Latin I
Great cities of the ancient world: Rome
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The narrator of the video states that “All are descendants of Julius Caesar?”
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What evidence does the narrator give for this?
Background:
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When did Rome become the most powerful city in the Mediterranean world?
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How many people were living in Rome at its peak?
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How long has Rome been a continuously inhabited city?
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Who was Rome’s founder and first king?
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Who built the first city wall?
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When was it built?
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What is it called?
10 A new circuit of walls built by ________________________ to enclose the much larger
city. When was it built?
11 This wall is still seen today.
12 What is it called?
13 How many aqueducts fed the city’s demand for water?
14 How many baths were there?
15 How many great bath complexes?
Fora:
16 What was the most important of the Roman Fora?
17 What activities carried out here?
18 Where was the forum built?
19 This development of Rome was called “Roma quadrata” built.
20 When this marshy area was finally drained by the Cloaca magna, Rome’s expansion
could begin.
21 According to the video, the forum mirrored Rome’s increasing grandeur. What
were some of the events and people that took place or walked this space?
22 Looking from Tabularium (Rome’s hall of records on the Palatine Hill), what
buildings were seen in the 1st century BCE?
23 Other rulers built for a—Julius Caesar, Augustus, Nerva, Trajan.
24 What was the Forum Romanum like during the Imperial period?
25 What were some of the monuments, i.e., temples, arches, etc, that were seen there?
26 What is the T of Vesta and the house of the Vesta?
27 Who were the Vestals?
28 What happened if a Vestal broke her vow of chastity?
29 What monuments were on the On Via Sacra?
30 How did the basilica influence Michelangelo?
31 What occupied the Palatine Hill during the Republican period?
32 What occupied the Palatine Hill during the Imperial period?
33 What is the Circus Maximus?
34 Describe it:
35 Where was it located?
36 How many festivals—civic and religious—did Rome have?
Roman Baths.
37 Bath complex of Diocletian: It can be seen in Michelangelo’s church Santa Maria
degli Angeli:
Baths of Caracalla:
Natatio:
Theater.
38 What kind of theatrical entertainment did the Romans prefer?
Who was Arbuscola?
How is she an example of Roman tastes?
Who writes about her?
Theater of Marcellus
39 What other buildings were near the Th of Marcellus?
What was this neighborhood, which is located between the Palatine Hill and the
Tiber River, like?
Shopping invented by Romans
40 Trajan Market:
Popina:
Why was this type of shop so important to most city dwellers?
What was their diet like?
Though gambling was officially illegal, still it flourished. What is an example of
this from the video?
Flavian Amphitheater
It is the model for all athletic stadiums to come.
Describe it:
Who built it?
Where was it built?
41 What was Nero’s Domus aurea:
42 What did Mussolini do to construct the modern Via dei Fori Imperiali?
T of Venus and Rome:
Arch of Constantine:
Meta Sudans:
43 What do you learn about gladiatorial combat from the video? N.B. Some of this is
wrong! We’ll talk about it.
44 When did Constantine ban gladiatorial combat?
45 Roads of Rome. See map.
46 Other Monuments
Juno Moneta and roman mint:
Temples were multipurpose buildings. In what way?
Insula:
Domus:
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Rome did not invent education, but developed it to a high level.
Gave realism to sculpture
Roman law basis of modern
Language—romance languages and base for English
Didn’t invent arch, vault or dome, but developed it to an unsurpassed level
Form of our cities reproduces structure of roman cities
Roman heritage plays part in our daily lives
What do you think the narrator means when he states that we are all “descendants of
Julius Caesar?” Is this a fair or accurate statement?
Roman Roads: