L07 Engineering under Roman Empire Part II - Civilian Flashcards

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The games

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Social control (entertainment+food to prevent rebellions)-public slaughter-weird sexual practises-killed christians-Trajan-naval battles (flooded colliseum)

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cloaca maxima

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first modern underground sewer system

600 BC - 1800s AD

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City of Rome

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first city to have running water, toilets, bath, and underground sewers

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Claudius Ptolemy

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  • The Almagest

- first mathematical model of cosmos

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New capital - Constantinopole

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300 AD

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colliseum, 70 - 80 AD to be builtbuilt by:Vespasian, Titus

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Flavian Theatre

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Rome deserted

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500 AD

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Corinthian

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carved by hand, ornamentation at topmost elaborate, most expensiveused by wealthiest

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Doric

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basic columnno ornamentation at topthicker bottom

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200 BC

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Greek philosophy entered Rome

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First to propose heliocentric cosmos-sun at center

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Aristarchus

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Greatest advocate of science, correct theory of ocean tides

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Posidonius

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Flavian Theatre

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colliseum, 70 - 80 AD to be builtbuilt by:Vespasian, Titus

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basic columnno ornamentation at topthicker bottom

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Doric

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Theater for Chariot Racing

largest public structure

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Circus Maximus

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Social control (entertainment+food to prevent rebellions)-public slaughter-weird sexual practises-killed christians-Trajan-naval battles (flooded colliseum)

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The games

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doric, ionic, corinthian

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3 architectural orders used:

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300 AD

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New capital - Constantinopole

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carved by hand, ornamantation at top

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Pliny the Elder

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Roman natural philosopher

-system for collecting information-first encyclopedia

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lead pipes

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water distributed by

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Circus Maximus

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Theatre for Chariot Racing

largest public structure

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cement (caementitum)

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cementlime, VOLCANIC ASH, water

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107 AD, largest show, 123 days, 10,000 gladiators killed

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Posidonius
Greatest advocate of science, correct theory of ocean tides
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Greek philosophy entered Rome
200 BC
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Ionic
carved by handornamantation at top
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Roman empire ended
1453 AD when captured by Ottoman Empire
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3 architectural orders used:
doric, ionic, corinthian
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500 AD
Rome deserted
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- great fire of rome 64 AD | - Taxes on wealthy people
Nero
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Nero
- great fire of rome 64 AD | - Taxes on wealthy people
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300-500 AD
End of Rome
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410 AD -Rome collapsed because of bronze clamps
Sack of Rome
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Sack of Rome
410 AD-Rome collapsed because of bronze clamps
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cement lime, VOLCANIC ASH, water
cement (caementitum)
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- The Almagest | - first mathematical model of cosmos
Claudius Ptolemy
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Roman natural philosopher - system for collecting information - first encyclopedia
Pliny the Elder
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first modern underground sewer system | 600 BC - 1800s AD
cloaca maxima
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Trajan
107 AD, largest show, 123 days, 10,000 gladiators killed
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first city to have running water, toilets, bath, and underground sewers
City of Rome
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carved by hand, ornamentation at topmost elaborate, most expensiveused by wealthiest
Corinthian
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1453 AD when captured by Ottoman Empire
Roman empire ended
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End of Rome
300-500 AD
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water distributed by
lead pipes
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Aristarchus
First to propose heliocentric cosmos-sun at center