Rome Pt. 2

Question 1

What book did Marcus Aurelius write?

Answer 1

Meditations

Question 2

Column of Trajan

Answer 2

Marble
125 ft. High
Topped by gilded bronze statue of reaper or Trojan (Lost)
Snippets of scenes
Continuous Narration
2,500+ individual figures
Recurring figure of Trajan
Relies on symbolism
Imperial propaganda
Trajan: Leader. Orator. Tactician. 
The Enemy: Incapable. Disorganized. Afraid. 
Spiraling relief flows upward
Stretches 650+ ft. 
History if the Dacian campaign

Question 3

What does gilded mean

Answer 3

Lightly covered in gold

Question 4

Basilica Ulpia

Answer 4

113 AD
Court of Law
Easy access in and out
Spacious interior
2 columned aisles
2nd gallery which created a clerestory

Question 5

Parts of a Basilica

Answer 5

Atrium
Narthex
Nave
Aisles
Transepts
Apse

Question 6

What does the column of Trajan illustrate

Answer 6

Trojans victory in the Dacian wars

Question 7

The Pantheon

Answer 7

"All the gods"
Built under Hadrian
Honors the Olympic Gods
125-128 AD
Giant rotunda
Diameter of rotunda and floor are equal
Each Olympic God had an altar
Oculus
Built in the republic
Rebuilt after first one crumbled

Question 8

Oculus

Answer 8

Hole at the top of a dome

Question 9

Coffer

Answer 9

Sunken panels in the shape of a square in a ceiling

Question 10

Roman Mosaics

Answer 10

Made of Tesserae

Question 11

The Unswept Floor

Answer 11

Floor littered with refuse
Mouse eating fruit
Shadow cast to show depth
By Heracleitus

Question 12

Hadrian and his succession and successors

Answer 12

Close friend of Trajan
His wife was Plotina
Trajan appoints Hadrian as emperor
Hadrian and antonious had sexual proclivities
He appoints antoninus as emperor under the condition that antoninus appoints Marcus Aurelius as emperor after

Question 13

First Roman law

Answer 13

The 12 tablets

Question 14

Diocletian and his empire

Answer 14

Split the empire into halves
He ruled the east and appointed maximian (Augustus) as the other emperor
Each Augustus had a heir who held the title Caesar

Question 15

The tetrarchs

Answer 15

One side older than the other side
Military garb
Each clasp their sword
Togetherness
Corner of basilica
Diocletian and his 3 co-rulers
Made of porphyry

Question 16

Arch of Constantine

Answer 16

Celebrates in over Maxentius at the battle of Milvan Bridge. Decorations taken from various monuments
Rounders taken from monument to Hadrian

Question 17

Edict of Milan

Answer 17

313 AD

First statement of religious freedom

Question 18

What happened in the council of Nicaea

Answer 18

Christendom was recognized and accepted

Question 19

Nicean creed

Answer 19

Proclaimed the beliefs of Christendom

Question 20

What was the second capital of the empire

Answer 20

Constantinople

Question 21

Where do most 2D art paintings come from?

Answer 21

Pompeii

Question 22

What style are the columns in the pantheon

Answer 22

Corinthian

Question 23

Encaustic

Answer 23

Form of art in which a dead person is drawn onto a piece of wood with colored wax

Question 24

Pax Romana

Answer 24

Roman peace

Question 25

Who was Galen

Answer 25

A surgeon. His book on anatomy and physiology was used for many others

Question 26

Fall of Rome

Answer 26

Odoacer takes over rome

Question 27

Architect of the forum of Trajan

Answer 27

Apollodorus

Question 28

Name of cubes to make mosaics

Answer 28

Tesserae

Question 29

Father of Trajan

Answer 29

Nerva

Question 30

Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius

Answer 30

Originally Gilded
176 AD
Military Commander
Raised leg of horse = Trampled a barbarian
Beard = Wisdom
Philosopher
No Armor
He IS power
Hands Raised = Orator
Model for future sculptures because of the perfection of balance of size between man and horse
Stoic
Bronze

Question 31

What are the tetrarchs made of

Answer 31

Porphyry