a. Uses cement columns faced with marble in imitation of the Greeks. | ||
b. Imitates the Greek style of columns encircling a temple, but uses engaged columns, rather than free-standing columns. | ||
c. Has a stairway all around the base of the temple. | ||
d. Has a stairway at the front of the temple. | ||
e. Has a continuous frieze. |
a. Concentric circles. | ||
b. Concentric squares. | ||
c. An x-shape, with four triangular divisions of space. | ||
d. A rectangular grid with two main streets converging in the center. | ||
e. None of the above; Romans did not like to plan their cities, instead preferring to let them develop organically. |
a. Imitating colorful marble and stone. | ||
b. Creating the illusion of a window looking onto a vista. | ||
c. Geometric patterning. | ||
d. Landscape paintings. | ||
e. Mythological scenes. |
a. Resembling third style painting, but with more substantial architectural elements. | ||
b. Resembling third style painting, but with portraiture rather than mythological scenes. | ||
c. Large-scale narrative paintings. | ||
d. Paintings depicting wildlife and hunting. | ||
e. Pure abstraction. |
a. Caligula. | ||
b. Augustus. | ||
c. Nero. | ||
d. Julius Caesar. | ||
e. Hadrian |
a. There are no examples of public architecture in Herculaneum. | ||
b. Herculaneum is less excavated than Pompeii. | ||
c. Herculaneum was hermetically sealed by a layer of lava. | ||
d. All of the above. | ||
e. There are virtually no differences between Herculaneum and Pompeii. |
a. Individualistic facial features. | ||
b. Landscape and the details of nature. | ||
c. Gesture as a mode of storytelling. | ||
d. Greek architecture. | ||
e. Warfare. |
a. Greek sculpture. | ||
b. Greek painting. | ||
c. Roman theater. | ||
d. Etruscan painting. | ||
e. Roman oratory. |
a. It was more expensive than stone construction. | ||
b. It was less attractive than stone construction. | ||
c. It was vulnerable to moisture. | ||
d. B and C only. | ||
e. A and C only. |
a. A resort city. | ||
b. A Roman colony. | ||
c. A trade center. | ||
d. A slave district. | ||
e. A quarry. |
a. Roman amphitheaters did not require a hillside for their construction. | ||
b. Roman amphitheaters were reserved only for use by the emperor and his closest friends. | ||
c. Roman amphitheaters were not a valued part of the culture. | ||
d. Roman amphitheaters had no seating. | ||
e. All of the above. |
a. Imitating colorful marble and stone. | ||
b. Creating the illusion of a window looking onto a vista. | ||
c. Geometric patterning. | ||
d. Landscape paintings. | ||
e. Mythological scenes. |
a. The invention of concrete. | ||
b. The lightening of concrete by the removal of stone rubble. | ||
c. The discovery of local marble quarries. | ||
d. Both A and C | ||
e. Both B and C. |
a. It had a gilded façade. | ||
b. It was built on hundreds of acres of land taken from the Roman people. | ||
c. It represents the move away from the rigid, rectangular-plan building. | ||
d. It had an octagonal, domed room. | ||
e. All of the above. |
a. First style. | ||
b. Second style. | ||
c. Third style. | ||
d. Fourth style. | ||
e. None of the above. |
a. The domus italica. | ||
b. The Hellenized domus | ||
c. An imperial villa. | ||
d. All of the above. | ||
e. None of the above. |
a. The Egyptians. | ||
b. The Greeks. | ||
c. The Persians. | ||
d. The Visigoths. | ||
e. The Etruscans. |
a. The Colosseum. | ||
b. The Altar of Augustan Peace (Ara Pacis). | ||
c. The Pantheon. | ||
d. The Circus Maximus. | ||
e. The Sanctuary of Fortuna Primigenia. |
a. Was probably based on an earlier Greek painting of the same subject. | ||
b. Is the first narrative painting in Ancient Rome. | ||
c. Includes portraits of the family that commissioned the painting. | ||
d. Is the ultimate First Style Roman wall painting. | ||
e. All of the above. |
a. Nero | ||
b. Vespasian | ||
c. Augustus | ||
