Dates & Periods
What is 753 BCE?
This legendary year marks the founding of Rome by Romulus and Remus.
What is Apollo from Veii?
This Etruscan sculpture was originally placed on a temple roof and moves dynamically in space.
What is Augustus of Prima Porta?
This sculpture idealizes Augustus using Classical Greek proportions similar to the Doryphoros.
What is concrete?
This material allowed Romans to build vast interior spaces like the Pantheon’s rotunda.
What is a domus?
This Roman house type organized space to reflect social hierarchy.
What is the Roman Republic?
This political period lasted from 509 BCE to 27 BCE.
What is the Sarcophagus of the Spouses?
This Etruscan funerary monument uniquely depicts a husband and wife reclining together.
What is the Column of Trajan?
This monument spirals upward with a narrative of the Dacian Wars.
What are coffers?
These recessed panels inside a dome reduce weight.
What is the atrium?
This open-roofed central space provided light and collected rainwater.
What is Augustus?
This title was granted to Octavian in 27 BCE, marking the beginning of the Roman Empire.
What is a tumulus?
This term describes the artificial mound placed over Etruscan tombs.
What is the Arch of Titus?
Inside this triumphal arch, Titus is shown ascending to heaven in an apotheosis scene.
What is the velarium?
This architectural feature at the Colosseum provided shade for spectators.
What is the impluvium?
This basin in the atrium collected rainwater.
Who is Constantine?
This emperor issued the Edict of Milan, ending Christian persecution.
What is the interior of a home?
Etruscan tomb interiors were decorated to resemble this type of space.
What is the Ara Pacis?
This altar promotes Augustan family values and civic virtue through an imperial procession.
What is a groin vault?
This vault is formed by the intersection of two barrel vaults.
What is the illusion of depth/opening into landscape?
Second Style wall painting creates this illusion.
Who is Hadrian?
This Roman ruler commissioned the Pantheon in its current form.
Who is Vitruvius?
This Roman writer provides much of what we know about Etruscan temple architecture.
What is the Ludovisi Battle Sarcophagus?
This chaotic sarcophagus depicts Romans battling northern foes, likely the Goths.
What is the Pantheon dome?
This hemispherical dome with an oculus symbolizes the heavens inside the Pantheon.
What is the House of the Vettii?
This Pompeian house demonstrates Roman wealth and patron-client social relationships.