L19 - Art for the People

• About entertainment in Rome:

  Theater (ludi scaenici):

  • Theatrical performances, tragedy, comedy, pantomimes, mimes, etc.

  Circus/Hippodrome:

  • Chariot racing (ludi circenses)

  Amphitheater:

  • Gladiatorial games (munera)
  • Hunts (venationes), of lions, bears, leopards, etc.
• Recognize the buildings of the Domus Aurea by Nero:

  6 - Sacra Via

  7 - Clivius Palantinus

  8 - Temple of Venus and Roma

  9 - Flavian Amphitheater

  10 - Colossus of Nero

  
• Recognize the building:

  Title: Flavian Amphitheater / Colosseum

  Date: 72-80 CE

  Materials: brick-faced concrete, travertine limestone, marble seats

  Style: corinthian, ionic, tuscan and doric

  Place: Roman Forum

  
• This is the ground plan of...


  ...the Templum Pacis

  
• What place is this?

  The Roman Forum

  
• Recognize the building:

  Title: The Templum Pacis

  Parts: templum, aedes, temenos, forum, eirenaion, adorned with paintings and statues

  Date: 71-75 CE

  Place: Roman Forum

  
• Who were the rulers of the Flavian Dynasty?

  • Vespasian (69-79)
  • Titus (79-81)
  • Domitian
• Recognize the building:

  Title: The Arch of Titus

  Date: 81 CE

  Place: Roman Forum