d. Commodus | ||
e. Diocletian |
a. Obelisk. | ||
b. Pyramid. | ||
c. Portrait head. | ||
d. Gargantuan column. | ||
e. Tree. |
a. First style. | ||
b. Second style. | ||
c. Third style. | ||
d. Fourth style. | ||
e. None of the above. |
a. The Colosseum. | ||
b. The Arch of Titus. | ||
c. The Domus Aurea. | ||
d. The Baths of Caracalla. | ||
e. Trajan’s Column. |
a. The inner chambers of a round temple. | ||
b. The two main streets of a Roman city, intersecting at the center. | ||
c. The two head administrators of the Roman law courts. | ||
d. The two main supports for an arch. | ||
e. The main living spaces of a Roman house. |
a. Curtains that would have been draped over the walls to protect the paintings. | ||
b. Illusionistic curtains painted into the far sides of the scenes to create the illusion of a curtain that could be drawn. | ||
c. The stark black awnings painted into architectural vistas. | ||
d. Mysterious black fabric painted into a scene, resembling the curtains one might have seen in a Roman theatrical set. | ||
e. An illusionistically painted black cornice that appears to protrude into the viewer’s space. |
a. Houses began to imitate Greek architecture. | ||
b. Houses began to imitate Etruscan architecture. | ||
c. Houses were being built with multiple stories. | ||
d. Houses were becoming smaller and smaller. | ||
e. All of the above. |
a. Titus’s conquest of Judea. | ||
b. The birth of Titus. | ||
c. Titus’s defeat of his coregents. | ||
d. The birth of Titus’s son. | ||
e. Titus’s marriage. |
a. The death of Nero. | ||
b. The birth of a son. | ||
c. His marriage. | ||
d. The conquest of Judea. | ||
e. All of the above. |
a. The Theater was a semicircle, whereas the Music Hall is a full circle. | ||
b. The Theater is built from stone, whereas the Music Hall is built from concrete. | ||
c. The Theater is open to the sky, whereas the Music Hall has a roof. | ||
d. Unlike the Theater, the Music Hall has no seats. | ||
e. All of the above. |
a. The ideal Roman home, passed down through the writings of Vitruvius. | ||
b. The standard house plan used in early houses at Pompeii. | ||
c. The standard house plan used only in the distant provinces of Rome. | ||
d. Both A and B. | ||
e. None of the above. |
a. Augustus went to great expense remodeling old brick Roman buildings. | ||
b. Augustus sought to build Rome in the style of a Greek city. | ||
c. Augustus built many more religious buildings than did earlier emperors. | ||
d. Augustus plundered the quarries of Greece to bring in large amounts of marble. | ||
e. All of the above. |
a. Animal sacrifice. | ||
b. The afterlife. | ||
c. Landscape. | ||
d. A marriage ceremony. | ||
e. All of the above. |
a. They are made of wood, rather than stone. | ||
b. They are sculpted to look like female figures. | ||
c. They have openwork carving in them. | ||
d. They are left unfinished, or “rusticated.” | ||
e. Each column is different from the others. |
a. In Third style wall painting, architectural elements were extremely attenuated. | ||
b. Third style paintings depict mythological subjects | ||
c. Third style painting emphasizes the flat wall surface. | ||
d. Third style painting does not attempt to create a window looking into space. | ||
e. All of the above. |
a. It was a way of honoring his wife, whose name was Genetrix. | ||
b. Caesar wanted to build a monument for his lover, and therefore built a temple for the goddess of love. | ||
c. Caesar and his family claimed to be descended from Venus Genetrix, and the temple therefore honored his own family. | ||
d. The temple was a votive offering to Venus Genetrix in the hopes of a fruitful crop. | ||
e. Caesar built the temple as a validation of his violent military campaigns. |
a. The Sanctuary of Fortuna Primigenia. | ||
b. The Baths of Caracalla. | ||
c. The Parthenon. | ||
d. The Villa of Livia. | ||
e. The Erechtheion. |
