ART 1A Study Guide - Final Guide: Phocas, Pumice, Basalt
Chapter 7 Discussion Forums – The High Empire
Who was the last Flavian Emperor and how did he die?
-Domitian. Assassination in 96 CE
What was different about the imperial succession that Nerva and Trajan instituted?
-they instituted a succession by adoption
What was the result of this policy?
-good things! It lasted almost a century.
Forum of Trajan
When was it begun and when was it finished?
-112 CE
Who was the architect?
-Apollodorus of Damascus, Trajan's chief military engineer during the Dacian wars
What did it glorify?
-Trajan's victories in his two wars against the Dacians
What different structures were incorporated into the Forum of Trajan?
-The temple of Trajan, the column of Trajan, 2 libraries, basilica ulpia, forum, statue of Trajan
What was a basilica? What functions did it serve?
-A public building for legal and other civic proceedings, rectangular in plan with an entrance
on a long side.
The Column of Trajan
What is the date for this monument?
-112 CE
What does it commemorate?
-Trajan's Dacian war victory?
How is Trajan depicted and how are the Dacian’s depicted?
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Document Summary
Chapter 7 discussion forums the high empire. Apollodorus of damascus, trajan"s chief military engineer during the dacian wars. Trajan"s victories in his two wars against the dacians. The temple of trajan, the column of trajan, 2 libraries, basilica ulpia, forum, statue of trajan. A public building for legal and other civic proceedings, rectangular in plan with an entrance on a long side. After 64 ce when the great fire happened. It was a temple to all of the gods. Etruscan is it is raised and has a columned porch. Renaissance drawings suggest each coffer indent in the top of the dome had a gilded-bronze rosette at its center. The builders constructed the cylindrical drum level by level using concrete of varied composition. Extremely hard and durable basalt went into the mix for the foundations, and the recipe gradually changed until, at the top of the dome, featherweight pumice replaced stones to lighten the load.
