CLAS 3P22 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Via Flaminia, Cardo, Decumanus Maximus
Document Summary
Pax augusta: peace in rome and colonies, romanization- how things change when rome conquers places. Roman aqueducts: greater population size and increase in health, resettling strops, peace and prosperity, popularity of bathing, how, underground aqueducts (seen above ground at valleys, water travels by gravity. Consistent gradient: pont-au-gard- nimes, france, 16 bc, built by marcus agrippa, local yellow limestone (no mortar, nimes, france: Augustus settles veterans- increase in populations: segovian aqueduct, segovia, spain, 1st c ce, granite (no mortar, segovia, spain: Aqueduct impressive- due to it being very high and long. Greek corinthian columns, roman engaged columns all in one. 4 roundrels with jupiter, neptune, apollo and roma. Treaty signing by augustus and king of cottian tribe. Suovetaurilia (sacrifice of pig, sheep and bull: triumphal arches, some more elaborate than others. Minor defense: turin, colony founded 25 bc, castrum plan; cardo and decumanus, porta palatina, turin.
