Quizlet Chapter 10- Gardner's Art Through the Ages

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  1. Ara Pacis: altar of peace dedicated by Augustus
  2. Colosseum: large amphitheater or arena
  3. Constantine: Roman emperor who recognized Christianity
  4. Diocletian: Roman emperor who pulled the empire back together at the end of the third century
  5. Marcus Aurelius: third-century philosopher-emperor
  6. Pax Romana: peace under the rule of the Roman empire
  7. Tetrarchs: four rulers who divided rule of Empire
  8. Timgad: north African town with grid pattern layout
  9. Trajan: early second-century emperor who conquered Dacia and rebuilt much of Rome
  10. atrium: court of a Roman house near the entrance and open to the sky
  11. barrel vault: vault in the form of continuous semicircular sections
  12. basilica: rectangular Roman building used for tribunals with entrance on long side
  13. coffering: square cutouts in a dome used to lighten the dome
  14. encaustic: painting technique using hot wax
  15. forum: public square in a Roman city
  16. groin vault: created by the intersection of two barrel vaults
  17. insula: mutistoried Roman apartment block
  18. oculus: a round central opening in a dome
  19. patrician: wealthy landowners
  20. plebian: small farmers, merchants, freed slaves