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hemispherical dome
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roof or vault in a half sphere form. Constructed of masonry, wood, or a combination of the two
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Domus Aurea
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(Golden House) large portico villa built by Nero in the heart of ancient Rome.
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Fourth Style
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In Roman mural painting, the style that marks a return to architectural illusionism, but, unlike in the Second Style, the architectural vistas of the Fourth Style are irrational fantasies
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composite capital
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A capital combining Ionic volutes and Corinthian acanthus leaves
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attic
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The uppermost story of a building; the top of a triumphal arch with the dedicatory inscription
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spandrel
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The roughly triangular area enclosed by the curve of an arch and the framing columns and architrave
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frieze
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The part of the entablature between the architrave and the roof. In the Doric order, the frieze is subdivided into triglyphs and metopes. In the Ionic order, the frieze is left open to provide a continuous field for relief sculpture. Also, any sculptured or painted band in a building
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architrave
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The lintel or lowest division of the entablature
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nymphaeum
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A monumental fountain
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damnatio memoriae
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The senatorial decree damning a person's memory. Those who suffered damnatio memoriae had their portraits destroyed or defaced and their names erased from public monuments
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cameo
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reliefs carved from rare stones with layers of different colors
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rustication
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Intentionally unfinished masonry with rough surfaces, producing a rustic appearance
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orbis comarum
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Flavian - Trajanic hairstyle popular in the late 1st century AD
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mosaic
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Patterns or pictures made by embedding tesserae of stone or glass in cement on surfaces such as floors and walls. The earliest mosaics, however, were pebble mosaics, made using naturally shaped stones instead of cut tesserae
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groin vault
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A vault formed by the intersection at right angles of two barrel vaults. Also called a cross vault
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fenestrated groin vault
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openings in the groin vault to allow light to enter the room
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opus testaceum
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construction in which coarse-laid brickwork is used to face a core of opus caementicium. Dominant form of wall construction in the imperial era
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apotheosis
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The ascent to Heaven of a new god
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ustrinum
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A funerary pyre
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oculus
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The round central opening, or "eye," at the apex of a dome
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decursio
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The ritual circling of a funerary pyre
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horrea
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Warehouse for the storage of grain and other commodities like oil and wine
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