AR105 Lecture 17: AR 105 – Lecture 17
7 Mar 2016
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Insula (pl. insulae) apartment block complex. 46,602 insulae in rome: overcrowding, sudden collapse, fire, filthy, noisy, satire 3 (complaints about insulae, umbricius xenophobic (hellenophobic, plight of poor in rome, the only way to be roman is to leave rome! Rome"s population: late republic 250,000; 2nd century ad . *ostia port city located at tiber"s mouth. *grain dole = annona: equestrian prefect in charge of cura annonae. Juvenal satrie 10. 81 bread and circuses (games) . *312 bc aqua appia (rome"s 1st aqueduct) *144 bc aqua marcia 1st elevated, arched aqueduct. 19 bc aqua virgo to supply baths. 2 bc aqua alsietina supplied water for naumachina. Ad 52 aqua claudia and aqua anio novus. *cura aquarum water supply 1st century ad. *frontinus water commissioner under nerva"s regin. *cloaca maxima great drain: built by tarquinius priscus (5th king) Centre of political, commercial, and judicial life. Forum the place outside the door . *comitium = area where the roman people assembled to vote.