a. Doric order capitals. | ||
b. Ionic order capitals. | ||
c. Corinthian capitals. | ||
d. Tuscan capitals. | ||
e. Composite capitals. |
a. Vespasian | ||
b. Nero | ||
c. Diocletian | ||
d. Domitian | ||
e. Augustus |
a. The Temple of Portunus. | ||
b. The Baths of Caracalla. | ||
c. The House of the Faun. | ||
d. The Sanctuary of Fortuna Primigenia. | ||
e. All of the above. |
a. The Sanctuary of Fortuna Primigenia. | ||
b. The Colosseum. | ||
c. The Pantheon. | ||
d. The Temple of Portunus. | ||
e. All of the above. |
a. Fountains. | ||
b. Cafeteria-style restaurants. | ||
c. Sidewalks. | ||
d. Public baths. | ||
e. Gas lighting. |
a. A domed central-plan. | ||
b. A rectangular courtyard. | ||
c. A series of vaults connected by tunnels. | ||
d. A roofed rectangular space with axial orientation. | ||
e. A square plan with hemispherical apses connected to all four sides. |
a. Columns. | ||
b. A peristyle courtyard. | ||
c. First-style Roman wall painting. | ||
d. All of the above. | ||
e. A and B only. |
a. Tepidarium. | ||
b. Tablinum. | ||
c. Caldarium. | ||
d. Natatio. | ||
e. Frigidarium. |
a. Annular vaults. | ||
b. Concrete. | ||
c. Groin vaults. | ||
d. An awning. | ||
e. Post and lintel construction. |
a. A frightened woman. | ||
b. A satyr. | ||
c. Drinking vessels. | ||
d. A bride. | ||
e. Jupiter. |
a. The Theater of Marcellus. | ||
b. The Colosseum. | ||
c. The Amphitheater at Pompeii. | ||
d. The thermopolium. | ||
e. None of the above. |
a. First Style wall painting was a revolutionary Roman invention. | ||
b. First Style wall painting borrowed styles from wall paintings in Etruscan tombs. | ||
c. First Style wall painting was a carryover from the painting traditions of Ancient Greece. | ||
d. First style wall painting grew out of Samnite traditions. | ||
e. First style wall painting was borrowed from the Egyptians. |
a. It was known by the Romans as opus caementicum. | ||
b. It allowed for quick and cheap construction. | ||
c. It enabled architects to build structures that would have otherwise been incredibly difficult—if not impossible—to construct. | ||
d. It was cast in wooden molds. | ||
e. All of the above. |
a. Most Roman paintings were panel paintings hung on the wall. | ||
b. Most Roman paintings were wall paintings. | ||
c. Roman paintings sometimes included still life scenes. | ||
d. Roman painting suggests an interest in nature and specific details. | ||
e. In some cases, the painters’ names are known. |
a. Second Style wall painting was a revolutionary Roman invention. | ||
b. Second Style wall painting borrowed from Etruscan tomb decoration. | ||
c. Second Style wall painting is a carryover from the painting traditions of Ancient Greece. | ||
d. Second style wall painting grew out of Samnite traditions. | ||
e. Second style wall painting was borrowed from the Egyptians. |
a. The fauces. | ||
b. The atrium. | ||
c. The impluvium. | ||
d. The thermopolium. | ||
e. The hortus. |
a. Linear (one-point) perspective. | ||
b. Pointillism. | ||
c. Atmospheric perspective. | ||
d. Oil paint. | ||
e. All of the above. |
a. Elegant. | ||
b. Forceful. | ||
c. Illusionistic. | ||
d. Primitive. | ||
e. Autobiographical. |
a. An arch was carved out of marble. | ||
b. A road was paved with marble. | ||
c. Concrete was reinforced with ashlar masonry. | ||
d. Concrete was faced with mosaics. | ||
e. Concrete was faced with irregular, small stones. |
a. The third century BC. | ||
b. The fourth century BC. | ||
c. The eighth century BC. | ||
d. The seventh century BC. | ||
e. 100 BC |
a. A plague killed off most of the local builders. | ||
b. Quarries had been over-used and there were no local building materials. | ||
c. Political instability left little time or money for building projects. | ||
d. Rome was overcrowded, leaving no room for new construction. | ||
e. All of the above. |
a. There is a narthex at the entranceway. | ||
