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| The portion of a basilica flanking the nave and separated from it by a row of columns or piers. |
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| Greek, “double theater.” A Roman building type resembling two Greek theaters put together. The Roman amphitheater featured a continuous elliptical cavea around a central arena. |
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| Elevated to the rank of gods, or the ascent to heaven. |
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| A recess, usually semicircular, in the wall of a Roman basilica or at the east end of a church. |
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| A series of arches supported by piers or columns. |
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| The court of a Roman house that is partly open to the sky. Also the open, colonnaded court in front of and attached to a Christian basilica. |
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| In Roman architecture, a civic building for legal and other civic proceedings, rectangular in plan with an entrance usually on a long side. |
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| The hot-bath section of a Roman bathing establishment. |
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| An ancient Roman temple dedicated to the gods Jupiter, Juno, and Minerva. |
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| An overground water system |
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| A small cubicle or bedroom that opened onto the atrium of a Roman house. Also, a chamber in an Early Christian catacomb that served as a mortuary chapel. |
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| The Roman decree condemning 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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| In architecture a sunken panel in a ceiling. |
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| A painting technique in which pigment is mixed with wax and applied to the surface while hot. |
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| A small dome rising over the roof of a building; in architecture a roof is achieved by rotating an arch on it's axis. |
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| In a Roman house the narrow foyer leading to the atrium |
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| In ancient Rome wax portraits of ancestors |
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In Roman architecture a multistory apartment house, usually made of brick-faced concrete; also refers to a city block.
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| The round central opening of a dome |
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| In Roman architecture, a freestanding arch commemorating an important event, such as a military victory or the opening of a new road. In Christian architecture, the arch framing the apse at the end of a church nave. |
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| In a Roman amphitheater, the cloth awning that could be rolled down from the top of the cavea to shield spectators from sun or rain. |
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| An atrium surrounded by columns in a Roman house. |
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