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Dedication of Ara pacis

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January 30, 9b=Livia’s birthday

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Size, capacity of Albenga

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450 tons; 10,000 Dressel 1; near Nice, c. 100b

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Oldest temple at Pompeii

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Apollo (current version = 2)

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Fabri in collegia

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1200, each of whom controlled 5-10 laborers

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Largest dedication of Plancia Magna

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Gate-arch of Perge dedicated to patria makes no reference to man. Moreover, female figures dominate rich statuary

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opus reticulatum

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Tufa in diagonals

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Laborers on baths

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15% of population. INcluding quarries, up to 20,000. Over 6 years

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Who erects images of Augustus after 27? What is the largest one?

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Senate; ara pacis

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Use of caementium under republic

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banausic>civic (facade)>religious

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Etruscan grid plan c. 500

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Marzabotto

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(Urbanized) pop of Egypt

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1.5 of 4.5

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Lybian valleys dates

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I-V

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Fish factories, duration in Brittany

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6; Claudius to Constantine

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End of ‘diadoch style’

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Triple Victory–>Apollo Palatinus, 29

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Lybian Valley pattern

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Figs, fruits, industrial olive press. Mausolea in Roman style with Lybian epigraphy; courtyard farms later fortified

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Carvel built

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Yadi Assa and Madrague de Giens; mortice and tendon.

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Where was Augustus’ statue in the Agrippan Pantheon

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Intended for inside. However, transition mandated exterior

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Location of Fora

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Intersection of Cardo and Decumanus

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Opus Testaceum

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Brick

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Africa Proconsularis pattern

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Never more than 2 presses; extensive baths. Intensive fieldwalking + 10,000 sherd analysis—>good regional dates

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Fish factories, duration in Spain, Africa

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28; From caesar; peak Claudius to SS; recover under C; die Gaiseric

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Samnite takeover of Pompeii

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410

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Connotations of grain under Augustus

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peace, fertility, Arvales, annona

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Why no tablinum in Vetii

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Even augustalis has few clients

