One could say that Roman architectural design vaulted forward, not simply one dome idea after another.
See What those Romans caused with their architectural designs!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fornication
In Latin, the term fornix means arch or vault. In Ancient Rome, prostitutes waited for their customers out of the rain under vaulted ceilings, and fornix became a euphemism for brothels, and the Latin verb fornicare referred to a man visiting a brothel.
From which we get “porn”.