Roman Vocabulary and Art
Vocabulary/Terminology
Aqueduct
Amphitheater
Apotheosis
Apse
Atmospheric Perspective
Barrel Vault
Basilica
Clerestory
Coffers
Concrete
Foreshortening
Forum
The Four Styles of Pompeian Wall Paintings (First, Second, Third, Fourth)
Groin Vault
Linear Perspective
Mithraism
Mosaic
Oculus
Patrician
Personification
Pompeii (a city)
Round Arch
Sarcophagus
SPQR
Still Life Painting
Triumphal Arch
Date
6th c. BC- Expulsion of the Etruscan Kings and establishment of the Roman Republic
1st c. BCE - Augustus became the first Roman Emperor
Art and Architecture
Head of a Roman Patrician
Augustus of Primaporta
Ara Pacis Augustae
Pont-du-Gard
Colosseum
Arch of Titus
Column of Trajan
Pantheon
Equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius
Battle of Romans and barbarians (Ludovisi Battle Sarcophagus)
Portraits of the four tetrarchs