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Agricola and Roman Britain

Contributors:: Andrew Robert Burn
Publisher:: Macmillan 1953
Subjects:: Agricola, Gnaeus Julius, 40-93
Great Britain--History--Roman Period, 55 BC-449 A.D

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...largesums for education and social services, though also, it mustbe added, for entertainment in the Roman manner; hebuilt the Colosseum (of which "Coliseum" is a corruption)for gladiatorial fights, the feeding of criminals...

Roman Architecture

Contributors:: Frank Sear
Publisher:: Routledge 1998
Subjects:: Architecture--Rome
Architecture, Roman

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...in and under the arena. Thus the Colosseum is not just an architectural masterpiece...short reign endeared himself to the Roman people as one of the best-loved Roman Emperors. He inaugurated the Colosseum in AD 80 and (fig. 90) built the...

Voluntary Associations in the Graeco-Roman World

Contributors:: John S. Kloppenborg
Stephen G. Wilson
Publisher:: Routledge 1996
Subjects:: Associations, Institutions, Etc.--Greece--Congresses
Associations, Institutions, Etc.--Rome--Congresses
Greece--Social Life and Customs--Congresses
Rome--Social Life and Customs--Congresses
Greece--Religious Life and Customs--Societies, Etc.--Congresses

Rome--Religious Life and Customs--Societies, Etc.--Congresses Women--Greece--Social Life and Customs Women--Rome--Social Life and Customs Civilization, Greco-Roman--Congresses
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...Building God’s House in the Roman World: Architectural Adaptation...Jews and Christians: Graeco-Roman Views. Cambridge and New York...268-91 in The Catacombs and the Colosseum: The Roman Empire as the Setting of Primitive...

Roman Towns

Contributors:: Ernest Nash
Ernest Nash
Publisher:: J. J. Augustin 1944
Subjects:: Cities And Towns, Ancient
Architecture, Roman
Italy--Antiquities

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...main axis of the building.PL 128The ruins of the Colosseum in Rome show the Roman amphitheatre in itsmost perfect form. Originally...for ten centuries to provide building material for Roman palaces, it stillevokes an impression of incomparable...

Roman and Medieval Art

Contributors:: W. H. Goodyear
Publisher:: Grosset & Dunlap 1897
Subjects:: Art, Roman
Art, Medieval

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...50).North of the Roman Forum and in its immediate...is a result.South of the Roman Forum lies the Capitoline...thesixteenth century. East of the Roman Forum lies theArch of Titus and next comes the Colosseum.The Arch of Titus commemorates...

Roman Sources of Christian Art

Contributors:: Emerson H. Swift
Publisher:: Columbia University Press 1951
Subjects:: Church Decoration And Ornament
Architecture, Roman
Architecture, Byzantine

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...determination of itssources in Western Roman architecture. Built bythe Emperor...afew discerning students of Roman architecturehave observed that...the Forum toward the Colosseum, was begun by Maxentius...dedicated soonafter 312. Truly Roman in its enormous dimensions...

Domestic and Divine: Roman Mosaics in the House of Dionysos

Contributors:: Christine Kondoleon
Publisher:: Cornell University Press 1994
Subjects:: House Of Dionysus (Paphos, Cyprus)
Mosaics, Roman--Cyprus--Paphos
Pavements, Mosaic--Cyprus--Paphos
Mythology, Greek, In Art

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...about the meaning ofthe Ganymede scene in Roman domestic decoration. It is useful, however...ganymedes) for his public banquet inthe Colosseum. Although not as obvious in their connection...compositions used in the reception rooms of other Roman housesmust have carried similar evocations...

Statues in Roman Society: Representation and Response

Contributors:: Peter Stewart
Publisher:: Oxford University Press 2003
Subjects:: Statues--Rome
Art And Society--Rome
Symbolism In Art--Rome
Portrait Sculpture, Roman

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...thearchitecture (notably the shrunken Colosseum), and the manner of representaU...Nero which ultimately gave the Colosseum itsnickname, is definitely...in the city of Rome and the Roman world is addressedmuch more...of Plancus'.13 Kleiner, Roman Sculpture, 196, fig. 164...

