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Art Test 3
chapter 6
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Art History
Undergraduate 1
11/10/2011

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Monarchy

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753-509 BCE
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Roman republic 

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509-27 BCE
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Roman empire

Definition
27 BCE - 337 CE
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Date 

 

Early Empire

 

 

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27BCE -96 CE
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High empire

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96-192 CE
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date 

 

Late empire

Definition

3rd and 4th Centuries 

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date

 

marcellus capture syracue

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211 BCE
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Greece become a province of rome

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146 BCE
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date

 

Battle of actium

(augustus vs mark anthony)

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31 BCE
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date

 

seante gives octavian the title of "augustus"

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27 BCE
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date

 

Eruption of Mt. Vesuvius buries pompeii and herculaneum

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79 CE
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Capital transferred from rome to constatinople

Definition
330 CE
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romulus
Definition
twin son of the god mars and a mortal woman
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remus
Definition

twin son of the god mars and a mortal woman

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senate
Definition
a form of goverment 
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consuls
Definition
highest elected office of the roman republic
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magistrate
Definition
Officer of the state 

kinda like a judge  
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patrician
Definition
a senate like man
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plebian
Definition
land owning roman citizens
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pseudoperipteral
Definition
a building with free standing column in the front
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veristic
Definition
were all the wrinkle and flaw in shown in art
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imagines
Definition
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vesuvius
Definition
volcano that erupted and covered the city of Pompeii
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forum
Definition
the main room of a temple or government building
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basilica
Definition
large rectangular building with an extensive interior space
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amphitheater
Definition
an open-air venue used for entertainment and performances
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cavea
Definition
the holding place under amphitheater for animals
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barrel vault
Definition
a ceiling that looks like a tunnel
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groin vault 
Definition
it looks like two barrel vaults cross each other perpendicularly 
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domus
Definition
the type of house occupied by the upper class people
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atrium
Definition
the center of a house 

courtyard  
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cubiculum
Definition
a small room usually a bedroom
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triclinium
Definition
formal dining room in a roman building
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pax romana
Definition
a 207 year span in 1st and 2nd AD were there was minimal espansion by militart force
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princeps
Definition
official title of a roman emperor
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pontifex maximus
Definition
the highest prist of the roman religion
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imperator
Definition
kinda like a commander under a emperor
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cuirass
Definition
a piece of armour that covers the front of the torso. usually one big piece
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denarius
Definition

a coin in the roman currency system. its small and made out of silver

 

Term
continuous narrative
Definition
 a picture that illistrates multiple scenes within a single frame
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triumphal arch
Definition
a massive archway often designed to span a road
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spandrels
Definition
 is the space between two arches or between an arch and a rectangular enclosure.
Term
corinthian column
Definition
a slender column it stands apart by its distinctive carved capital
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rusticated masonry
Definition
usually squared-off but left with a more or less rough outer surface and wide joints that emphasize the edges of each block
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Dacians
Definition
people from the island Dacia, the area if present day Romania and Maldova 
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menorah
Definition
seven-branched ancient lampstand
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coffers
Definition
 is a sunken panel in the shape of a square, rectangle, or octagon in a ceilingsoffit or vault.
Term
oculus
Definition
a circular window or rain hole
Term
equestrian
Definition
a statue were the person is riding a horse 
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tetrarchy
Definition
a goverment that divided rome into four quadrants each with a different ruler
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damnation memoriae
Definition
a dishoner that could be passed by the roman senate upon traitors 
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tepidarium
Definition
a warm bathroom heated by inderfloor heating
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caldarium 
Definition
a room with a hot plunge bath
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frigidarium
Definition
a large cold pool of Roman baths 
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