archi history 1.6

villas, planning, early christian

characteristics of a roman house

lararium

household shrine dedicated to the protective spirits of the family and home

horreum

warehouse

insula

apartment buildings

villa

a house outside of the city

villa of mysteries

difference between domus and villa

villa was a country house built for the upper class, while a domus was a wealthy family's house in a town

diocletian's palace

temple of fortuna primigenia in palestrina in italy

roman urban planning

standard roman city plan was based on a grid of orthogonal (laid out on right angles) streets. it was founded on ancient greek city models, described by hippodamus. it was used especially when new cities were established, e.g. in roman coloniae

how is the east-west principal street in a roman city called

decumani // decumanus maximus

how is the north-south principal street in a roman city called

cardines // cardo maximus

what can be found on the intersection of the decumanus maximus and the cardo maximus

the forum

what and where does the water pass

the pont du gard, near vers-pont-du-gard, france

aqueduct of segovia, spain

the basilica cistern in constantinople

what were cisterns used for

to store water in case of droughts but also if the city was attacked so that the city doesn’t shut down inside itself

early christian architecture

the first couple of centuries after the birth of christ, christianity was not officially allowed and was persecuted from time to time, so christians worshipped mostly in private house churches (catacombs were mainly for burials)

edict of milan

constantine legalised christianity alongside all the other religions, because he dreamt the хр symbol before battle and won the battle

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what type of buildings were the early christian churches

basilicas

what is the same as architecture of ravenna

early christian architecture