AH 1700 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Porta Maggiore, Roman Engineering, Ancient Greek Architecture
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Incrustation- wall decoration consisting of bright panels of different colors. Triumphal arch- a monumental archway; usually they are built to commemorate some notable victory. Oculus- latin eye ; the round central opening of a dome; also, a small round window in a gothic cathedral. The period when rome expanded throughout med. Julius caesar- general, made himself into dictator; contradictory to roman. Republic that was supposed to be a senate; murdered outside the senate 44. Bce; rome in civil war: grandnephew- octavian rose to power; crushed marc antony and. Cleo during battle of actium: rome takes over egypt, made octavian the new emperor, end of republic 27 bce when senate gave octavian the title of. Emperor of augustus; highest priest as well (poptemis maximis: still a senate but had no power; emperor had all, pax romana- 2 centuries of peace. Had to leave mark on city of rome that would out do the predecessor.
