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| Latin historian of the Late Roman Empire. Greek origin: born in Antioch circa 330 DE, died 400 CE. Ammianus Marcellus continued the work of Tacitus. |
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| Architectural feature made of stone or terracotta and used to ornament the edges of roffs |
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| ceramic pottery produced at Arezzo in Tuscany from the first century BCE to the first century CE. A characteristic of this kind of ceramic pottery was its glossy red varnish. Term extended to designate ceramic pottery originating in Pozzuoli on the Bay of Naples. Arretine pottery was exported to Gaul in large quantities. |
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| In Roman architecture, the term designates a rectangular ediface consisting of a nave and side aisles. Basilicas were used as court houses, commodity markets and meeting-places where private business was conducted. Their structure and name were taken up by the first Christian churches. |
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| Principal thoroughfare running in a north-south direction. The term is extended to designate the streets along which Roman cities were founded. |
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| Monogram of Christ, formed with the first letters of the word "christ" in greek. Chi (x) and Ro (p). The chrimson was surrounded by a circle which symbolized eternity. It was frequently inscribed on objects and architectural features. |
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| A small cauldron with a single handle intended for use over fire. |
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| Description for overhanging or cantilevered (structure made of wood or masonry and built on top of a rampart or wall) |
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| part of a fortified wall stretching between two towers or bastions |
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| From the Latin decumanus. Name of a Roman street running in an east-west direction. |
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| Dating method based on the study of the concentric circles (representing years) found on sections of tree trunks. |
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| Term belonging to the typology of Italian wine amphorae. Dressel I-type amphorae were produced in the second century BCE and in the first half of the first century BCE. They were expoted to several regions of Gaul. as such they form one of the main sources for that period. |
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| Bishop of Poitiers in 597 (520-600) Author of lives of the saints and of occasional works, including an account of the reconstruction of the Cathedral of Paris by Childbert. |
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| In Roman religions, a deity specific to each individual. The genius is born and dies with each individual, watches over him or her, and shares his or her destiny. |
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| Bishop of Tours (b. 538, d. 593); Gallo- Roman orgin. Gregory was personally acquainted with the major figures of his time. He left a History of the Franks, which is an essential source of the hisotry of the kingdom in the sixth century. |
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| Gutter-bering wall. The term is extended by religious architecture to designate the walls that form the limits of a church. |
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| Wooden corbelled gallery constructed over a rampart. |
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| System for heating beath and dwelling from below floor-level. The floor was supported by a distribution of shafts or by canals built of masonry which allowed the circulation of hot air produced by a furnace. |
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| In Roman cities, a block delimitted by four streets. |
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| Member of the nobility of the Frankish court. His slander was the result in the wrath of Fredegonde, wife of Chilperic the First, and his arrongance and lack of prudence ended with his execution. The highly detailed account left by Gregory of Tours of Leudaste's flight and arrest. |
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| Latin term for a plain pot used for storage and cooking |
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| Generic term, used by Caesar during the conquest of Gaul and designating Gllic strong hold situated in elevated locations or islands. The term generally covers settlements ranging from refuges to fortified towns |
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| Latin term for a maisonry technique consisting of oblique countries of more or less regular rubblestones, arranged to form a herringbone structure. |
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| Isolated stone structure supporting a load of masonry or a wooden structure. |
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| Small vertical support made of masonry, frrquently square-shaped and made of bricks; parts of the suspensura of a hypocaust that bear the floor of a heated room |
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| Thin Roman and Gallo-Roman ceramic based on Italic Patterns with glossy red glazing; frequently decorated, and sometimes signed by means of a style or a seal bearing the potters name. |
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| Recipient with a single handle, generally used for storing butter |
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| Greek coin and monetary unit. The starters of Philip II, King of Macedon from 356 to 336 BCE., were used as a model for Gallic coins |
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| The system of streets which has to allow for irrigation of a city. In Roman cities, the norm (which admitted of many exceptions) was a square pattern. |
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| Floor supported by shafts among which hot air circulated in a hypocaust |
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| The terracotta pipes of a hypocaust, in which hot air circulated |
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| The paradigm of urban life in the Roman world, consisting of a regular street-plan, public and religious monuments, facilities such as water, public baths, and fora for public spectacles |
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