From Ancient Greece to Romanesque, the change in the design of capitals signaled a change in architectural style. For the Roman orders and Ionic and Corinthian Greek order, the capitals were the most distinguishing characteristics to identify classical architecture. The ornate decorations served as symbols of Greek/Roman architecture. The elaborate capital designs reflected the architectural style of the time as shown in entablatures filled with triglyphs and metopes. After antiquity, the capital of columns became more subdued. As the Carolingian and Romanesque architecture focused more on churches and cathedral, the ornate capitals slowly faded away.