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The legend of Romulus and Remus |
▪twin brothers, mixed royal human and godly heritage, abandoned, and rescued by a she wolf and raised by shepherds. ▪ achieved justice for themselves, made Grandpa King of Alba ▪ decided to found their own city but disagreed on the location ( both read into divine signs differently) ▪ ______ killed ______ and built _____ on top of the hill by the Tiber river
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Octavion |
▪ Julius Caesar nephew and successor to his reign of Rome ▪ he took over Germania, Hispania, Cleopatra’s Egypt, and Gaul and expanding frontiers in Africa and the near east ▪ aka "Caesar Augustus" ( honorary title; Rome's first empirical ruler to be titled this) ▪ Was a god-like figure to subjects and Rome's first emperor ▪ died at 75
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Architecture in Ancient Rome |
▪insula ▪amphitheaters ▪baths ▪temples ▪roads ▪aqueducts ▪the arch |
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The Arch |
▪ able to carry more weight and span greater distances than post and lintel arrangments ▪echoes the human form, its rounded upper being similar to that of our heads and shoulders. |
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Rome’s most physically enduring legacy? |
▪stone structures built for public use during the Empire. ¤Enormous amphitheaters, baths, temples, roads, and aqueducts ▪were made possible by the development of Roman concrete, expert stone masons, and extensive use of slave labor. |
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"Insula" |
▪Means "island" in Italian ▪Earliest known example of the apartment building or tenement |
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"Fresco" type Paintings |
▪Unearthed at and near Pompeii and Herculaneum ▪ ________'s medium is plaster, which binds pigment directly into the surface of a wall, making the painting a permanent part of the building. |
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“still-life” |
▪A work of art that focus primarily on the depiction of inanimate objects ▪The earliest “_____”, are located at Pompeii and Herculaneum and thus date to around 1st century CE. |
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“Trompe d’ Oeil” |
▪The French term for painting which attempts to “trick” your eye into believing (if only briefly) that the thing depicted is real. |