The Augustan Succession: An Historical Commentary on Cassius Dio's Roman History, Books 55-56 (9 BC-AD 14)

Contributors:: Peter Michael Swan
Publisher:: Oxford University Press 2004
Subjects:: Cassius Dio Cocceianus. Roman History. Book 55-56
Rome--History--Augustus, 30 BC-14 A.D

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...events in Senate, Forum,Circus, and Colosseum, and in the provinces,18 even injecting...that had long come to be the soul of Roman elite education, certifying aninherent...Circus);72.18.1–21.3 (Colosseum); 72.7.1–2; 79.18.1U...

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The Golden House of Nero: Some Aspects of Roman Architecture

Contributors:: Axel Boëthius
Publisher:: University of Michigan Press 1960
Subjects:: Cities And Towns, Ancient
Architecture, Roman
City Planning--Rome

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FIG. 52. The Colosseum Valley.a) Reconstruction in...the Palatine andto the right of the Colosseum the temple and portico of Claudius...Vestibulum. (3) Insteadof the Colosseum the lake. (4) Behindthat...

Colosseum

Publication:: The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed., 2013

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...Colosseum or Coliseum (both: kŏləsē´əm...it is the most imposing of Roman antiquities. The vast four...thrown there to beasts. The Colosseum has been damaged several times...Arena: The Story of the Colosseum (1974)....

Roman architecture

Publication:: The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed., 2013

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......impressive remains. Roman Landmarks and Building...principal monuments of Roman architecture belong chiefly...AD 300, including the Colosseum (AD 70–82), the Pantheon...amphitheaters such as the colosseum, there are no known...arch was also a purely Roman invention. The basilica......

Alberti, Leone Battista

Publication:: The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed., 2013

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......1452–70), Alberti used tiers of superimposed classical orders, as inspired by such antique buildings as the Roman Colosseum. Alberti was the author of several important treatises on the visual arts. His De re aedificatoria, written c......

Titus (Roman emperor)

Publication:: The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed., 2013

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......Flavius Sabinus Vespasianus) (tī´təs), AD 39–AD 81, Roman emperor (AD 79–AD 81). Son of Emperor Vespasian, Titus...financial difficulties for his successor. He completed the Colosseum and built a luxurious bath. During his reign there occurred......

gladiators

Publication:: The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed., 2013

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......Etruria and originally were funeral games. Gladitorial combats, which took place in the Colosseum and in hundreds of other ampitheaters throughout the Roman world, reached their height in the 1st and 2d cent. AD The gladiators were paired off......

forum

Publication:: The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed., 2013

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......meeting place in ancient Roman towns in Italy and later...introduced. The old Roman Forum extended into a...reached almost to the Colosseum. The valley between...with the Palatine and Colosseum, an imposing complex...See M. Grant, The Roman Forum (1970)....

amphitheater

Publication:: The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed., 2013

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......amphitheaters, which were primarily Roman and were built in many cities throughout...preserved examples are at Rome (see Colosseum), Verona, and Capua in Italy; at Nîmes...and storage. Until the erection of the Colosseum (AD 80), practically all amphitheaters......

Rome (city, Italy)

Publication:: The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed., 2013

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......which there are cross references. See also Roman art; Roman architecture; Latin literature; Roman religion. The Modern CityIn the past half...Imperiali, runs from the Piazza Venezia SE to the Colosseum, leaving the Emperors' Fora and at a distance......

catacombs

Publication:: The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed., 2013

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......the city limits. All the Roman catacombs consequently are outside the city gates.The Roman catacombs lie from 22 to 65...historical interest. In the Roman liturgy the requirement...The Catacombs and the Colosseum (1971)....

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Vespasian

Publication:: The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed., 2013

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......vĕspā´zhən), AD 9–AD 79, Roman emperor (AD 69–AD 79), founder of...the temple of Pax. He also erected the Colosseum. The principal external events of Vespasian...prosperity. See B. W. Henderson, Five Roman Emperors (1927, repr. 1969); M......