Week 10

Question 1

Which time periods together mae the Roman Imperial Period?

Answer 1

The Principate and the Dominate

Question 2

Which time periods does the principate include?

Answer 2

BCE to CE

Principate then the Dominate

Question 3

Who is Rome’s first emperor?

Answer 3

Augustus (formerly known as Octavian)

Question 4

What is the Roman Imperial Period?

Answer 4

When rome was ruled by emperors
(~500 years)

Question 5

What did Augustus name himself?

Answer 5

The princeps- this means the first citizen like everyone else (which avoided any connotations of being a king/there being a monarchy)

Question 6

What is significant points about the Principate?

Answer 6

It is the empire at its largest
when rome was ruled by princeps
the wealthiest

Question 7

Significant points of the dominate

Answer 7

Had dominus
the was the diocletian and tetrarchy
the reign of constantine and christianity
the east continues as the Byzantine Empire

Question 8

Dominus

Answer 8

lords or master

Question 9

Who came up with the tetrarchy and what was it?

Answer 9

Diocletian

Tetrarchy was a new system that divided the empire into 4

Question 10

The East vs the West

Answer 10

east
-stable
greek speaking

west
-unstable
struggled
latin

a lot of the east empire called the east their empire but lived in constanape

Question 11

Imperial portraits

Answer 11

the good emperors were copied and the bad ones were avoided

Question 12

What were portraits like when augustus was in power?

Answer 12

he brought back the eternal youthful look
the golden age
the portrait fed into the purpose/goal of his ruling

Question 13

Nero

Answer 13

last emperor of the principate
tried to mimic augustus
he was a teen

Question 14

Vespasian

Answer 14

tried to copy republic styles with older looks

Question 15

Hadrian

Answer 15

presence of a bread and maybe influenced by greek culture

Question 16

Marcus Aurelius

Answer 16

stoic and philosophical look
glided bronze

Question 17

Imperial roman coins

Answer 17

similar to hellenistic coins and similar to coins today

obverse has a portrait of a member of the imperial family (people in line wives etc)

reverse either a personification deity or tropical reference

Question 18

What was the Roman Spectacle?

Answer 18

The entertainment

Question 19

Roman spectacle had two groups what were the two groups

Answer 19

Ludi and Munera

Ludi-festivals like plays and chariot racing

Munera-gladiators and beast hunts

Question 20

Ludi

Answer 20

chariot racing and theatre
origins in greece
state sponsored part of a religious festival

Question 21

Munera

Answer 21

gladiators and beast hunts

often times the final part of many events

italian/roman

traditionally organized by private funders

less religious

will become state sponsored when run by emperors but more often led by wealthy individuals

Question 22

The history of theatres

Answer 22

Romans built free standing versions of greek theatres
they were often temporary

components
cavea-seating area
orchestra-ground area
scaenae forns-backdrop
vomitorium-the exit

Question 23

difference between greek and roman theatres

Answer 23

greeks built into hills
romans had free standing
greeks had permanent theatres
romans had temporary
Romans did not like the idea of greek culture ruining roman societies

Question 24

The theatre of pompey

Answer 24

This was rome’s first permanent theatre
it was commissioned by pompey magnus

disguised as sacred precinct for Venus Victrix

a rivalry w julius casear
influence on roman culture

Question 25

the theatre of marcellus

Answer 25

begun by caesar finished by augustus
marcellus named for augustus nephew

Question 26

Amphitheatres

Answer 26

Two theatres stuck together
amphi-both, on two sides around
has a:
cavea
vomitorium
arena-oval semi circle

Question 27

A day in the amphitheatre

Answer 27

mornings-venationes (animal hunts) hunters fighting animals (trained animals)

Midday-executions criminals (lower class)

Afternoon- gladiators (enslaved or former slaves who were like the pooriest people)
a way for them to make money

Question 28

Gladiators

Answer 28

the battle would not often end with death bc it was unsustainable
Augustus also ruled that the person cant be killed after a battle which shifted the game

Question 29

The colosseum

Answer 29

built by the flavian emperors
began by vespasian finishes by titus
the ancient name was the flavian amphitheatre

had a 50000 capacity 80 exits
had a velarium-awning that pulled over middle would stay open
subterranean passages and trap doors

Question 30

The Circus Maximus

Answer 30

romes oldest and largest space for public spectacles
four fractions (like 4 teams people supported)

built into a hillside
didnt have built in seats kinda like benches

chariort racing

12 start gates
central barrier: spina

Question 31

circus fandom

Answer 31

hippomania
defixiones curse tablets curses against other teams
majic to help their team and harm opponents

Question 32

Hadrian built what?

Answer 32

The villa adrianna
and the third still standing panteon there were two before it but they were burned down bc people thought they were cursed

Question 33

panteon meant

Answer 33

all the gods

Question 34

panteon create the

Answer 34

dome in western archietecture

Question 35

reign of nero

Answer 35

collaping buildings and fires