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109 Cards in this Set
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When was the Athenian Agora destroyed? |
480 BC |
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Who organized the Athenian Agora |
Peisistratus |
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What are memorial displa? |
- statues made of bronze made for personal honour |
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When was the Stoa Poikile built? |
470 BC |
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What are commerce? |
coins |
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What Stoa became the museum of Ancient Agora? |
Stoa of Attalos |
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What is Ostraka? |
Pottery sherds used in the practice of ostracism (exiling someone) |
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When was the last ostracism? |
417-415 BC |
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What were the gifts Poseidon and Athena offered? |
Poseidon - salt water spring Athena - Olive Tree |
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What is the date of Athens? |
566-480 BC |
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What is the date for the peplos kore? |
- 530 BC - dedicated to Athena and Acropolis |
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What is the date for the Kritos boy? What was it a shift to |
- 475 BC - naturalism |
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When was the destruction of the Acropolis? |
480 BC |
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Who rebuilt the Acropolis? |
Athenian general Perikles |
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What was the name for the monumental gateway at acropolis? What was the date? |
- Propylaia - 438-432 BC |
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What is the date for the Parthenon? |
448-432 BC |
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What was on the east pediment of the Parthenon? |
Birth of Athena |
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Who sculpted the Athena Parthenos? |
Phidias |
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What was the ionic frieze on the parthenon? |
procession to present Athen with new peplos |
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When did Macedonians dominate Greek? |
From 338 BC |
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Who was Alexander the Great the son of? |
King Philip |
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When did Alexander the great rule? |
336-323 BC |
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How did they identify the Tomb of Philip? |
- lots of gold - c. 340, he died 336 BC - deceased male in 40s - similar skull injury - gold oak crown - gold larnax |
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Who was the sculptor of the portrait of Alexander? |
Lysippos |
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Where was the Alexander Mosaic? |
House of the Faun, Pompeii |
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Who ruled Alexandria after Alexander funded it in 323 BC? |
Ptolemy |
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What is the date of the Altar of Zues? Where is it now? |
- 175-150 BC - Berlin |
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When was Rome a monarchy? |
753-509 BC |
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When was Rome a Republic? |
509-27 BC |
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What is Septimontium? |
The 7 hills of Rome |
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Who was the hero depicted by Vergil in the Aeneid? What city did he found? |
Aeneas; founded Lavinium |
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What is Roman art? |
Product of Greek and Italic influences |
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What is the Capitolium Triad? |
- Juno (Hera) - Jupiter (Zeus) - Minerva (Athena) |
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When did Augustus rule? |
27 BC - 14 AD |
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What does Augustus mean? |
"first citizen" |
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What was the deadliest part of the eruption at Mt. Vesuvius? |
Phase 2: ground surge (high temperature and speed) |
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Who created casts of the bodies from the eruption at pompeii? |
Giuseppe Fiorelli |
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When was Pompeii colonized by Rome? |
80 BC |
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Where is the earliest surviving amphitheatre? |
Pompeii |
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What was special about the House of Faun? |
- its size - 2 atriums - 2 peristyles - therefore must have been a very wealthy owner |
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Patron and _____ relationship was very important, and was a demonstration of _______ and ______. |
client; social power; wealth |
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What is the 1st style of Pompeian wall painting? |
- Masonry - 2nd c, BC - 80 BC - imitates polychrome marble facings |
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What is the 2nd style of Pompeian wall painting |
- Architectural - 80 - 20 BC - artificial architecture and landscape beyond |
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What is the 3rd style of Pompeian wall painting |
- Colour field; ornamental - 20-10 BC - fanciful no attempts at emulating natural world |
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What is the 4th style of Pompeian wall painting |
- Mix of 2nd and 3rd plus mythology - 10 BC - 79 AD
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Whats otium? |
Leisure, free time, peace of mind |
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What villa is the J.Paul Getty museum based off of? |
Villa of the Papyri |
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Who was the original owner of the villa of Papyri? |
L. Calpurnius Piso |
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What are the two features of Roman architecture? |
- master of the arch - mastery of concrete |
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What are some things found at Villa A AT Oplontis? |
- 2nd style paintings - Venus binding her sandal - centaur fountains
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Give some details on the Pantheon. |
- AD 118-125 - Emperor Hadrian - interior more important - 47 m is diameter and height |
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What is venationes? |
games with animals |
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Whats the difference between Roman and greek games? |
Roman games were a spectator sport and greek games were for participation |
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What are the super impressed orders of the Colosseum? |
- doric - ionic - corinthian - corinthian pilasters |
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How many exits/entrances did the Colosseum have? |
76 |
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Explain the features of a Murmillo? |
- bare torso, arm guard and leg padding on the right side, helmet, tall shield, short sword (gladius) - one of the heaviest armed types |
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Whats the date of the Altar of Augustan Peace? |
