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Copy of Roman Arc - Sheet1 Flashcards

1
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Dedication of Ara pacis

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January 30, 9b=Livia’s birthday

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Size, capacity of Albenga

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450 tons; 10,000 Dressel 1; near Nice, c. 100b

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3
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Oldest temple at Pompeii

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Apollo (current version = 2)

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Fabri in collegia

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1200, each of whom controlled 5-10 laborers

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5
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Largest dedication of Plancia Magna

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Gate-arch of Perge dedicated to patria makes no reference to man. Moreover, female figures dominate rich statuary

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6
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opus reticulatum

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Tufa in diagonals

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7
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Laborers on baths

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15% of population. INcluding quarries, up to 20,000. Over 6 years

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8
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Who erects images of Augustus after 27? What is the largest one?

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Senate; ara pacis

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9
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Use of caementium under republic

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banausic>civic (facade)>religious

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10
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Etruscan grid plan c. 500

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Marzabotto

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11
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(Urbanized) pop of Egypt

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1.5 of 4.5

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12
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Lybian valleys dates

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I-V

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13
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Fish factories, duration in Brittany

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6; Claudius to Constantine

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14
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End of ‘diadoch style’

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Triple Victory–>Apollo Palatinus, 29

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15
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Lybian Valley pattern

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Figs, fruits, industrial olive press. Mausolea in Roman style with Lybian epigraphy; courtyard farms later fortified

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16
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Carvel built

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Yadi Assa and Madrague de Giens; mortice and tendon.

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17
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Where was Augustus’ statue in the Agrippan Pantheon

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Intended for inside. However, transition mandated exterior

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18
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Location of Fora

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Intersection of Cardo and Decumanus

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19
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Opus Testaceum

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Brick

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20
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Africa Proconsularis pattern

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Never more than 2 presses; extensive baths. Intensive fieldwalking + 10,000 sherd analysis—>good regional dates

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21
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Fish factories, duration in Spain, Africa

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28; From caesar; peak Claudius to SS; recover under C; die Gaiseric

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22
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Samnite takeover of Pompeii

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410

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23
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Connotations of grain under Augustus

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peace, fertility, Arvales, annona

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24
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Why no tablinum in Vetii

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Even augustalis has few clients

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25
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Sole THEORETICAL innovation of Pantheon

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transition from 8 bays-7 rings of coffer–>break between drum and dome (W-P)

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26
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Where do coronae civicae appear later on?

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funeral altars, doorway–>generic representation of past services.

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27
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Examples of Second Style

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Villa of Mysteries, house of Augustus

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29
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Tech improvements at Rio Tinto

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Water-lifting; shoring—>wagon-sized tunnels

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30
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Introduction of rustification

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Porta Maggiore (Claudius): concrete aqueduct, travertine arches with rusticated bottoms

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31
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Largest house at Pompeii

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Faun: 2 atria, 2 peristyles; Alex mosaic between peristyles

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32
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Example of urbanization change

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Arsinoite nome, Crocodilopolis: 10-20%

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33
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Originals at Apollo Palatinus

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Apollo of Scopas, Bulls of Myron

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34
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Composition of Coliseum

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Travertine exterior; tufa interior—>stone skeleton; concrete limited to arches, upper stories; timber seats

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35
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First groin vault

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Domus Aurea

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36
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How does Quintillian characterize the Augustan ‘superculture?’

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Borrowing a little of this, little of that

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37
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Construction of Coliseum

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10 years: 4 quadrants, each divided into sub-groupings run by specialists. Fabri and subordinates specialize in single task; bricks prefabbed in bulk

38
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Earliest preserved basilica

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Pompeii: 2 stories (Doric over Ionic); nave columns of kiln-fired tiles; engaged columns also; tile roof on timber beams

39
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Architect of Trajan’s markets

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Apollodorus of Damascus

40
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Second Style

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Brush and pigment imitate projections into space (columns, pediments), dissolve walls; linear perspective invites viewer in; later includes even mythic landscapes (e.g. Odyssey) and scaenae

41
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High/Low count

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6/14mil–>1.2 vs 1.34 per worker

42
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Decree of Ara pacis

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July 4, 13b (return from West)

43
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Estruscan temple colums

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wooden, unfluted, widely spaced, low; permit view of cella; to side but not back

44
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Architect of Domitian

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Rabirius

45
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Syria pattern

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Hellenistic village–>moderat villas of vets, local mags; upland villages entirely specialized–>late Roman agglomerations c. 40km2 without any central planning. Moreover, villas subdivide. –>Byzantine increases in density + domination by church of continued monoculture

46
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Largest Ship

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Isis=1,200 ~East India vs. Wyoming- 4,000

47
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Hierarchy of Augustus’ restorations

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regime>trad gods>small cults>foreign

48
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Africa Proconsularis dates

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Segermes Valley, East T = Kasserine: increase to peak III-IV; end during VI

49
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ARS trends

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Dummy curve–> increase from 100, peak c. 150, fall to 175 (Classis Africana COMMODIANA)

50
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How did collegia facilitate interaction between membership and Aug?

