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| Titus's brother. Built the building on the Palatine hill. More idealized in his art. Is assassinated. Asshole. |
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| Galba, Otho, Vitellius, and Vespasian were four generals who took control of Rome and were assassinated. Vespasian was nominated by his troops |
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| Extreme realism, warts and all. |
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| Used verism in his portrayals. Strong male leader who made sure he appeared to be the father of Rome. Destroyed the Domus Aurea. helped as much as he could. Returned the land to the people |
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| Warriors who fought the animals in the Colosseum for entertainment. Usually were criminals |
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| Warriors that fought one another for entertainment. For the ones people wanted to die, they were tied to poles and killed by animals. Often reenacted famous battles |
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| Mock sea battles in the Colosseum. Filled the floor with water. Started when it first opened |
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| Cover made of canvas. Same material that was used for sailing and was used to cover the colosseum. |
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| Jewish Wars and the sack of Salomon's Temple |
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| Domitian had to destroy the Jewish temples after the Jews kept revolting. This stopped them. |
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| Creates the entrance for the Roman forum. Built to celebrate Domitian and his victory over the Jews. Varying depths of relief shows a triumphal procession. Low to high relief. When you move, it moves into low relief as you move away. |
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| Was the writer who wrote about the destruction of Pompeii |
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| Died trying to evacuate people during the last moments of Pompeii |
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| Spends the last half o his reign hiding from his mother, Livia, in Capri. Was the son of Augustus. Was a douche. Did things for himself and not the people. |
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Put up by Nero after he put down a Gaulic revolt. Shows the different armor and spoils that Rome received from the Gauls and indicates how much wealth was taken.
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| Sculptural group found in Sperlonga. Portrays Odysseus's journey home. Not sure if it was stolen or not. Signed by architects who have been dead for years. |
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| The guard who saved Nero by knocking him out of the way when a boulder was going to fall on him at Sperlonga. |
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| Vase made by dipping the glass repeatedly and carving away the glass in order to reveal the color below. |
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| The lower portion of the structure is unfinished. Appears stronger and is cheaper. |
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| Rome was burned down. Was rumoured it was started by Nero. As Rome burned, Nero fiddled. |
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| Wrote about the gold dining room of the Domus Aurea. |
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| Was a painter. The only known thing he painted were the wall paintings inside the Domus Aurea. Only painted for Nero till he died |
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| This word comes from the Domus Aurea. From the word 'grotto,' a name used by the Renaissance. |
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| Concrete made of volcanic ash |
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| Was appointed when Domitian was assassinated. Very old and very well respected. Trained Trajan because he wasn't ready to be a politician. |
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| Were chosen for their skills. None of them were blood related; they were all adopted. |
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| Was a general . First emperor born outside Rome, from Spain. Always shown as idealized with no beard. Instituted the first public school system as well as the welfare system. |
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| Were incorporated into Trajan's empire. This expanded Rome into its largest size. |
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| Architect of Trajan. Came up with the idea to use a pontoon bridge in Dacia. |
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| Trajan's family name is Ulpia. Two apses on either end. Judicial purposes. Statues of gods and Trajan. |
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| Famous military technique that the Romans used. Tank was made out of shields and men. |
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| Main hall of the markets of Trajan. Covered with groin vaults and supported by flying buttresses. |
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| The way the Romans heated their bathhouse. The floor of the complex was built of bricks and heated. Fire is always burning. Below it is a hot water furnace. |
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| Bricks that do the lifting in a Hypocaust system |
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| Best preserved bath complex |
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| Was in charge of improving Rome during Augustus's rule. Military genius. |
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| Used to transport water in Rome. Had to be going downhill. This was done by rearranging the ducts and holding them up in the air. |
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| Breastplate displays the returning of the standards. Believed to be a copy made for Livia upon Augustus's death. |
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| Head of the church. Augustus was the first one |
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| Differences between a Roman and Greek Theater |
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Built into a mountain
Larger than half a circle
Action takes place in orchestra
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Made of stone
Wore masks
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Special occasion event
Wooden theaters. Not manly enough for stone
Was not built into a mountain, used the arch
Acting space is bigger
Proskeim was used for the action of the play
Low broad stage
Elaborate backdrop
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| Areas where the actors enter and exit |
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| Walkway in between the upper and lower seats |
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| Stage, only used for the chorus or elders. used to lift people up |
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| Rotating scenes. Usually triangular |
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| Took over after Trajan. Spent his life trying to make Rome safer. Kept his boarders strong and released Dacia. |
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| Big open space for military review. Segmented domes. |
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| Long pool, originally columnated. Half dome at one end, was used as an open air dining room at the Villa of Hadrian |
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| Circular building . Not a theater but has a mote around it. Had a drawbridge; where Hadrian would go to get away. |
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| Eye, strengthens a dome in a building. Only light source susually |
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| Used to help support the concrete the Pantheon was built with |
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| Series of exedrai around the main apse |
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| Indentions in the ceiling. |
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| World making architecture |
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| The pantheon was made up of stone from all over the empire. The Roman world is being recreated. |
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| Keeps the state, but controls it by taking on every major position. Becomes head priest of Rome. Never claims to be divine. Propaganda was based around a time of peace |
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| "What have I done?" Inscribed in stone by Augustus and sent it around Rome. Tells you all the things that Augustus has done. |
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| Round pieces of a forum where the dedication is |
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| Aeneas was considered pious, so Augustus tried to push this piety, saying that they were the same |
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| Made up of Julius Caesar, Pompey the Great, and Cassus |
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| Conquered Gaul, was loved by the lower classes. Didn't have as much money as the other two. |
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| Roman general who brought a lot of land to Rome. One of the wealthiest men; supported the wealthy class. Son in law of Julius Caesar. Wanted to emulate Alexander the Great |
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| The wealthiest man in Rome. Killed in Parthia |
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| When Pompey would not give Caesar and his troops permission to cross over it into Rome after their victory, Caesar leads them across it anyways, fully armed. |
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| Commits suicide after having an affair with Mark Antony because she is hunted by Octavian |
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| Cleopatra's younger brother who tried to kill her to gain power. |
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| Caesar's right hand man who falls in love with Cleopatra and gives part of Rome to her children. |
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| Heir to Caesar. His great nephew. Marches onto Egypt. |
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| Octavian hunts down Mark Antony with his fleet. Cleopatra flees when they start to lose |
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| Octavian's admiral who was responsible for the victory against Mark Antony. Military genius |
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| Formed by the senate. Mark Antony, Octavian, and Lepidus |
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| Large space with a rectangular opening |
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| Hole in the roof of a Roman house |
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| Pool that catches the water from the Compluvium |
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| Simple decoration, imitations of colored marble. Polychrome |
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| Part of the wall is still painted like mosaics, but 3d objects are painted realistically. Columns make an illusion |
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| More ornamental. Small picture Organic patterns. Reed columns, wispy. no interest in architectural structures or 3d |
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| 2nd and third styles. More complicated. Wall is broken up into different spatial levels with distance scenes. Architectural columns. Huge picture. |
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| Lime layer where the stones are set, after the nucleus |
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