Architecture
The Circus Maximus
Palaces: Julio-Claudians
Palaces: Domus Aurea
Et Cetera
100
This semi-circular entryway was invented by the Romans
What is the arch
100
The starting gates at the flat western end of the Circus Maximus
What are the carceres?
100
The class from whom the Consuls were elected.
What is the nobiles?
100
The area taken up by the Domus Area
What is 370 acres?
100
The pharaoh for whom is the obelisk outside the circus Maximus named
Who is Ramses II?
200
Roman architecture is largely modeled after this ancient society
What are the Greeks
200
The dolphin is the symbol of this Roman god, creator of the horse.
Who is Neptune?
200
Where most of the nobiles lived.
What is Palatine Hill?
200
He transformed the idea of a palace from an office building to a "luxurious pleasure-house"
Who is Nero?
200
The angles from which a Greek and Roman temple can be viewed, respectively
What is from all sides and from the front and below?
300
This hard gray material made construction much easier at the time of its invention in the BC times
What is concrete
300
The capacity of the Circus Maximus
What is 385,000?
300
Became the word for any elaborate official residence.
What is "Palatium"?
300
The method through which land was procured for the Domus Aurea
What is clearing slums with fire?
300
The name of Nero's new palace after the fire of Rome
What is the "Domus Aurea"?
400
Because Circles were seen as practiced but ugly, this shape was often seen covering the domes and archways at the time of their use
What is Rectangle (or square)
400
The monumental gate at the eastern end of the racing area used only by the procession of a victorious general
What is the Porta Triumphalis?
400
The first princeps.
Who was Augustus?
400
The meaning of "Domus Area"
What is "Golden House"?
400
The name of the Roman hill from which the word "palace" is derived
What is "Palatium"?
500
The Romans favorite style or column was modeled after this ancient city
What is Corinth
500
The first Etruscan king of Rome, who laid out a formal racecourse which would become the Circus Maximus
Who is Tarquinis Priscus?
500
The house of the Vestal Virgins
What is the Atrium Vestae?
500
They replaced the Domus Area
What are several public buildings, including the Coliseum?
500
The translation of the Latin phrase "sic transit gloria mundi"
What is "thus passes the glory of the world"?
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