9 BC |
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What were some things found on the Altar of Augustan Peace? |
- Augustus's family - Mars and Twins - Aeneas - Roma |
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What were typical of Roman portrait statues? |
- addressing an army - giving a speech - body is standard - face is individualized |
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What is the date for the Venus de Milo? |
ca. 100 BC |
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What did the portrait of Livia, Augustus's wife show? |
- blank expression, which was the cultural ideal of Roman women specially for the elite |
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What are some types of Roman burial practices? |
- cinerary urns - sarcophagi - tomb markers - monumental tombs |
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Who was the portonacci sarcophagus made for? |
- AD 200 - most likely made for a general, unfinished face so it was meant to be sold later |
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What does "dis manibus" mean? |
to the gods below |
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What are some features of the Tomb of the Baker? |
- c. 50 BC - freedman - cylindrical grain measures |
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Who built the pyramid of Cestius? |
Gaius Cestius, c. 15 BC |
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What was the mausoleum of Augustus for? |
Meant for the remains of family, eventually housed the remains of subsequent Roman Emperors |
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Across the river from the mausoleum of Augustus is what? |
Mausoleum of Hadrian |
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What did the bath ritual involve? |
- tepidarium: warm room, not always a bath - caldarium: hot bath - frigidarium: cold bath
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What did Romans use to scrape dirt an oil off themselves before going to the the bath? |
Strigil |
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Who was a critic of bath? |
senecas |
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What heated the baths? |
Hypocaust system |
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Which type of bath was privately owned? Thermae or Balneae? |
Balneae |
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What were the first imperial baths? |
Baths of Agrippa |
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Where were the baths of Trajan? |
Oppian hill (104-109 CE) |
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What did the baths of Caracalla have in the basement? |
- run of water for grain mill and laundry service |
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What two sculptures were found in the baths of Caracalla |
- Farnese hercules - Farnese bull |
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Who built the library of Celsus? date? |
- Celsus built it for his father, AD 117-120 |
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When was Hadrians wall built? |
AD 128 |
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What is one of the forts along the Hadrian wall? What was found there? |
- Vindolanda - 752 wooden tablets |
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When was the tetrachs? |
284-305 AD |
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What rulers made up the Tetrach? |
A: Diocletian and Maximian C: Constantius Chlorus and Galerius |
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Where was the battle between Maximian and Constantine, who won and when was it? |
- Milvian Bridge - Constantine - AD 312 |
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The head and limbs of the colossal constantine were made of _____ and the torso of _____. What is this technique called? |
- marble; wood and brick - acrolithic |
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When did constantine legitimize Christianity in Rome? |
AD 313 |
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What are some elements of the arch of Constantine? |
- Trajanic dacians - Hadrianic roundels - Panels of Marcus Aurelis - Constantine: details of seige, triumphial arrival |
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What was the 313 Edict of Milan |
Allowed religious freedom |
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When did St. Peters die? |
June 29th AD 64/67 |
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What was the Stoa Poikile used for? |
display of military memorials |
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What is the name for the shrine to Athena Polias? |
Erechtheion |
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Who were the successors to Alexander the Great? |
- Ptolemy - Seleukos - Antigonos |
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Who was a descendent of Ptolemy? |
Cleopatra |
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What is a Natatio |
Swimming pool |
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What pose were most of the victims in from the eruption at Mt. Vesuvius? |
Boxer pose |
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Whats the date for the arch of Constantine? |
312-315 AD |
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Who was the wife of emperor Trajan? |
Plotina |
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What are some problems with the Getty Kuros? |
- hair looks 6century BC - body looks 5th century BC - base larger than usual - legs larger than usual - type of marble |
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Who successfully invaded Britain? When? |
Emperor Claudius, AD 43 |
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What is the date for the Masouleum of Augustus? |
28 BC |
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When did Constantine make Byzantium the capital of the Roman Empire? |
AD 324 |
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Who was the hypocaust system credited to? |
Sergius Orata |
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Date for the baths of Diocletian? |
298 - 306 CE |
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When were the last great baths built? By who? |
315 AD, Constantine |
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The Getty Aphrodite is dated to ? Bought for how much ? |
- 425-400 BC - 18 mill |
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what is columbarium? |
Niches for ashes of an individual |
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How can you depict the difference between; Villa A, House of Marine Venus and House of the Vettii? |
- Villa A looks most run down - Marine venus has paintings on the wall - Vettii looks brand new |
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What are the sculptures of the Metopes on the Parthenon? |
East Metope: Gigantomachy
South Metope: Lipiths and Centaurs
West Metope: Amazonomachy - Greeks vs Amazons
North Metope: Trojan War |
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What Baths took up 300 acres, via Appia Antica ? what was the year they were constructed? |
Baths of Caracalla; built 198-211 (or) 212 - 219 CE |
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Maxentius
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Basilica 306
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