Important Dates
Constantine moved his capital east to Byzantium
What is 330 C.E.?
Carved decoration showing a portrait or scene
What is a cameo?
vault in the shape of a half-circle that rests on a circular wall
What is a dome?
Languages developed from Latin
What is Spanish, French, Italian?
a person who used Latin to create documents
What is a scribe?
2 emperors - one in the east and one in the west
What is 330 C.E.?
Lifelike creations
What is a statue?
an arch used for a ceiling to support a ceiling or roof
What is a vault?
Amount of letters in the Latin alphabet
What is 23 letters?
Roman numeral IV
What is 4?
Tribes attacked Rome putting the western half into a separate kingdom.
What is 410 C.E.?
A picture made up of small pieces of tile, glass, or colored stone.
What is a mosaic?
open-air structure that uses concrete for tunnels
What is a colosseum (stadium)?
Developed the calendar
Who is Julius Caesar?
Where "August" derived from?
What is Augustus?
Last emperor in west driven from his throne
What is 476 C.E.?
3-D landscapes painted on walls or ceilings with water-based paints
What is a frescoe?
built with layers of stone, sand, gravel
What are roads?
The letters that represent numbers in Roman Numerals
What is I, V, X, L, C, D, M?
Roman Numeral C
What is 100?
The east empire continued
What is 1,000 years?
Rome art was influenced by who
Who are the Greeks?
What is an aqueduct?
The beginning meaning of some English words
What is Latin prefix?
Roman numeral MDCV
What is 1,605?