Art and Architecture in Imperial Rome

I. Lingua Latina

• Words attributed to some Julio-Claudian emperors

1. O homines ad servitutem paratos! (allegedly said by Tiberius about Roman senators)
   
2. Utinam populus Romanus unam cervicem haberet! (supposedly said by Caligula)
   

• Phrases connected with Nero

1. occidat, dum imperet (from Tacitus)
2. ventrem feri (from Tacitus)
3. qualis artifex pereo (from Suetonius)

• Petronius (probably ca. 26 CE- 66 CE):

1. arbiter elegantiae (Tacitus' description of Petronius)
2. cave canem (on fresco outside Trimalchio's door)

• Evulgato imperii arcano (Tacitus on the deposition of Nero)
• Puto deus fio (allegedly Vespasian's last words)
• Felicior Augusto, melior Traiano (Senate's wishes for new emperors)

From Juvenal

1. difficile est saturam non scribere
2. panem et circenses
3. mens sana in corpore sano

On Law

• Legum servi sumus ut liberi esse possimus (Cicero).

On architecture

• Urbem latericium invenit, marmoream reliquit (Augustus)

II. Reading for Thursday: Just "The Arts of Living": pp. 308-337 in The Oxford Illustrated History of the Roman World (You do not need to read "Roman Life and Society").

Remaining from last Thursday: Rome, 180-235 CE

III. Roman Public Architecture

A. Materials

• Tufa
• Travertine
• Marble
• Concrete
• Brick

B. Some Central Features of Roman Architecture

• The importance of Greece and Etruria
• Expanded Use of Arches and Vaulting
• Importance of Interior Spaces
  

C. Building Types

• Temple
• Theater
• Odeon
  
• Amphitheater
• Baths
• Basilica

IV. Other Forms of Art

• cameos, gems, and glass
• free-standing sculpture
  
• relief sculpture
• frescoes
• mosaics