VIC162H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Roman Forum, Vestal Virgin, Ancient Roman Architecture
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11 aquaducts: 300,000,000 gallons of clean water (even poor houses got water) Rome collapsed when aquaducts were cut given imperial status hills. Cloaca maxima: sewer, built to drain marsh in space between capitoline & palatine. Reign of saturn: perfect harmony, saturnalia (feast) Vestal virgins: the weirdest club ever, only women allowed to sit in colosseum & Last words of a guy grilled to death: i"m done on this side, turn me over. In colosseum, women and slaves were not allowed to sit. Spears & flags carved figures were holding jutted out. Made of other materials, only what you can see is marble. Oh what a great artist dies in me . Dining room had a ceiling that turned on clockwork and revealed stars in perfect astrological order & also sprayed guests w/ perfume & rose petals (goals)
