Term Identification: Early Rome & Latium – Flashcards
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Livy's Ab Urbe Condita
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From the Foundation of the City
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Roman Forum (Forum Romanum)
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Main center of a Roman city Usually located near the physical center of a Roman town Public area in which commercial, religious, economic, political, legal, and social activities occurred
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Sepulcretum
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Graveyard 10th - 8th c. BCE Various grave types
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Fossa Burial
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Inhumation (recent) Vessels & Rocks on top
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Pozzo Burial
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Cremation (older) Vessels & Rocks on top
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Tomb A
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Pozzo Burial 30+ Male Urn, + 8 other vessels in a dolium
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Tomb B
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Fossa Burial Male, 30-40 years Laid out, covered with rock Vessels placed next to body
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Tomb C
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Pozzo Burial Ashes in terracotta hut urn Urn and several vessels in dolium Vessels contained bones of catfish, sheep, pig, also salt
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"Village of Romulus"
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Remains on Palatine Hill (800-700 BCE) Earliest evidence for domestic dwellings: cuttings in bedrock, floors, post holes
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Fidenae Hut
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8th c. BCE Most completely documented Iron Age hut in Latium Doorway w/ porchi in one of the short sides Overhanging thatched roof
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Regia
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Phase 1: 7th c. BCE, complicated history, 7 kings, turned into Rex sacrorum Phase 2: mid 6th c. BCE, building widened, 2 columns added, evidence for decorations Phase 3: Destroyed 540/530 BCE, reworking of ground plan, removal of room, room hallway added
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Shrines to Mars and Ops Consiva
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(7th c. BCE) Two smaller rooms in The Regia
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Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus
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(550-500 BCE, Capitoline Hill) Etruscan Influence: high podium, frontality, tripartite cella Greek Influence: columns along sides
