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11/20/2011

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fauces

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Latin, "Jaws." In a Roman house, the narrow foyer leading to the attrium.
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atrium
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The central reception room of a Roman house that is partly open to the sky. Also the open, colonaded court in front of and attached to a Christian basilica
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impluvium
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In a Roman house, the basin located in the atrium that collected rainwater
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compluvium
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A space left unroofed over the court of a Roman dwelling, through which the rain fell into theimpluvium or cistern.
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cubiculum
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A small cubicle or bedroom that opened onto the atrium of a Roman house. Also, a chamber in an in an early christain catacomb that served as a mortuary chapel.
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ala
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A rectangular recess at the back of the atrium
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tablinum
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The Study or office in a Roman house
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triclinium
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The Dining room of a roman house
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peristyle
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In classical architecture, a columnade all around the cella and its porches. A peripteral colonade consists of a single row of columns on all sides; a dipteral colonnade has double row and around.
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basilica
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In roman architecture, a public building for legal and other civic proceedings, rectangular in plan with an entrance usually on a long side. In Christian architecture, a church somewhat resembling the roman basilica, usually entering from one end and with an apse at the other
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First Style Roman Painting
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The earliest style of roman mural painting. Also called the masonary style, because the aim of the artist was to imitate, using painted stucco relief, appearance of costly marble pannels
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Second Style Roman Painting
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The style of Roman mural painting in which the aim was to dissolve the confining walls of a room and replace them with the illusion  of a three-dimentional world constructed in the artists imagination

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Third Style Roman Wall Painting
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In roman mural painting, the style in which delicate linear fantasies were sketched on predominantly monochromatic backgrounds
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Fourth Style Roman Wall Painting
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In Roman mural painting, the Fourth Style marks a return to architectural illusionism, but the architectural vistas of the fourth Style are irrational fantasies
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exedra
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Recessed area, usually semicircular
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atmospheric perspective
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Aerial perspective or atmospheric perspective refers to the effect the atmosphere has on the appearance of an object as it is viewed from a distance
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Pax Romana
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An uneasy peace, as one imposed by a powerful state on a weaker or vanquished state.
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attic
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The uppermost story of a building, triumphal arch, or city gate
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Augustus
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First emperor of Rome (27 bc-ad 14) and grandnephew of Julius Caesar. Born Gaius Octavius, he took the name Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus[image]often referred to simply as Octavian in English texts[image]in 44 after Caesar's assassination. He defeated Mark Antony and Cleopatra in 31 and subsequently gained control over the empire. In 27 he was named emperor and given the honorary title Augustus.
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Livia
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she poisoned whoever interfered with her plans.
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rustication
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To give a rustic appearance by roughening the surfaces and beveling the edges of stone blocks to emphasize the joints between them. Rustication is a technique employed in ancient Roman architecture, and was also popular during the Renaissance, especially from stone courses at the ground-floor level.
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triumphal arch
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a monumental archway; usually they are built to commemorate some notable victory
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spandrels
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The roughly triangular space enclosed by the curves of adjacent arches and a horizontal member connecting their vertexes; also, the space enclosed by the curve of an arch and an enclosing right angle. The area between the arch proper and the framing columns and entablature.
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composite capital
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A capital combining Ionic volutes and Corinthian acanthus leaves, first used by the ancient romans
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apotheosis
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Elevated to the rank of gods, or the ascent to heaven
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Flavians- Vespasian,Titus,Domitian
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a dynasty of Roman Emperors from 69 to 96 including Vespasian and his sons Titus and Domitian
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damnatio memoriae
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The roman decree condeming those who ran afoul of the senate. Those who suffered damnatio memoriae had their memorials demolished and their names erased from public inscriptions
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Trajan
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Roman emperor (98-117) whose reign was marked by an extensive building program and compassionate treatment of the poor.
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equestrian statue
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depicting or representing a person on horseback an equestrian statue
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