QUIZ 3 Roman

Question 1

The main hall of a Roman temple.

Answer 1

cella

Question 2

Underground burial places in Etruscan Rome

made of vaults containing funerary receptacles

Answer 2

coemeteria

Question 3

A quadrangular opening in the atrium of a
Roman house towards which the roof slopes
toward a court with a shallow cistern.

Answer 3

compluvium

Question 4

The kitchen of a roman house.

Answer 4

culina

Question 5

The circular or multi-angular alcove at one or

both shorter walls of a basilica.

Answer 5

apse

Question 6

The mouldings on the face of an arch and

following its contour.

Answer 6

archivolt

Question 7

Lateral divisions parallel with a naive of a

basilica.

Answer 7

aisle

Question 8

The dressing room in a roman bath.

Answer 8

apodyterium

Question 9

Masonry of smooth squared stones in regular

courses.

Answer 9

ashlar

Question 10

The solid masonry (portion of a wall) which

resists the lateral pressure exerted by an arch.

Answer 10

abutment

Question 11

A portion of a roman house that is open to the
sky and form part of the reception area,
typically containing the compluvium and
impluvium.

Answer 11

atrium

Question 12

A building system or style of architecture

where the principal element is the arch.

Answer 12

arcuated

Question 13

A thermae.

Answer 13

bath house

Question 14

A typical stone ceiling assembly of a roman
basilica, triumphal arch, Etruscan tombs,
constructed mainly as elongated arch.

Answer 14

barrel vault

Question 15

A term applied to a wall with an inclined face.

Answer 15

batter

Question 16

A Roman courthouse or council house.

Answer 16

basilica

Question 17

A chamber with hot water baths in a Roman

Answer 17

caldarium

Question 18

A bedroom in a Roman house

Answer 18

cubiculum

Question 19

The wedge-shaped seating area of a Roman

theater, equivalent to kerkis.

Answer 19

cunei/cuneus

Question 20

Originated from a term referring to
compartmentalized dove housing, this became
popular during the Etruscan period when
burial of cremated remains became a necessity
due to illnesses and over-crowding in
cemeteries.

Answer 20

columbarium

Question 21

The classical order where the ionic and

Corinthian features of a capital are combined.

Answer 21

composite

Question 22

The sunk panels, caissons or lacunaria formed
in ceiling, vaults and domes, which when
integrated in the Patheon ceiling, effectively
reduced the dead-weight of its dome.

Answer 22

coffer

Question 23

The flood water control infrastructure built by
the Etruscan to drain Rome and gain buildable
areas.

Answer 23

cloaca maxima

Question 24

The hill on which the Etruscan temple Jupiter
once stood, the name of which means
head/summit, an idea adopted later by the
Americans when the hill where its Congress
stands is named after it.

Answer 24

capitolium/capitolino

Question 25

The inner curve of an arch.

Answer 25

intrados

Question 26

The outer curve of an arch.

Answer 26

extrados

Question 27

The lowest unit of an arch occurring just above | its vertical support.

Answer 27

springer

Question 28

The central stone of a semi-circular arch.

Answer 28

keystone

Question 29

The vertical channeling of a shaft.

Answer 29

flutting

Question 30

An area of the Roman bath intended for cold | baths.

Answer 30

frigidarium

Question 31

The public open-space for social, civic or | market purposes .

Answer 31

forum

Question 32

A narrow vestibule or entrance passage in a | Roman house.

Answer 32

fauces

Question 33

A shallow cistern on the floor of the atrium.

Answer 33

impluvium

Question 34

A multi-storey structure of residential units occupying a block, which is a response to mass housing needs of a Roman town/city.

Answer 34

insula

Question 35

A block projecting from a wall (often with | mouldingͿ ͞carrying͟ the arch springer.

Answer 35

impost

Question 36

A roofing covering the joint between 2 flat or | hollow roof tiles.

Answer 36

imbrex

Question 37

A room or niche in a Roman house in which the effigies of the household gods (or lares) were placed.

Answer 37

lararium

Question 38

A platform or high stage on the scene building of a theater for speaking, the Greek equivalent to the Roman theater pulpitum.

Answer 38

logeion

Question 39

A dry sweating room in a Roman bath.

Answer 39

laconicum

Question 40

Recesses for corpses in Roman burial vaults.

Answer 40

loculi

Question 41

A colonnaded space forming an entrance or vestibule , with the roof supported on at least 1 side by columns.

Answer 41

portico

Question 42

The Roman/Latin term for opisthodomos.

Answer 42

posticum

Question 43

A tank or fountain in a Roman bath.

Answer 43

piscina

Question 44

The volcanic sand from Pozzuli, which as discovered by the Romans, when mixed with half its quantity of lime, and water form a durable concrete mixture.

Answer 44

pozzolana

Question 45

The spine wall at the center of a hippodrome | or circus.

Answer 45

spina

Question 46

The building behind the orchestra in a (Roman) theater, which supports the pulpitum & proscenium.

Answer 46

scaena/scaena

Question 47

The stairs that radiate from the orchestra in a Roman theater, equivalent to the Greek klimakes.

Answer 47

scalae

Question 48

The duct channel of a Roman aqueduct.

Answer 48

specus

Question 49

The sweating room/sauna in a Roman bath.

Answer 49

sudatorium

Question 50

The plaster used by the Romans to create low relief ornamentations (as opposed to sculpted stone reliefs made by the Greeks).

Answer 50

stucco

Question 51

The room designated as a shop in a Roman house (domus) or insula, typically situated at the street level of the structure.

Answer 51

taberna

Question 52

The section of a Roman bath dedicated to | warm baths.

Answer 52

tepidarium

Question 53

A Roman dining room (in a residential unit of an insula, a domus or a villa) with couches on the side.

Answer 53

triclinium

Question 54

Flat roof tiles made of clay.

Answer 54

tegula

Question 55

The classical order that originated from the | Etruscans.

Answer 55

Tuscan

Question 56

An arcuated Roman structure used built on a road to commemorate a successful colonization, with piers supporting 1 or several archways capped with entablature or attic.

Answer 56

triumphal arch

Question 57

An arched covering or ceiling assembly made of | stone or bricks.

Answer 57

vault

Question 58

The truncated wedge-shaped blocks forming

Answer 58

voussoirs

Question 59

An ante-room to a larger apartment or | building.

Answer 59

vestibule

Question 60

A large awning drawn over Roman theaters and amphitheaters to protect spectators from the heat & glare of the sun.

Answer 60

velarium