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Sole THEORETICAL innovation of Pantheon
transition from 8 bays-7 rings of coffer-->break between drum and dome (W-P)
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Where do coronae civicae appear later on?
funeral altars, doorway-->generic representation of past services.
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Examples of Second Style
Villa of Mysteries, house of Augustus
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Tech improvements at Rio Tinto
Water-lifting; shoring--->wagon-sized tunnels
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Introduction of rustification
Porta Maggiore (Claudius): concrete aqueduct, travertine arches with rusticated bottoms
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Largest house at Pompeii
Faun: 2 atria, 2 peristyles; Alex mosaic between peristyles
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Example of urbanization change
Arsinoite nome, Crocodilopolis: 10-20%
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Originals at Apollo Palatinus
Apollo of Scopas, Bulls of Myron
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Composition of Coliseum
Travertine exterior; tufa interior--->stone skeleton; concrete limited to arches, upper stories; timber seats
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First groin vault
Domus Aurea
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How does Quintillian characterize the Augustan 'superculture?'
Borrowing a little of this, little of that
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Construction of Coliseum
10 years: 4 quadrants, each divided into sub-groupings run by specialists. Fabri and subordinates specialize in single task; bricks prefabbed in bulk
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Earliest preserved basilica
Pompeii: 2 stories (Doric over Ionic); nave columns of kiln-fired tiles; engaged columns also; tile roof on timber beams
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Architect of Trajan's markets
Apollodorus of Damascus
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Second Style
Brush and pigment imitate projections into space (columns, pediments), dissolve walls; linear perspective invites viewer in; later includes even mythic landscapes (e.g. Odyssey) and scaenae
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High/Low count
6/14mil-->1.2 vs 1.34 per worker
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Decree of Ara pacis
July 4, 13b (return from West)
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Estruscan temple colums
wooden, unfluted, widely spaced, low; permit view of cella; to side but not back
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Architect of Domitian
Rabirius
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Syria pattern
Hellenistic village-->moderat villas of vets, local mags; upland villages entirely specialized-->late Roman agglomerations c. 40km2 without any central planning. Moreover, villas subdivide. -->Byzantine increases in density + domination by church of continued monoculture
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Largest Ship
Isis=1,200 ~East India vs. Wyoming- 4,000
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Hierarchy of Augustus' restorations
regime>trad gods>small cults>foreign
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Africa Proconsularis dates
Segermes Valley, East T = Kasserine: increase to peak III-IV; end during VI
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ARS trends
Dummy curve--> increase from 100, peak c. 150, fall to 175 (Classis Africana COMMODIANA)
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How did collegia facilitate interaction between membership and Aug?
collegia organizes new cult; Aug donates statue; magistri (free or slave) donate altar, statue of (e.g. pax)
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Composition of the Villa dei papyri sculptural complex
Greek Paideia (copy of demosthenes) with Roman pietas, nobilitas (flamen, portraits), linked by Athena promachos (Athens at moment of triumph).
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statuary on Etruscan temples
Terracotta on top; no pediments
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Why did Rome itself lag
(e.g.) Cato discouraged innovation; philhellenes discouraged adaptation
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Earliest amphitheater, size
Pompeii: c. 80, 20,000
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African hinterlands
Beyond Caesarea and Kasserine, montagnard and vets at Diana Veteranorum, respectively
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How would people focalize Roman towns?
Along local political lines (products of Elite 1; or think of Pompeii after social war)
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Madrague de Giens
40m; 300-400 tons; 6-8000 Dressel 1B (3-4 levels); sank off Toulon under Nero
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Caesarea pattern
Functional desgin, placement along roads, full oileries, dependence of ALL nearby villages-->intensive absentee (conductor-run)
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Constraints on Augustan symbolism
Few myths map meta-narrative: modesty, aversion to Asiatic style, battle scenes, etc.
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Why innovative design?
Weak local stones cannot support inter-columnar; opus caementium effective and economic-->use in areas where practical concerns dominate
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Size of Pompeii
10-20,000
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Lex Hadriana de rudibus agris
Generalizes ad hoc responses to petitions from Coloni to cultivate unused land not occupied by conductores; like Manciana, no rents for olives for 10 years; nor for vines for 5
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Location of ara pacis
Via Flaminia, at the pomerium/greeting point?
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Why do reliefs separate victors from vanquished?
Create space for emotion and thus tragedy
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opus testaceum
brick; imperial-->accurate control of alignment during pouring process; structural support during building
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Yadi Assa
20m; 1,100 amphorae off Bodrum
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Metanarrative of Ward-Perkins
Roman structure emerging from discursive strength of Greek Art.
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Peak for mills and water-lifting
I-III
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Connotations of motherhood, under Augustus
bounty, family, motherhood, spring, morality
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Genius between lares?
Paterfamilias but dressed as priest
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Scope of second style
80-15
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tensile strength of caementium
Recognized under Augustus. Before, elongated courses of caementa laid in radial courses (~a la coffer)
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House of the Menander date
30
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House with no decoratiosn
Principe di Napoli
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For Elsner, how does Emperor function
Hieratic sign of conquest; from MA?
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Similarities between XP and Aug
Both leverage polysemous and undetermined signs to self-represent in terms understandable to all
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Why Peter and Paul on Junius Bassus
ROMAN CHARACTER OF XP
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Significance of Basus' Hyllas
mere paideia
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Significance of Symachi relief
Greek as resistance
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Significance of Junius Bassus
Roman XP-->Greek abandoned.
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Fortuna Primigenia
100b
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How many pantheon coffers
28
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Tabularium
78b: tufa-faced concrete arch; columnar facade
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Dura Europus type
Titulus
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Christ as Emperor with togati-apostles
S Pudenzia
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Efficacy of Haggia Eirene
through 360
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Highest points in Constantinople?
Apostles>Forum>augusteion
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What does Eusibius ignore (3)
Mass @ Column of C-Helios; proskynesis of image at Hippodrome; desire for masses at 13th Apostle; few churches
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#, form of Lateran
3,000; green and red columns, octagonal baptistry, residence, silver figures

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