Deck 2

Question 1

Answer 1

Synagogue Plan

Dura Europos

ca. 245 CE

Question 2

Answer 2

Domus Ecclesiae

Dura Europos

230s CE

Question 3

Answer 3

Ceiling tile with a portrait of Heliodoros

200-256 CE

Dura Europos, House of the Scribes

Question 4

Answer 4

Palmyrene Funerary Relief

ca. 2nd c. CE

Palmyra

Marble

Question 5

Answer 5

Temple of Jupiter Heliopolis

Baalbek

1st c. CE

Question 6

Answer 6

Herod’s Palace

Jericho

Late 1st c. CE

Question 7

Answer 7

Plan of Baalbek

1st - 2nd c. CE

Question 8

Answer 8

Qasr al-Bint

Petra

215 CE

Question 9

Answer 9

Temple of Artemis

Jerash

Late 1st c. CE

Question 10

Answer 10

Plan Temple of Artemis at Jerash

Late 2nd c. CE

Question 11

Answer 11

Palace of the Dux Ripae

Dura Europos

Early 3rd c. CE

Question 12

Answer 12

Zodiac - Beth Alpha

Mosaic

527-565

Question 13

Answer 13

Binding of Issac, Beth Alpha

Mosaic

527-565

Question 14

Answer 14

Arch of Hadrian

129/30 CE

Gerasa

Question 15

Answer 15

Great Temple

Petra

Late 1st c. BCE - 1st c. CE

Question 16

Answer 16

Great Temple

Petra

First c. CE

Question 17

Answer 17

Church of St. Babylas

Antioch

387 CE

Question 18

Answer 18

Qalat Siman

Syria

ca. 470 CE

Built over the site of St. Symeon Stylite

Question 19

Answer 19

Detail of the Great Mosaic

Istanbul

5th or 6th c. CE

Question 20

Answer 20

Cameo of Julian the Apostate

361-363

Question 21

Answer 21

Mosaic Floor

Hammath Tiberias

4th c. CE

Question 22

Answer 22

Arch of Septimius Severus,

c. 195-203

Possibly located in the Forum Romanum
Capture of Seleucia and the Siege of Hatra
Possibly to counter-balance the Arch of Augustus and its claims of victory over the Parthians
Dedicatory inscription to celebrate the victories over the Parthians, triple bayed arch
Content refers to the campaigns of 195-199
1st campaign, to Nisibis, Edessa and Nisibis became Roman Colonies
Second capaign – Parthians in 197-8 and Hatra in 198-9

Capture of Seleucia, Babylon, and Ctesiphon and creation of “Mesopotamia” as province

Question 23

Answer 23

Nicomachi Diptych

Late 4th c. CE

Ivory

Question 24

Answer 24

Sarcophagus of Junius Bassius

Rome

359 CE

Question 25

Answer 25

Arch of Constantine

312-315 CE

Rome

Question 26

Answer 26

Largitio, Arch of Constantine

312-315 CE

Rome

Question 27

Answer 27

Vegetal Mosaic

S. Constanza

mid 4th c. CE

Question 28

Answer 28

Ezekiel and the Valley of Dry Bones

Fresco

Dura Europos

c. 245 CE

Question 29

Answer 29

Christos/Helios

Mosaic (Vault of the Julii under St. Peters)

3rd c. CE

Question 30

Answer 30

Constantinople

Question 31

Answer 31

Zeus Kyrios

Relief Sculpture - Stone

31 AD

Question 32

Answer 32

Madaba Map

Jerusalem

Mosaic

6th c. CE

Question 33

Answer 33

Dionyses and Ariadne

Mosaic

Antioch

Severan Period

Question 34

Answer 34

Gladiators and Wild Beasts

Trier

Mosaic

3rd c. CE

Question 35

Answer 35

S. Maria Maggiore

432-40 CE

Rome

Question 36

Answer 36

Capture of Seleucia

Arch of Septimius Severus

Marble

Rome

195-203

Question 37

Answer 37

Siege of Hatra

Arch of Septimius Severus

195-203 CE

Question 38

Answer 38

Lod Mosaic

Israel

3rd c. CE

Question 39

Answer 39

Plan Temple of Bel

1st-2nd c. CE

Palmyra

Question 40

Answer 40

Qasr Bint al-Qadi

Ctesiphon

6th -7th c. CE

Question 41

Answer 41

Bandar-e Qaisar

mid 3rd c. CE

Shushtar