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collegia organizes new cult; Aug donates statue; magistri (free or slave) donate altar, statue of (e.g. pax)

51
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Composition of the Villa dei papyri sculptural complex

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Greek Paideia (copy of demosthenes) with Roman pietas, nobilitas (flamen, portraits), linked by Athena promachos (Athens at moment of triumph).

52
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statuary on Etruscan temples

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Terracotta on top; no pediments

53
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Why did Rome itself lag

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(e.g.) Cato discouraged innovation; philhellenes discouraged adaptation

54
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Earliest amphitheater, size

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Pompeii: c. 80, 20,000

55
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African hinterlands

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Beyond Caesarea and Kasserine, montagnard and vets at Diana Veteranorum, respectively

56
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How would people focalize Roman towns?

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Along local political lines (products of Elite 1; or think of Pompeii after social war)

57
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Madrague de Giens

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40m; 300-400 tons; 6-8000 Dressel 1B (3-4 levels); sank off Toulon under Nero

58
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Caesarea pattern

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Functional desgin, placement along roads, full oileries, dependence of ALL nearby villages–>intensive absentee (conductor-run)

59
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Constraints on Augustan symbolism

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Few myths map meta-narrative: modesty, aversion to Asiatic style, battle scenes, etc.

60
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Why innovative design?

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Weak local stones cannot support inter-columnar; opus caementium effective and economic–>use in areas where practical concerns dominate

61
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Size of Pompeii

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10-20,000

62
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Lex Hadriana de rudibus agris

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Generalizes ad hoc responses to petitions from Coloni to cultivate unused land not occupied by conductores; like Manciana, no rents for olives for 10 years; nor for vines for 5

63
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Location of ara pacis

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Via Flaminia, at the pomerium/greeting point?

64
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Why do reliefs separate victors from vanquished?

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Create space for emotion and thus tragedy

65
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opus testaceum

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brick; imperial–>accurate control of alignment during pouring process; structural support during building

66
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Yadi Assa

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20m; 1,100 amphorae off Bodrum

67
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Metanarrative of Ward-Perkins

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Roman structure emerging from discursive strength of Greek Art.

68
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Peak for mills and water-lifting

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I-III

69
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Connotations of motherhood, under Augustus

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bounty, family, motherhood, spring, morality

70
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Genius between lares?

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Paterfamilias but dressed as priest

71
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Scope of second style

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80-15

72
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tensile strength of caementium

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Recognized under Augustus. Before, elongated courses of caementa laid in radial courses (~a la coffer)

73
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House of the Menander date

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30

74
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House with no decoratiosn

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Principe di Napoli

75
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For Elsner, how does Emperor function

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Hieratic sign of conquest; from MA?

76
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Similarities between XP and Aug

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Both leverage polysemous and undetermined signs to self-represent in terms understandable to all

77
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Why Peter and Paul on Junius Bassus

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ROMAN CHARACTER OF XP

78
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Significance of Basus’ Hyllas

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mere paideia

79
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Significance of Symachi relief

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Greek as resistance

80
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Significance of Junius Bassus

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Roman XP–>Greek abandoned.

81
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Fortuna Primigenia

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100b

82
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How many pantheon coffers

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28

83
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Tabularium

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78b: tufa-faced concrete arch; columnar facade

84
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Dura Europus type

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Titulus

85
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Christ as Emperor with togati-apostles

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S Pudenzia

86
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Efficacy of Haggia Eirene

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through 360

87
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Highest points in Constantinople?

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Apostles>Forum>augusteion

88
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What does Eusibius ignore (3)

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Mass @ Column of C-Helios; proskynesis of image at Hippodrome; desire for masses at 13th Apostle; few churches

89
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, form of Lateran

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3,000; green and red columns, octagonal baptistry, residence, silver figures

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