Roman Arch. Monuments Quiz

Trajan’s Column

• Architect - Apollodoros of Damascus

• AD: 107-113

• between the 2 libraries in Trajan’s Forum

• 100 ft tall

• 3-4 ft wide helical bands

• relief 2 inches deep, continuous freeze

• shows two campaigns separated by winged victory and the roman trophy

• Dacian war campaign

• Functions

  • victory monument

  • look-out point

  • propaganda

  • imperial mausoleum

  • enforcer of ritual

Arch of Trajan

• Benevento, Italy

• AD: 117-120

• meant to show giving back to the people

Flavian Palace on the Palatine

• AD 91

• Architect Rabirius

• Flavian period

• Public part = Domus Flavia

• Private = Domus Augustana

• Architecture revolution - private imperial structure, the curving architecture made possible by concrete

• Playing with water,light features

• Would have been colorful, especially in dining or public places in villas like this

Stadium of Domitian

• Campus Martius, 86 CE

The Flavian Amphitheatre

• AKA The Colosseum

• Rome

• AD 72-80

• Velarium: Shade awning

Templum Pacis

• Not a forum bc it does not have a civic purpose

• More of a leisure space with religious element, but not a temple

• Forma Urbis (map of the city)

  • Stone map

  • Piece of evidence for how Rome was laid out in the ancient period

  • Important of symmetry to the romans is how we can tell what is left of the Forma Urbis what is likely what the templum pacis looks like

• The spoils of Jerusalem would have been displayed here

  • Strong message of peace but also calls upon the more violent nature of Rome

• ‘Forum of Vespasian’

Arch of Titus

• Rome

• AD 81

• Flavian period

• Triumphant arch 

• Part of Triumphant Root 

• Inscription

  • ‘ the Senate and the Roman people (dedicate this) to the deified Titus Vespasian Augustus son of the defied Vespasian’

• Imagery reflects what the inscription is recalling

  • Spoils of Jerusalem in triumph, AD 70

    • Celebratory triumph

    • Bringing the spoils through Rome

  • Triumph of Titus, AD 70

    • Figure behind the main person, winged victory behind him crowning him with victory, Roma leading triumph in chariot

• Monument that marks victory of Emperor and Empire

• Missing a chariot with horses, that adorns the top of the arc