Ancient Rome Flashcards
Jupiter
King of the Greco-Roman pantheon; god of the heavens.
King of the Greco-Roman pantheon; god of the heavens.
Jupiter
Juno
ancient Roman goddess, the protector and special counselor of the state
ancient Roman goddess, the protector and special counselor of the state
Juno
Minerva
the Roman goddess of wisdom, medicine, commerce, handicrafts, poetry, the arts in general, and later, war.
the Roman goddess of wisdom, medicine, commerce, handicrafts, poetry, the arts in general, and later, war.
Minerva
Mars
od of war and strife.
od of war and strife.
Mars
Venus
oddess of love and lust
oddess of love and lust
Venus
Romulus and Remus
were twins (=two children born at the same time) who were left to die when they were babies. They were taken care of by a wolf (=a wild animal like a large dog), who fed them with her milk. Later, when they had started to build the city of Rome, Romulus killed Remus after a quarrel.
were twins (=two children born at the same time) who were left to die when they were babies. They were taken care of by a wolf (=a wild animal like a large dog), who fed them with her milk. Later, when they had started to build the city of Rome, Romulus killed Remus after a quarrel.
Romulus and Remus
Lupa
a female wolf
a female wolf
Lupa
Aeneas
a Trojan hero, the son of the prince Anchises and the goddess Aphrodite (Venus). He became the first true hero of Rome.
a Trojan hero, the son of the prince Anchises and the goddess Aphrodite (Venus). … He became the first true hero of Rome.
Aeneas
Romanum
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Romanum
Campus Martius
a publicly owned area of ancient Rome
a publicly owned area of ancient Rome
Campus Martius
appropriation
the action of taking something for one’s own use, typically without the owner’s permission.
tufa
a kind of limestone
exedra
a room (as in a temple or house) in ancient Greece and Rome used for conversation and formed by an open or columned recess often semicircular in shape and furnished with seats
concrete
they made it
arches
used arches with circular tops, called rounded arches, which were made of stone
barrel vaults
the simplest form of a vault: effectively a series of arches placed side by side
rostra
a large platform built in the city of Rome that stood during the republican and imperial periods
forum
a rectangular forum (plaza) surrounded by the ruins of several important ancient government buildings at the center of the city of Rome
basilica
an oblong building ending in a semicircular apse used in ancient Rome especially for a court of justice and place of public assembly
amphitheater
large, circular or oval open-air venues with raised seating
helical frieze
column of Trajan
bay
the space between architectural elements, or a recess or compartment
circumambulation
a ritual term meaning literally “to walk a circle around”
dictator
a magistrate of the Roman Republic, entrusted with the full authority of the state to deal with a military emergency or to undertake a specific duty.
patricians and plebeians
The patricians were the ruling class of the early Roman Empire
All the other citizens of Rome were Plebeians.
gladiators
a person, often a slave or captive, who was armed with a sword or other weapon and compelled to fight to the death in a public arena against another person or a wild animal, for the entertainment of the spectators
apotheosis
a process whereby a deceased ruler was recognized as having been divine by his successor, usually also by a decree of the Senate and popular consent.
verism or hellenistic?
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oligarchy to monarchy
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augustus as template for autocracy
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to see and be seen civic architecture
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