Introduction to Roman Art
Portraiture
Architecture
Technology
100

Hadrian's Wall, named after Emperor Hadrian, was constructed in this country to mark the territory of the Roman Empire and deter attacks from nearby tribes.

Bonus points for the name of the county

England


Northumberland

100

Viewing a portrait of this Roman leader on a denarius silver coin, we almost believe we know what he actually looked like.

Who is Julius Caesar?

100

The round walls of this building consists of three levels of arcades, surmounted with a wall-like top, or attic story

The Colosseum 

100

This kind of structure was built to deliver several gallons of water from springs to cities using only gravity.

Aqueducts

200

True or False. Many of Europe's modern highways follow the paths laid out by the romans.

True

200

This over-life-sized statue depicts Augustus Caesar the way he wanted to be remembered

Augustus of Primaporta

200

When two Barrel vaults intersect, they're referred to as this kind of vault.

Groin

200

The romans produced this material using slaked lime and volcanic ash to create a sticky paste, which they then mixed with tuff.

Concrete

300

These buildings served as both a reflection of the importance of hygiene, but a social center for the entire community, later incorporating libraries, gymnasiums, formal gardens, and lecture halls.

Bath complexes

300

Roman Republican portraiture is commonly associated with this notion, describing the immediate look and feel of the subject

What is Verism

300

Most romans lived in this kind of lodging

apartment buildings

Latin: Insula

300

This bound tome is recognized as the earliest iteration of the book

The Codex

400

Roman art was inspired by, and sometimes incorporated, this other civilization's art after its capture in the 2nd century B.C.E.

Greece

400

The name of this Roman official is inscribed in Etruscan on the hem of his garment

Who is Aulus Metellus

400

The murals of this house possibly depict initiation rites to the cult of Bacchus, god of vegetation, fertility, and wine. 

The Villa of the Mysteries

400

This system was used to heat wealthy homes and baths using a furnace lit under the floor

The hypocaust system

500

These two stories depict the origins of the romans.

The story of the birth of Romulus and Remus.

The Aeneid.

500

The head of this standing figure, though ancient Roman in origin, is a later replacement, and not the original.

Patrician carrying portrait busts of two ancestors

500

Some of the finest surviving Roman wall paintings are found in this Pompeiian house

The Pompeiian House of the Vettii

500

The design of some surgical tools used by the romans weren't changed until this century

20th