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Lecture 4; engineering under the roman empire Flashcards

1
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describe the 2nd line in the roman 3 line system

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  • hestati
  • Good armour and spears
  • take on first assault
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who was the emperor at the time when the Flavian theater was built. Talk about him

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Vespasian

  • built the flavian theater
  • used as a method of propaganda
  • since emperor Nero illegally built a lake in the middle of the city, Vespasians message was: im the new emperor of rome, im giving back what was stolen from rome and giving it back to the romans
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3
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the Visigoths demolished rome in pursuit of obtaining ___

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Bronze hooks

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4
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whats the last step in the roman road?

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Parallel drainage

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5
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the collusseum is actually called the

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flavian theater

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___ is the digging part of making a roman road

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fossa

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7
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Who created the first encyclopedia?

A) Posidinus

B) Colussus of Nero

C) Herophilius

D) Pliny the Elder

E) Claudius Ptolmey

A

D - Pliny the Elder

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8
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what did the games in the vespasian theater do for the public?

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  • cheap entertainment and cheap food = lots of love for emperor
  • games were way to keep the people happy
  • the gov payed for everything
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9
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what can we take away from the Roman 3 line system

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they had a continous and steady supply of fresh troops. they had so many troops cuz they had lots of allies

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10
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technically, rome was NOT the first city with running water, sewers, toilets, and baths

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FALSE: they were

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11
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who were the people who were killed violently and inhumainly in the theater?

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  • the christians. Why?
    • they didnt pay taxes to the state cuz they saw god as the as the head of state and not rome
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12
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describe what was associated with building buildings. who it benefited, who controled it, what parts of society benefited

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this was all about personal prestige and status

  • rich people funded the projects of buildings
  • showing wealth and pristige was also shown by buying things for others (i.e. shaves were showered with gifts from their owners)
  • if you build a building in rome, you were entitled to put your name on it

HOWEVER, what ever was built in rome was FOR THE PEOPLE -> thus the poeple owned them

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13
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how were Roman Castra interconnected?

A) pathways

B) roads

C) directional signs

D) maps

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B - roads

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14
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how did the romans communicate with eachother?

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Vindolanda writing tablets

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15
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what is the summum dorsum?

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this is the road surface

  • large stone slabs
  • curved so that water would drain to the sides
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16
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What war plan/tactic did the romans use?

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the 3 line system​

4 line of different soldiers, 1 legion of around 4200 men

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17
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the games in the vespasian theater was a method of

A) art

B) Propaganda

C) social control

D) gaining revenue

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C - social control

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18
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what is the pavimentum part of building a roman road?

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  • compacked sand or dry earth
  • packed sand or dirt made perfectly flat
  • step 2

HINT: (Pavi) in pavimentum sounds like packed

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19
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what is the 4th line in the roman 3 line system

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  • triarri
  • Best armour
  • best equipment
  • more intelligent
  • generally older (and wiser military tactics)
  • Experience
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20
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describe the 1st line in the roman 3 line system

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  • velities
  • duty not to fight
  • purpose was to intercept long range weapons with their shield
  • didnt have much armour​
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21
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How was the Roman empire completely destroyed? By whom? what was the theme that has once again come to destroy a civilization?

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The Christians. they burned greek statues and turned them into lime (which was reused for concrete)

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22
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Agustus Octavian started the series of reforms which included having marble siding on buildings

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True

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23
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how do we know for sure that slaves did not build roman roads?

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Milestones

  • present every 1.5 kms
  • describes who built it, maintained it, and its last service
24
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what is this called? describe them

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castra

  • designed and built by engineers
  • all forts identical
  • standardized designs
  • required to have public toilets, running water, and baths
25
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describe the history of the the romans (briefly)

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  1. roman kingdom ends when Tarquinius Superbus exiled
  2. Roman republic ends when Julius Cesar comes to power
  3. Roman empire ends when Constantinople was taken
  4. division b/w east and west rome
26
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describe the 3rd line in the roman 3 line system

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  • principes
  • heavy armour
  • ​​strongest
  • enemy generally gets killed off by this line
27
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Initially the army was restricted to …