b. It has no roof. | ||
c. It is appointed with theater-style seating on the interior. | ||
d. It is very stark and geometric, with no columns in the cella. | ||
e. Both A and D. |
a. The reign of Augustus. | ||
b. Republican Rome | ||
c. The second century AD. | ||
d. The first century BC. | ||
e. The reign of Constantine. |
a. The Capitoline Triad. | ||
b. Mars and Venus. | ||
c. All gods. | ||
d. Venus and Caesar. | ||
e. Jupiter and Minerva. |
a. In Ostia, houses were rarely designated for single family occupancy. | ||
b. Housing in Ostia was often multi-storied, whereas housing in Pompeii was single-story. | ||
c. Pompeiian housing was more lavish than was housing in Ostia. | ||
d. Ostian housing had to be designed to accommodate more people than Pompeiian housing. | ||
e. All of the above. |
a. Timgad was a resort town, while Leptis Magna was an industrial center. | ||
b. Timgad became a part of the empire much later than did Leptis Magna. | ||
c. Leptis Magna was the religious center in the provinces, whereas Timgad was an administrative center. | ||
d. Both A and B. | ||
e. Both A and C. |
a. The concrete encased permanent wooden beams. | ||
b. A lighter concrete mixture with pumice was used towards the top of the dome. | ||
c. A heavier concrete mixture with basalt was used towards the bottom of the dome. | ||
d. Both B and C. | ||
e. All of the above. |
a. Timgad. | ||
b. Split. | ||
c. Leptis Magna. | ||
d. Orange. | ||
e. Nîmes. |
a. It has a low podium. | ||
b. It has a continuous staircase around the circumference of the building. | ||
c. It has a peripteral colonnade. | ||
d. It has a double cella. | ||
e. All of the above. |
a. It is made using concrete. | ||
b. It is made using brick. | ||
c. It is heavily decorated. | ||
d. It has no roof. | ||
e. It has no colonnade. |
a. The theater at Orange was built using white marble. | ||
b. The theater at Orange was built into a natural hillside. | ||
c. The theater at Orange has a roof. | ||
d. All of the above. | ||
e. A and B only. |
a. Rome. | ||
b. North Africa. | ||
c. The Western Provinces. | ||
d. The Eastern Provinces. | ||
e. Pompeii. |
a. Gaul | ||
b. Timgad | ||
c. Athens | ||
d. Capri | ||
e. None of the above; the Romans did not use Pentellic marble. |
a. Marble | ||
b. Tufa | ||
c. Brick | ||
d. Opus incertum | ||
e. Local stone |
a. Dining and banquet halls. | ||
b. Law courts. | ||
c. Small temples. | ||
d. Intellectual halls and meeting rooms. | ||
e. All of the above. |
a. The Colosseum. | ||
b. The Baths of Titus. | ||
c. The Forum of Augustus. | ||
d. The Forum of Julius Caesar. | ||
e. The Domus Aurea. |
a. A basilica. | ||
b. A public bath. | ||
c. A temple to all gods. | ||
d. A defensive wall. | ||
e. A prison. |
a. Aqueducts. | ||
b. Roads. | ||
c. Temples. | ||
d. Bath houses. | ||
e. Marketplace. |
a. Septimius Severus and Caracalla | ||
b. Julius Caesar and Augustus | ||
c. Augustus and Domitian | ||
d. Nero and Vespasian | ||
e. Augustus and Hadrian |
a. The Parthenon. | ||
b. The Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus Capitolinus. | ||
c. The Temple of Venus and Roma. | ||
d. The House of the Faun. | ||
e. The Temple of Venus from Knidos. |
a. Constantine was a pacifist. | ||
b. Constantine was priest and emperor simultaneously. | ||
c. Constantine was the first Christian emperor. | ||
d. Constantine was an artist. | ||
e. Both A and D. |
a. Constantine’s defeat over the Visigoths at Aosta. | ||
b. The birth of Constantine’s eldest child. | ||
c. The founding of a new capital in the Roman east: Constantinople. | ||
d. Constantine’s victory over Maxentius at the Battle of the Milvian Bridge. | ||
e. Constantine’s coronation as emperor of Rome and leader of the Christian Church. |
a. A Roman temple on an island. | ||
b. An apartment building. | ||
c. A mansion-villa. | ||
d. A warehouse. | ||
e. A university. |
