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| a broad-leafed plant with many spikes, used as a decorative patern on Cornithian capitals and reliefs |
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Latin for arrival
Used to represent the formal arrival of an emperor or general, with all its pomp and circumstance |
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| the inert material, usually sand, gravel, or rubble, that is bound together with pozzolana to form concrete |
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| the occassion when someone(often an emperor) becomes a god or goddess after death. typically represented by the person being carried up to heaven |
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| a device for creating the illusion of distance by making faraway objects appear hazier than objects in the foreground |
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a title for the emperor meaning revered
the name originally taken by octavian but was used subsequently for all reigning emperors |
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| the conventional name for ha;;s built to accomodate a crowd of people for civic and administravtive purposes |
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| an enclosed room of a temple usually housing the cult statue |
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the box like shaped in the ceilings of architectural monuments and triumphal archives
used to reduce the mass of the vaulting |
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| a row of columns,either surrounding a temple or standing as an independent architectural element |
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the 2 chief administrators of the roman state during the republican period
they were elected annually
The office continued under the empire but became more of a titular post |
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a person with sweeping powers appointed in a time of crisis to restore the government or defend the state
the word does not carry the moderness of ugly connotations |
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| an ornamental brooch rather like a safety pin |
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| the public open space in a roman city or town,originally used as a market; the political and administrative activity center |
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the horizontal space above the main crossbeam in a classical temple, usualy decorated with sculptured figures or floral ornament
often used for decoration arranged in a horizontal band |
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| painted figures (especially imaginary creatures)copied or adapted in the Renaissance from the wallsof the ancient buildings in Rome that were underground "grottoes" at the time |
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| refers to the period in greek art and politics between the death of Alexander the Great 3232 bc and the estblishment of Roman government in Greece and Asia minor during the first century bce |
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| a doctrine originating from the revival of interest in the philosphy of Plato in the thrid century bce |
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| a tapering pillar of square section, with pointed top, set up by the ancient Egyptians, but often carried of for reues by the Romans |
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| the round opening in a vault to let in light |
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| the rectangular courtyard or garden of a greek or Roman house |
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citizens who made up the common people
not memeber s of noble families |
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| a porch, or a line of columns in a colunnade |
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| the greek word for the front porch of a temple |
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| important gateways or the square pillars that support an arch |
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| the prows of captured ships set up in the roman forum and used as a pulpit for public speeches |
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| a container to hold a dead body, usually made of stone, but can also be made of terracotta or metal |
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| an architectural term for a structure with horzontal beams set on vertiacl supports(also known as pst and lintel) |
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| a victory moument composed of the armor of the defeated army, which was set up on the battlefield |
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| a barrel or tunnel vault is a simple semicircular arched roof |
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| larin for courage and strength. idea or quality associated with having those attributes |
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