Chapter 7 Critical Thinking Questions Flashcards
What role did Cleopatra have in the history of Rome?
Large role, affair with Caesar, married Marc Antony in 36 BCE, allowing Octavian to defeat Antony and claim power, married Marc to save Egypt
Was Augustus always successful at keeping control of his far-flung empire? Were there some failures of policy?
No, Failure to accquire Rhine and Elbe, Teutoberg in 9 CE
How did Augustus present himself to the Roman people? Did he stress the idea of empire?
Modest man, chief among equals, presented himself as Athenian Apollo, stressed idea of empire
Discuss a major Augustan monument of Rome and how it was used to propagandize his regime and himself?
Prima Porta Augustus- Polykleitos statue, wearing breastplate ‘billboard for propoganda’
What do the Res Gestae reveal about Augustus?
List of Accomplishments: Obelisks on Campus Martius erected by Vestal Virgins, wanted his accomplishments to be remembered long after he died
Discuss the continued evolution of Roman painting through comparison with works of art at Pompeii and surrounding areas
3rd style of pomeiian painting, fondness of large solid colored areas of wall with landscape art painted into it, Black Room at Boscotrecase as example (140-41), Depth was ambiguous in 3rd style
What can be learned about Roman history, art, and architecture by studying the villa near Lugnano in Teverina, Italy?
Architecture-Using brick to replace opus incertum and opus reticulatum, ceiling that is a pyramid with flat top
Art- 3rd style painting found in 2 dining areas (men and women)
History- Can tell how wealthy lived during Augustan period
(141-142)
How was a large Roman city able to be supplied with water?
Aqueduct systems, pont du gard, gard river in the area of Nimes (S. France), made of stone and concrete, gradually sloping, specus- channel that water runs through, cocciopesto- lined specus, was a mortar, reddish color, putei- manholes so that aqueducts could be maintenance (143)
What did Roman tableware look like in the Augustan Period?
Italian sigillata (red-gloss ware), and vessels, 40 BCE, imported throughout the empire, affordable for those who could not afford gold or silver, beginning of lamp use in 3rd C BCE (145-6)
How was Thomas Jefferson influenced by Augustus?
Fond of Greek and Latin, held numerous distinguishable positions, was an intellectual, adapted Roman temple at Nimes for the state capitol building in Virginia, Monticello, Neo-Classical architecture
