Flashcards
Roman Art and Archaeology
Cards in this deck (39)
- 1—“Nestor’s Cup”
Pithekoussai (Ischia)
dates from c. 730 BC
Oldest written reference to the Iliad - 2—The Portonaccio Sanctuary at Veii
The Temple of Apollo
(510 BCE)
Squarish, raised podium, frontal staircase, colonnaded porch, tripartite cella, terracotta roof, sculpture
- 3—The Apollo at Veii
M-L 6th Century
- 4—The Capua Tile (c. 470 BCE)
Found in Santa Maria di Capua
Records a religious calendar
Publicly exhibited in a sanctuary
62 lines & c. 300 legible words it is the longest epigraphical Etruscan inscription.
Dates to the early 5th c. BCE
Lists offerings and sacrifices to various divinities.
- 5—The bronze liver from Piacenza (L. 2nd C. BCE)
- 6—Euboean Pottery
c. 750 BCE
- 7—Cerveteri Cemetary
- Earliest tombs date from the 9th c. BCE
(Villanovan)
- Etruscan Necropolis
- Organized in a city-like plan, complete with
streets, squares and neighborhoods.
- Tombs in the necropolis imitate houses
- 8—Tomb of Hunting and Fishing
c. late 6th century BCE
Banquet Scene
- 9—Tomb of the Lionesses
c. 530-520 BCE
- 10—Tomb of the Reliefs
c. 350-325 BCE
An extended-family tomb
(32 spaces, 12 “beds” kl)
- 11—Etruscan Terracotta Sarcophagus
c. 6th century BCE
- 12—Lysikrates Monument, Athens
Commissioned by Lysikrates, to
commemorate a victory by a
theater chorus in 334 BC
- 13—"Philip's Tomb" Facade
- 14—Amphilpolis Tomb
- 15—Didyma Temple of Apollo
- 16—The Capitoline Wolf
C. 500 BCE
- 17—Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus (Capitolium) c. 509 BCE
Begun by Tarquinius Priscus and completed by the last king of Rome, Tarquinius Superbus, only inaugurated at the beginning of the Republican era in 509 BC.
- 18—Augustus' Victory Monument
at Actium, Greece
after battle in 31 BCE
- 19—Aegypt Capta Coin
- 20—Forum Iulium
- 21—Temple of Venus Genetrix
- 22—Forum of Augustus
- 23—Temple of Mars Ultor
built in 20 BCE by Augustus for the battle of the Philippi in 42
- 24—Horologium of Augustus
- 25—Ara Pacis, Campus Martius in Rome
c. 13-9 BCE
- 26—Mausoleum of Augustus
Two levels, lower is covered by earth and upper is surrounded by collonade.
Two Egyptian Obelisks are stationed at front enterance
- 27—Temple of Divus Augustus
Pula, Croatia
finished by Caligula
- 28—The Theater of Pompey
Reconstruction began under Tiberius and finished by Caligula
- 29—Caligula's Nemi Ships
Traveled back and forth across lake
- 30—Circus Maximus
4th C. BCE evidence
1st C. BCE stone foundations (Caesar)
- 31—Flavian Ampitheater (the Colosseum)
built by Vespasian and Titus
- 32—Arch of Titus
c. 85 CE, Rome
- 33—Tomb of the Five Chairs
Cerveteri c. 650-600 BCE
- 34—Isis of the Capitoline
Men and Women could join
Originated in Egypt
One of the most popular mystery cults
Benevolent protector goddess
Nurtured worshipers
Helped participants cope with rapid change, especially in urban, cosmopolitan society.
- 35—Isis Tyche (sailing)
1 Century BCE
- 36—Temple of Isis, Pompeii
c. 100 BCE
- 37—Cybele (Magna Mater) pulled by Lions
- 38—Roman Funerary Urn
Later was replaced by the sarcophagus
- 39—Tomb of the Scipios (Hypogaeum)
Family tomb, located in an aristocratic cemetery, in use from the 3rd Century BC to the 1st Century AD