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History of Arch
Test 2 / Session 9
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Undergraduate 2
09/28/2010

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Apse
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a half-cylinder (exdra) covered by half-dome above
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The Art of Memory
Definition
in Roman times, the use of the parts of a complex as a building as an aid to memorizing a speech for public delivery
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Augustus
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First Roman emperor, grandson of Julius Caesar
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Basilica
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a roman meeting hall used in public administration, sometimes with an apse containing a a statue of the emperor
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Forum
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the Roman transformation of the Greek agora, containing temples, civic buildings such as law courts, libraries, prisons, and sometimes markets
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Gladiator
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a man hired to fight other men or animals with a sword and other weapons
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Hadrian
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Roman emperor, responsible for the construction of the Pantheon
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Hannibal
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Carthaginian general who crossed the Alps to invade Roman Italy in 281 BC
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Jack arch
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a straight, entirely horizontal arch in which the arch action is achieved just by the wedge shape of the bricks or stone that comprise it
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Oculus
Definition
the circular opening in the center of the dome
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Pax Romanum
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the Roman Peace initiated by Augustus, which lasted 200 years
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Pozzolana
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a type of volcanic sand mixed with lime, rubble aggregate, and water to make mortar or Roman concrete
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Pompey the Great
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Roman general. Later a member of the First Triumvirate with Marcus Crassus and Julius Caesar
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Relieving arch
Definition
an arch built into the solid portion of a wall to distribute laterally the load placed upon it by the wall above the arch
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Rhetoric
Definition
the art of persuasive speaking
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Sulla
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used his army to achieve a coup d'etat and became one of the first dictators of Rome
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The Tretrarchy
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group of 4 Roman rulers established by the emperor Diocletian after a later period of internal instability and vulnerability to invasion
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Trajan
Definition
Roman general and statesman; Roman emperor
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