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| A decorative technique in which tiny metal balls (granules) are fused to a metal surface |
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| A decorative pin, usually used to fasten garments |
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| Greek, “city of the dead” A large burial area or cemetery |
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| Latin senatus, “council of elders” The senate was the main legislative body in Roman constitutional government |
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| In the Roman Republic the two chief magistrates |
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| True to natural appearance; super realistic |
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| Latin, “first citizen.” The title Augustus and his successors as Roman emperor used to distinguish themselves from Hellenistic monarchs |
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| Latin, “Chief priest” The high priest of the Roman state religion, often the emperor himself |
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| Elevated to the rank of the gods, or the ascent to heaven |
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| In Roman architecture, a pub;ic building for legal and other civic proceedings, rectangular in plan with an entrance usually on a long side. In Christian architecture, a church somewhat resembling the roman basilica, usually entered from one end with an apse at the other. |
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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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| Sunken panels, often ornamental, in a vault or a ceiling |
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| The three initial letters (chi-rho-iota) of Christ’s name in Greek, which came to serve as a monogram for Christ |
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| The public square of an ancient Roman city |
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| A technique of painting using pigment mixed with egg yolk, glue, or casein; also, the medium itself |
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| A circular painting or relief sculpture |
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| In Roman architecture, a single-room shop usually covered by a barrel vault |
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| Subterranean multichambered tombs cut out of the dark local limestone under Etruscan tumulus |
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