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| a broad-leafed plant with many spikes, used as a decorative pattern on Corinthian 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 occasion 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 was originally taken by Octavian but was used subsequently for all reigning emperors. |
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| The conventional name for halls built to accommodate a crowd of people for civic and administrative purposes |
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| an enclosed room of a temple, usually housing the cult statue. |
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| the box-like shapes in the ceilings of architectural monuments and triumphal arches. 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 two 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 ugliness of modern 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 center of political and administrative activities. |
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| the horizontal space above the main crossbeam in a classical temple, usually decorated with sculptured figures or floral ornament. Often used for any decoration arranged in a horizontal band. |
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| painted figures (especially imaginary creatures) copied or adapted in the renaissance from the walls of 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 (323 bc) and the established of Roman government in Greece in Asia Minor during the first century BC |
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| a doctrine originating from the revival of interest in the philosophy of Plato in the third century AD |
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| a tapering pillar of square section, with a pointed top, set up by the ancient Egyptians, but often carried off for re-use by the Romans. |
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| the round opening in a vault to let in light. Derived from the Latin word for "eye" |
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| the rectangular courtyard or garden of Greek or Roman house |
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| citizens who made up the common people; not members of noble families |
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| a porch, or a line of columns in a colonnade. |
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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 of terracotta or metal. |
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| an architectural term for a structure with horizontal beams set on vertical supports. aka post and lintel |
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| a victory monument composed of the armor of the defeated enemy, which was set up on the battlefield |
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