Architecture
This building was built by the Emperor Vespasian and served as a public venue for executions, gladiator battles, etc.
What is the Colosseum?
Early Christian art tended to follow this contemporary style, which emphasized restraint, balance, calm expressions, idealized bodies and ages, etc.
What is the classical style?
This Hellenistic philosophy taught that the goal of life was to find pleasure, but pleasure was defined as the absence of pain
What is epicureanism?
These two groups of philosophers were in attendance when Paul gave his speech on Mars Hill
Who were the Epicureans and the Stoics?
This type of art, popular in the Roman Republican period, focused on extreme realism.
What is verism?
This building boasts the largest unreinforced dome in antiquity and means "all the gods"
What is the Pantheon?
This symbol, composed of the first two letters of Christ in the Greek alphabet, is much more common in early Christian art than the cross
What is the chi rho?
He wrote The Aeneid
Who was Virgil?
This concept refers to the stoic belief that external things are not good or bad, they are only made so by how we choose to use them or react to them
What are indifferents?
This sculpture depicts a scene from the story of Romulus and Remus where an animal saves them (the figures of Romulus and Remus were added later)
What is the Capitoline She-Wolf?
This invention that transferred pressure outward and downward allowed the Romans to create structures that the post and lintel construction of the Greeks would not allow.
What is the rounded arch?
Much of the early Christian art we still have today has been found in these ancient burial chambers
What are catacombs?
She fled Phoenicia with her people and built a great city, but stopped building when she fell in love with Aeneas
Who was Dido?
This substance was often associated with the keeping of covenants in scripture. It will not lose its savor unless it is mixed with outside substances
What is salt?
He commissioned multiple pieces of art and literature (including the Ara Pacus and The Aeneid) that served as propaganda to promote his image.
Who was Caesar Augustus?
These were usually built to commemorate military victories or other events and can be found throughout the Roman Empire
What are triumphal arches?
This common Early Christian symbol is associated with the word ICHTHUS, which stood for Jesus Christ, Son of God, Savior
What is a fish?
The Trojan Horse is often described as being presented as a gift from the Greeks to the Trojans. But in the Aeneid, Sinon tricks the Trojans by telling them that the Greeks intended it to be this.
What is an offering to pacify Athena?
This philosophical school is often associated with a lack of emotion in modern times, but the actual philosophy is much more complex
What is stoicism?
He escaped the destruction of Troy and was destined to settle in Italy
Who was Aeneas?
These structures (usually composed of repeating arches) carried water from sources to population centers
What are aqueducts?
This sculpture depicted the emperor of Rome as an orator, accomplished general, and the descendent of a god
What is the Augustus of Prima Porta?
President Nelson tells us that this word in Matthew 5 comes from the Greek word telos, which means to reach a distant end or to fulfill ultimate potential
What is perfect?
This group often mentioned in the New Testament rejected Greek influence and strictly observed both written and oral law
Who were the pharisees?
In legend, he founded Rome after killing his twin brother
Who is Romulus?