Classics 51B Slide ID

Fibula-Location

Regolini-Galassi tomb in ancient Caere/ modern Cerveteri

Fibula - date

675-650 BCE

Fibula - Material

Gold fibula with granulation

The Sarcophagus of the Spouses - Location

Ancient Caeren / modern Cerveteri

The Sarcophagus of the Spouses - Date

520 BCE

The Sarcophagus of the Spouses - Material

Terra-cotta

Tomb of the Leopards - Location

Tarquinia

Tomb of the Leopards - Date

520-480 BCE

Tomb of the Leopards - Material

Fresco painting

Tomb of Hunting and Fishing - Location

Tarquinia

Tomb of Hunting and Fishing - Date

520-510 BCE

Tomb of Hunting and Fishing - Material

Fresco painting

Portrait of Velia Seithi - Location

Tomb of Larth Velcha and Velia Siethi, Tarquinia

Portrait of Velia Seithi - Date

325 BCE

Portrait of Velia Seithi - Material

Fresco painting

The Orator, Aulus Metullus - Location

Florence

The Orator, Aulus Metullus - Date

1st century BCE

The Orator, Aulus Metullus - Material

Bronze sculpture

Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus - Location

Rome, Capitoline Hill

Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus - Date

Late 6th century BCE, Dedicated in 509 BCE

Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus - Material

Only stone foundations survive (ashlar masonry in tufa). N.B. superstructure in wood, plaster, paint, and terra-cotta

Archaic Temple by the Tiber - Location

Rome, Forum Boarium

Archaic Temple by the Tiber - Date

540-520 BCE

Archaic Temple by the Tiber - Material

Only stone foundations survive

Acroterion of Minerva and Hercules -Location

Rome

Acroterion of Minerva and Hercules - Date

510 BCE

Acroterion of Minerva and Hercules - Material

Terra-cotta

Site of Cosa - Location

Cosa - Roman Colony

Site of Cosa - Date

Founded in 273 BCE

Temple of Portunus - Location

Rome (Forum Boarium)

Temple of Portunus - Date

125-75 BCE

Temple of Portunus - Material

Tufa and Travertine

Temple of Hercules Victor - Location

Rome (Forum Boarium)

Temple of Hercules Victor - Date

Late 2nd - early 1st century BCE

Temple of Hercules Victor - Material

Marble Columns

Travertine and Tufa

(Veristic) Portrait of mid-1st century BCE male (head covered) - Location

Rome

(Veristic) Portrait of mid-1st century BCE male (head covered) - Date

Mid 1st century BCE

(Veristic) Portrait of mid-1st century BCE male (head covered) - Material

Marble

Portrait of the Tivoli General - Location

Tivoli

Portrait of the Tivoli General - Date

Early to mid 1st century BCE

Portrait of the Tivoli General - Material

Marble

Monument of Aemilius Paullus - Location

Delphi

Monument of Aemilius Paullus - Date

Dedicated 167 BCE

Monument of Aemilius Paullus - Material

Monument and marble reliefs

Frieze fragment with the riderless horse

“Altar” of Domitius Ahenobarbus - Location

Rome (Campus Martius)

“Altar” of Domitius Ahenobarbus - Date

Late 2nd century BCE

“Altar” of Domitius Ahenobarbus - Material

Marble

Census Scene - Parian marble

Mythological scenes of a marine procession - Marble from Asia Minor

House of the Faun - Location

Pompeii

House of the Faun - Date

Late 2nd century BCE

Fauces

Literally “throat,” the entrance passage into a Roman atrium house.

Atrium

Open central room in an early Roman town house (atrium house), located immediately after an entrance passage (fauces), and around which other rooms are arranged.

Tablinum

Primary reception room at back of the atrium, where imagines and family records were kept

Triclinium

Dining room

Theater mask - House of the Faun Location

Opus vermiculatum, made in situ (in place)

Opus sectile pavement - House of the Faun Location

In the tablinum

Alexander Mosaic - House of the Faun Location

Opus vermiculatum, made in situ (in place)

Ashlar masonry

Regular, cut, and quarried stone

Axial Orientation

A type of grid plan that shifted the intersection of major axes to one side

Capital

(architecture) Element crowning a column and supporting the architrave.

Cella (pl. cellae)

Cell

Dromos

Greek word for a passageway

Manubial temple

A monument funded ex manubiis, “from the spoils of battle,” technically to fulfill a vow to a particular deity made before the battle

Necropolis

Literally, city of the dead

Pediment

A gable, the triangular open end of a pitched roof

Peripteral

Surrounded on all sides by columns, usually of a temple

Pseudoperipteral

Describes a building entirely surrounded by columns, some of which are engaged rather than freestanding

Podium

A raised base or foundation for a structure, such as a temple or amphitheater

Porch

A covered walkway or entrance to a building that was supported by columns

Travertine

Locally available white limestone sometimes used like marble in Roman architecture.

Tholos

Round building

Tripartite Architecture

Three part architecture

Acroterion (pl. acroteria)

Decorative object placed atop a temple

Apotropaic

Wards off evil

Historical relief

Sculptures carved into walls or other flat surfaces to depict important events in Roman history

Terra-cotta

Ceramic

Verism

Portraiture that depicts individual facial features in direct, even exaggerated, detail. Derives from the Latin verus (“true”), which suggests a highly realistic style

Fibula

A pinGr

Granulation

Covering a surface with tiny granules of precious metals or goldI

Imago

likeness; Latin word for portrait

Paludamentum

Military cloak; worn by a general

Spolia

War booty

Suovetaurilia

Sacrifice of a bull, ram, and a pig, performed for purification rituals

Trophy

Captured arms of the enemy, arranged on a wooden post as a sign of victory

Iconography

Interpretation of visual symbols or images

Comparandum (pl. comparanda)

A thing to which another thing is compared

Portrait of Pompey - Location

Rome

Portrait of Pompey - Date

50 BCE

Portrait of Pompey - Material

Marble

Theater of Pompey - Location

Campus Martinus (Rome)

Theater of Pomey - Date

61-55 BCE

Theater of Pompey - Material

Concrete and brick core, marble facing

Forum of Caesar - Location

near the Forum Romanum (Rome)

Forum of Caesar - Date

Begun in 54, dedicated in 46 BCE. Finished by Octavian/Augustus in 29 BCE

Tumulus

tomb

Opus vermiculatum

worm-like work

Opus sectile

Cut work

Tessera, pl. tesserae

small, regular cut stones used in mosaics

Fibula from the Regolini-Galassi

Forum of Caesar

Theater of Pompey