
The architecture and urbanism of the Classical civilizations such as the Greek and the Roman evolved from civic ideals rather than religious or empirical ones and new building types emerged. In many ancient civilizations, such as those of Egypt and Mesopotamia, architecture and urbanism reflected the constant engagement with the divine and the supernatural, and many ancient cultures resorted to monumentality in architecture to represent symbolically the political power of the ruler, the ruling elite, or the state itself.
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