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the long period of relative peace and minimal expansion by military force in the roman empire
it was established by Ceaser Augustus |
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| a wedge shaped stone block used in the construction of a true arch. the central ____, which sets the arch, is called the keystone |
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| in a roman ampitheater it is the central area where bloody gladiatoral combats and other boisterous events took place. |
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latin for "eye"
it is the round central opening of the dome
also a small round window in a gothic cathedral |
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| a sunken panel, often ornamental, in a vault of a ceiling. |
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| a recess, usually semicircular, in the wall of a buildin, commonly found at the east end of a church |
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| the central area of an ancient roman basilica or of a church, demarcated from aisles by piers or columns |
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| formed at the point at which two barrel vaults intersect at right angles. |
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| a colonade all around the cella and its porches |
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a multi story apartment house in roman architecture ussually made of brickfaced concrete.
it also refers to the entire city block |
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an opening in the top of a roof in roman architecture
as the roof slopes upwards and inwards |
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| in a roman house, the basin located in the atrium that collects rainwater |
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| the central reception room of a roman house that is partly open to the sky |
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| roman temples were often raised off the ground by large masonry bases |
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| openings in the walls of catacombs to receive the dead |
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| a small cubicle or bedroom that opened onto the atrium of a roman house. Also a chamber in an Early Christian catacomb that served as a mortuary chapel |
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| a recess, usually semicircular, in the wall of a building, commonly found at the east end of the church |
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| the central area of an ancient roman basilica or of a church, demarcated from aisles by piers or columns |
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| the part of a church with an axis that crosses the nave at a right angle |
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| a porch or vestibule of a church generally colonaded or arcaded and preceding the nave |
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a man made book, before the printing press
you cant replicate it |
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a scroll
it was the first kind of book |
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| replaces the rotulus, like a new book with cover |
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| hand painted painting in a book |
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| a triangular area between the archs that support the dome |
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form of religious painting
the first one was said to be placed on earth by god
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| houses the individual icons |
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