AH test 3 - vocab
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Tesserae | Small pieces of ceramic, stone or glass used in mosaics |
| Pax Romana | Peace und roman rule |
| Patrician | Wealthy landowners who were the Roman nobility |
| Insula | Multistoried roman apartment blocks |
| Forum | Public square in a roman city |
| Diocletain | Ruler who pulled the roman empire together at the end of the 3rd century, persecuted Christians and then retired to private life |
| Trajan | Adoptive roman emperor who conquered Dacia, rebuilt Rome in the 2nd century--first provincial to rule Rome |
| Coffering | Square dugouts in an arch or a dome used to decorate and lighten the ceiling |
| Catacomb | Underground corridors used for burials |
| Transept | Part of a church that intersects the nave at right angles to form the building into the building into the symbolic shape of a cross |
| Galla Placidia | Woman who ruled the western roman empire from Ravenna in the 5th century |
| Apse | Semicircular recess at one end of a church |
| Icon | Holy symbolic image |
| Justinian | 6th century Byzantine emperor who built great churches, recodified Roman laze and reconquered much of the west. |
| Goths | Barbarians that conquered the western roman empire in the 5th century |
| Qibla | Decorated mosque wall indicating the direction of Mecca |
| Minaret | Tower of a mosque from which the muezzin calls the faithful to prayer |
| Calligraphy | Ornamental writing |
| Iconostasis | A screen holding many images that partition the sanctuary from main part of an Orthdox church |
| Basilica | Rectangular Roman building used for public civic purposes and later for Christian churches |
| Vitruvius | Roman military engineer who wrote a famous book on the principles of architecture |
| Tetrachs | Four rulers who divided rule of the Empire |
| Cathedra | Bishop's chair |
| Caesar | The first emperor of Rome |
| Romulus | One of the mythical orphaned twins who founded Rome |
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