Roman Architecture test 3

Priapus

• God of fertility

• Big "falus" aka dick

• In image from ppt his dick is on one side of the scale and money bags are on the other

  • Fruit basket below him

    • "multiply and be fruitful" idea

Apotropaic

• snake symbol

• wards off bad things

• having the power to avert evil influences or bad luck

Lararium

A small domestic shrine in ancient Roman homes, dedicated to the Lares and penates, the household deities who were believed to protect the family and the home

Munera

public games/ gladiatorial games

• often helped in amphitheaters to entertain and honor the gods

• the word originally meant “services”

Velarium

a large canvas awning used to provide shade over spectators in the amphitheater

• rigged with roped and pulleys

  • required a team of sailors

Lanista

a trainer/ manager of gladiators

• supplied gladiators to the Munera

Triumph relief

on the Arch of Titus portrays Titus' triumphal procession as he entered Rome following his victory in the Jewish War

Spoils relief

on the Arch of Titus depicts the spoils of war taken from Jerusalem, including the Menorah, sacred objects from the Jewish temple, and other treasures.

• powerful representation of the Roman conquest of Jerusalem and the plunder that followed

Josephus

was a Jewish historian who wrote about the Jewish War and the events leading to the destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem

• gave us key info about the aftermath of Roman rule on Jews

  • and info into Roman military practices

Apotheosis of Titus relief

 a relief on the Arch of Titus that shows Titus being deified after his death

• It portrays Titus being lifted to the heavens by an eagle, a symbolic image of his transformation into a god.

  • This type of deification, known as apotheosis, was a common practice for emperors after their death

A: men’s entrance

B: peristyle

D: men’s Apodyterium

E: men’s tepidarium

F: men’s caldarium

G: frigidarium

I: swimming pool

K: women’s entrance

L: women’s apodyterium

M: women’s tepidarium

N: women’s caldarium

O: praefurnium

Fauces

entrance way

Impulvium

water basin/pool beneath the compluvium

Compulvian

square or rectangular opening in the atrium

Atrium

an open space, often with a skylight (compluvium) in the roof, through which light and air could enter.

Tabularium

office space for doing business

Triclinium

formal dinning room

taberna

shop/commercial space

• sell goods/services to the public

peristyle

• Courtyard or garden surrounded by a row of columns

Cubiculum

bedroom/private quarter