Columns
A highly ornate style of column.
Corinthian
This was the 'changing room' in a bathhouse.
apodyterium
An extremely important invention of the Romans, still in use today.
concrete
These carried water into a city.
aqueducts
St. Peter's Church is a grand example of this Roman structure.
basilica
True or False: Roman columns were always functional/structural
False
The cold room in a bathhouse
frigidarium
Large domed temple to all the gods
Pantheon
What is the use of a triumphal arch?
To commemorate an emperor/no practical use
This temple priest was in charge of observing (mainly) the flight of birds.
augur
The 'head' of the column is called the
Capital
The sweat-room in a bathhouse
sudatorium
This huge racetrack eventually could hold 250,000 spectators.
Circus Maximus
Many of these famous structures, spanning tens of thousands of miles around the Mediterranean, still survive and are in use today.
Roman roads/highways
Rome's most famous architect who wrote the "De Architectura"
Vitruvius
What are the lines going down a column called?
Flutes
True or False: Men and women bathed in separate areas or at different times.
True
The first completely marble building in Rome, long before Augustus "left Rome a city of marble."
Temple of Jupiter
Name one of the surviving triumphal arches in the Roman Forum.
Arch of Septimius Severus or Arch of Titus
A cheaper "marble" often used instead of marble.
Travertine limestone
This structure, named after an emperor, is the most famous example of a monumental column.
Trajan's Column
True or False: The lower classes were allowed to use the baths.
True
This technique of wall construction used diagonally-placed tiles or stones.
opus reticulatum
This triumphal arch stands next to the Colosseum
Arch of Constantine
Julius Caesar was assassinated in front of this building.
Theater of Pompey