Transcript Landmarks of Ancient Rome

Latin I&II discipuli,
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1.It took 8 years to construct
2.Started under Vespasian (hence its other name, Flavian
amphitheater), finished in AD 80 under Titus.
3.What important event happened during the reign of
Titus in AD 79?
4.Colosseum can seat up to 50,000 spectators.
5.Used for gladiatorial battles and mock sea battles.
1.Ancient Roman chariot racing stadium.
2.Circus was associated with ludi, games during
Roman religious festivals.
3.Aediles would organize the games.
1.Commisioned by Marcus Agrippa under Augustus (27
BC), and rebuilt by Emperor Hadrian in AD 126.
2.Legends: M·AGRIPPA·L·F·COS·TERTIUM·FECIT
3.Temple to all the gods.
4. Pantheon's dome is still the world's largest
unreinforced concrete dome.
Temple of Vesta
a) Vesta is the goddess of the hearth (State hearth of
Rome)
b) eternal fire of Rome
c) kept by Vestal Virgins (had to remain virgins till the
age of 40; death penalty for an affair)
Curia
a) Senate house
b) amicus curiae (Lat. friend of the court)
Via Appia -- was one of the earliest and strategically
most important Roman roads. It connected Rome to
Brundisium, port in southeast Italy.
Column of Trajan
a) Under emperor Trajan (AD 98-117), Roman Empire
expanded to an unprecedented degree (greatest
territory in Roman history).
b) Column of Trajan commemorates Trajan’s victories in
the Dacian Wars, fought in modern-day Romania
(AD 101-102; AD 105-106).
Arch of Titus
a.Constructed in AD 82 by emperor Domitian to
commemorate the victory of his brother Titus in the
Jewish War .
b.The southern panel depicts spoils of the Temple of
Jerusalem.
Arch of Constantine
a.Dedicated in AD 315.
b.Commemorates the victory over Maxentius in the
battale of Milvian Bridge.
c.Constantine endorsed Christianity as one of the
“legitimate” religions of Roman Empire.
a.Large palace built by emperor Nero (AD 54-68) in the
center of Rome after the great fire in AD. 64.
b.Nero was a particularly cruel emperor. He poisoned the
Britannicus, heir to the Roman throne, killed his mother
Agrippina, drove multiple individuals to suicide,
including philosopher Seneca.