ART HIS 40A Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Roman Kingdom, Cerveteri, Tarquinia
27 Jun 2016
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410-200 bc period of greatest etruscan political power. Regal period in rome; last king expelled 510/9. Roman republic period of expansion of roman domination throughout italy, sicily and into the mediterranean area. Julius caesar assassinated, ides of march (15th), 44 bc. Battle of actium: result was all of mediterranean under roman control. Temple of apollo/apulu, veii, c. 500 bc (and statue of apollo/apulu) Cerveteri (caere): tomb of the reliefs, c. 330 bc also mentioned: tomb of the seats and shields, c. 600 bc. Tarquinia: tomb of the leopards, c. 480 bc. Tomb of hunting and fishing, c. 520 bc. Sarcophagus with couple, from cerveteri, c. 520 bc also discussed: bronze liver from piacenza; mirror with chalcas as haruspex. She-wolf, from rome, of bronze, c. 500 bc. Heads of roman patricians: 1st c. bc also discussed: patrician carrying two portrait heads, rome, 1st c. ac; Julius caesar, rome, 1st c. ac and cleopatra vii, 1st c. bc.