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the rich and the privileged

  • their duty lasted the time of the war
  • needed lots of wealth to buy expensive armour
  • seen as a privilege to be in army
28
Q

who would come to the aid if one had problems with plumming? explain

A) Peasants

B) government workers

C) Venus Cloacina

D) Posidinus

A

C - Venus Cloacina

known as the “stinking Venus”

29
Q

what is this called? describe it

A

Roman heating system

  • raised floor with empty space b/w so that air can flow
  • had ducts in walls
  • has a furnace with hot air that would flow through floor and ducts
30
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what army tactic did the romans abandon ? (based on the greek warfare)

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The phalynax greek system

  • used giant spears to penetrate invadors
  • if you knew how it worked, you would attack the army by throwing objects rather then have infantry try and take them out
  • whichever side attacked first lost
31
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cemented sand and small gravel is called

A) Fossa

B) Statumen

C) Rudus

D) nucleus

A

C - rudus

32
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Rome ended by being conqured

A

False

33
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what was the first city to have a popualtion of over 1 million people?

A) Rome

B) Alexandria

C) Constantinople

D) none of the above

A

A - Rome

34
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what is the worlds first sewer system called?

A

Cloca Maxima

35
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the groma is the process of … for roman roads

A

making a grid plan

36
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what is considered the modern version of concrete in the roman road building process?

A

Nucleus

37
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in chronological order, describe the process of building a roman road

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  1. Fossa
  2. Pavimentum
  3. statumen
  4. rudus
  5. nucleus
  6. summum dorsum
  7. parallel drainage ditch
38
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who invented the public toilets?

A

Romans

39
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what was the first instance when technology was used for propoganda?

A

the Flavian theater

40
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step 3 in the roman building of roads is (hint crushed rock)

A

statumen

41
Q

what is this called. Describe who made them. Where they were found. what did we know about them?

A

vindolanda writing tablets

  • written by all ppls including the poor, the slaves, and prisoners
    • we know this because there were some tablets that were written by slaves; they were directed to their masters to buy food for example or exhcange goods
  • located at hadrians wall
  • discovered thousands of letters all over roman empire
  • we know now that nearly everyone in roman empire was litterate
  • affordable and standardized
    • wrote on wooden shingles
42
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building construction was funded by the government at the time to employ people

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False: it was unded by rich magistrates because it was seen as a privilege

43
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whats the name of the biggest structure in rome?

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circus Maximum

  • used for chariot racing
  • held b/w 250-500 thousand ppl
  • build right under emperors palace
44
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what were the 3 architectural orders in the roman empire? describe them

A
  • doric
  • basic style
  • most affordable
  1. ionic
  • used in gov buildings
  • showed wealth and power
  • more expensive
  1. corinthian
  • most wealthy of them all
  • intricate design
45
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why did the romans build so many roads?

A
  • used to control poeple
  • a way for government to keep ppl busy and employed
  • built by armies and legioneers
46
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the roman roads were built to serve …

A

military purposes

47
Q

who decided to build a new capital away from rome? What was it called?

A

Constantine. Constantilople

48
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Rome was a city built of Marble

A

FALSE: it was first city built of cement

49
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Who began to demolish roman buildings when they arrived and found it inhabbited?

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the Visigoths

50
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what are the compounds used in cement in the roman empire?

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  • volcanic ash
  • lime
  • water
51
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what was the Eastern Roman empire called?

A

Byzantine Empire

52
Q

how was water circulated through the city?

A
  • used lead pipes
  • went through aqueducts
53
Q

Who wrote the first Mathematical model of the cosmos?

A

Claudius Ptolmey

54
Q

who reformed the army system? what did he create for the soldiers?

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Marius

  • poor and landless now able to join army
  • army was payed for the first time
  • given retirement package after 25 years service
    • soldiers would receive plot of land
    • Problem: not enough land so they begun giving land in neighbouring countries
  • the roman empire grew quickly in response to providing soldiers with retirement package land plans
55
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what was the largest show in the theater?

A) Trijan

B) Trogan

C) maximum

D) None of the above

A

A - Trijan

56
Q

what is known as the Romans google maps/earth?

describe it.

A

Millarium Aurem

  • known as the “golden milestone”
  • every town and city in roman empire is inscribed on the column
    • tells you how far it is, how many hotels around, service stations, ect.

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