a. They completely abandon Roman stylistic traditions. | ||
b. They incorporate wood more than stone, concrete, or brick. | ||
c. They are enormous. | ||
d. They are built directly into the face of cliff walls. | ||
e. All of the above. |
a. A porphyry obelisk. | ||
b. A column with a spiral frieze commemorating Trajan’s Dacian campaigns. | ||
c. A column sculpted into a monumental portrait of Trajan. | ||
d. A fluted column supporting a gilded statue of Trajan. | ||
e. A memorial column put up by Trajan’s widow. |
a. Temples. | ||
b. Shops. | ||
c. Baths. | ||
d. Tombs. | ||
e. Apartments. |
a. Septimius Severus conquered the city at the start of his reign. | ||
b. It had one of the most important marble quarries in the empire. | ||
c. It was the source of much of the grain imported to Rome. | ||
d. It was the birthplace of the emperor Septimius Severus. | ||
e. All of the above. |
a. Constantinople brought the Romans into contact with Islam. | ||
b. When Constantinople was founded, Christianity was introduced into the Roman empire. | ||
c. It allowed for greater exchange of luxury items between Rome and the East. | ||
d. It marked the end of the Roman Empire. | ||
e. With the founding of Constantinople, Rome was saved from ruin. |
a. Marble. | ||
b. Tufa. | ||
c. Travertine. | ||
d. Brick. | ||
e. Porphyry. |
a. Ostia. | ||
b. Delphi. | ||
c. Pompeii. | ||
d. Rome. | ||
e. Tivoli. |
a. The Temple of Hera I | ||
b. The Treasury at Delphi | ||
c. The Sanctuary of Fortuna Primigenia | ||
d. The Erechtheion | ||
e. The Altar of Zeus |
a. Peripteral. | ||
b. Pseudoperipteral. | ||
c. Arcuated. | ||
d. Buttressed. | ||
e. Fenestrated. |
a. The Aurelian Walls. | ||
b. The Decennial Monument. | ||
c. The restoration of the Curia Julia. | ||
d. The Baths of Diocletian. | ||
e. The Palace of Diocletian. |
a. The high podium. | ||
b. The columns across the porch. | ||
c. The frontal staircase. | ||
d. The dome. | ||
e. The rectangular forecourt. |
a. Regimented, orderly planning and decoration. | ||
b. Extensive, often excessive, ornamentation. | ||
c. A sense of movement in building facades. | ||
d. Traditional architectural elements, used in an innovative way. | ||
e. A focus on the three-dimensional quality of a building’s façade, especially the shadows created by deep recesses. |
a. The Sanctuary of Jupiter Heliopolitanus in Baalbek | ||
b. Domitian’s Palace | ||
c. The Baths of Caracalla | ||
d. The Tomb of Eurysaces | ||
e. All of the above. |
a. Julius Caesar | ||
b. Hadrian | ||
c. Agrippa | ||
d. Nero | ||
e. Trajan |
a. The Arch of Constantine. | ||
b. The Baths of Diocletian. | ||
c. The Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus Capitolinus. | ||
d. The Pont-du-Gard. | ||
e. The Theater at Orange. |
a. Tomb architecture followed very strict templates, with very little variation from tomb to tomb. | ||
b. Only the wealthy could afford to build large tombs for themselves and their families. | ||
c. Tombs were not a very important part of Roman culture. | ||
d. Because they served only to house the remains of the dead, they could be much more experimental than other forms of architecture. | ||
e. Both A and B. |
a. They were built during the reign of Augustus. | ||
b. They were built during the reign of Septimius Severus. | ||
c. They only used building materials native to the region. | ||
d. They used no concrete. | ||
e. They were built in honor of Julius Caesar. |
a. Icon paintings. | ||
b. First style wall painting. | ||
c. Painted stucco relief. | ||
d. Architectural elements. | ||
e. Both C and D. |
a. He helped design many of his buildings, as he was an amateur architect. | ||
b. Most of the buildings he commissioned were religious buildings. | ||
c. He was inspired by Greek architecture. | ||
d. All of the above. | ||
e. A and C only. |
a. Trajan. | ||
b. Titus. | ||
c. Augustus | ||
d. Nero. | ||
e. Vespasian. |