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patrician
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member of the noble family class in ancient Rome. who was originally granted special civil and religious rights
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engaged columns
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attached to a wall
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vault
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arched masonry roof or celling
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to what is the Western World most indebted to the Romans
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politics, law, engineering
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describe Capitoline She-Wolf
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ca.500B.C.E., Bronze, height 33 1/2, (85.km) Museo Capitolino Rome
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what is the story of the Capitoline She-Wolf
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the two sucking babes, the legendary twin founders of the city, Romulus and Remus, were added in the Renaissance
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who ended the roman republic with his dictatorship
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Gaius Julius Ceasar
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Cesars death and his successor
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march 15th he was assassinated. Octavian was his successor
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aqueducts
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passes water through. many were many miles long, crossing valleys, spanning rivers.
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most famous aqueduct
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Pont du Gard
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who was Catullus
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Sappho Catullus was a Greek lyric poet.he wrote passionate love poems
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who was Terence
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plays were aimed at an aristocratic audience. he wrote for common people
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who was Nero
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emperor
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who established the tetrarchy
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Diocletian restored order by dividing the emire into four portions- terarchy personal control of Assia, Minnor, Syria, and Egypt
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what two art pieces show an Etruscan concern for afterlife
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wife and husband Sarophagus from carveteria ca. B.C.E., Tonbof hunting and fishing, Tarquinia, wall painting ca. 520 B.C.E.
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explain the PAX ROMANA
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the "Roman Peace", it was made possible in large part by Augustus's sensitivity to the people that Rome had conquered
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5 good emperors
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Nerva (r.96-98 c.e.), Trajan (r.98-117), Habrian (r.117-138 c.e), Antoninuspius (r.138-161c.e.), and Marcus Aurelius (r.161-1800c.e.)
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size of Roman Empire by 180 AD
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extending from Spain in west to the Persian Gulf in the middle east, and from Britian and the Rrina River in north Eagypt and the Sahara desert in the south
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what was the purpose and plan of Augustus forum
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the original use of the forum was cimular to that of the Greek agora. the forum was the center of the city life, the public area where assemblies were held
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Villa of the Mysteries
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dates to the mid first century B.C.E. although the exact subject depicted in this room remains unclear, it seems to be connected with the cult of Dionysos, god of wone
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who was Epictetus
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(c.a.60-110c.e.), a greek slave and secretary in the imperial administration.
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how did Epictetus live
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living simply and avoiding the temptations and distractions of the world as much as possible
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what did Horace write
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"Ars Poetica" He wrote lyric poems on particular subjects made up of lines of varying lengths
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Ovid's most famous work
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The Metamorphoses is based on a series of stories about transformation, many derived from Greek mythology.
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Ovid's interest
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the human heart
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describe the colosseum
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Rome, dedicated 80c.e. the freestanding amphitheater, developed by the Romans
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describe the Pantheon
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built between 118 and 125 c.e. during the reign for the gods
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what is the Ara Pacis
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a small rectangular building
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how is the Head of Constantine spiritual
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his trances
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plebian
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the poorer class who tilled the land, herded livestock, and worked for wages as craftspeople, trades people, and laborers
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Augustuses of Primaporta
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a staue of ca. 20 b.c.e. is a slightly overlifesized marble figure that was intended to glorify the emperorand Roman peace under his rule
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Satire
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literary or dramatic work that exposes vice of folies with ridicule or sarcasm, often a humorous way
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