Rome Quiz 1

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Magna Graecia

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Greater Greece; Naples, south; South Italy and Sicily

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Attribute

Back 2

a symbol associated with a certain god

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Dado

Back 3

blank space at the bottom of painted tombs; provides a stage for the paintings

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Registers

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when paintings on a sarcophagus are laid out in layers on top of one another

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Pediment

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triangular-shaped area at front/back of temple on top of columns

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Stylobate

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the platform on which columns sit in Doric order temples

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Cult statue

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statue of the god/goddess of a temple and located in the cella

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Kline

Back 8

dining couches that Romans/Etruscans would lounge on

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Loculus

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niches carved into the walls of tombs for bodies or urns

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Polis

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Greek city-states

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Tumulus

Back 11

style of tombs found in Cerveteri; mounds

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Villanovan

Back 12

predated Etruscan culture; Hut urn shows their architecture (wattle & daub);

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Cardo maximus

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N/S road

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Decumanus maximus

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E/W road

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Necropolis

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city of the dead; Etruscan cemetaries

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Sarcophagus

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Greek word for 'flesh eater'; limestone coffins with paintings on inside and outside

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Relief

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sculpture that is cut OUT of the stone, not engraved into it; makes the carving stand out

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Ambulatory

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space between the columns and cella in a temple where people walk

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Peristyle/Colonnade

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Columns go all the way around the temple

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Peripteral

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colonnade/peristyle; columns go all the way around

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Drum

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pieces that make up a column

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Capital

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circular stone at the top of columns; in Doric order, is plain and looks like a squished marshmallow

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Doric order

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marked by plain capitals, fluted columns, and triglyphs & metopes

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Comitium (boulueterion)

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the assembly hall for elite rulers/citizens; in Roman cities was a place for citizens to debate over laws and grievances

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Triglyph & metopes

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area on pediment that's divided into 3 little areas; 2nd half is the area between these

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Acropolis

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the high part of a city; usually where a lot of temples are located

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Atrium

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open space in Etruscan houses that has a water basin and opens into a wide room in the back

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Augur

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priestlike people who could "read the flight of the birds"; depicted in the Tomb of the Augurs, c. 520 BCE

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Apotropaic

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something used to ward off evil; ex. Medusa antefix

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Pomerium

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the sacred boundary ploughed by a priest where the city wall would be; gate areas not ploughed

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Impluvium

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water basin in the middle of the atrium

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Conpluvium

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the sloped roof that empties into the impluvium

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Votive

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a dedication made to a god/goddess

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Acroteria

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decoration on the roofs of buildings; like the statue of Apollo

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Antefix

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statue-type things put on the end of timbers on Etruscan buildings to cover them up

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Cella/Naos

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inside of a temple where the god supposedly lived

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Orthagonal Planning

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Hippodamian grid; type of architectural organization

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Podium

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in Tuscan temples, columns sit on this instead of on a stylobate

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Ridge Pole

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center beam of a house, painted in some tombs

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Pronaos

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the porch of a temple

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Terracotta

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used in a lot of Etruscan and Tuscan buildings and art

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Wattle & Daub

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type of housing used by Villanovans; not very long-lasting; sticks and mud

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Tufa

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stone used in a lot of Etruscan buildings; soft volcanic rock