Roman Architecture Exam Questions with Verified Answers (Already Passed)
two major contributions to roman architecture - Answers Arch, Concrete
Three manipulations of the arch - Answers Barrel vault-simplest/groin vault (double barrel), Arcade-
arches side by side, dome-arch spun 360 degrees
What was the concrete made of? - Answers lime, volcanic ash, sand, and stone
Most of these were in urban areas - Answers Temples
Triumphal arches - Answers built for emperors, war heroes-older ones have 3 arches
Arch of Titus - Answers 81 AD brother built it for him
Arch of constantine - Answers 312-315 AD (has 3 arches)
Arc di Triomphe - Answers Located in Paris 1806-36 for napoleon
Arcade - Answers Multiple arches together
Aqueduct - Answers carried water long distances. engineering marvel, 11 served rome,150 gal. a day
Emperor Claudius - Answers helped build 2 aqueducts, had a stutter and a limp
where did the water from the aqueducts go? - Answers Kings and nobles, public drinking, and the public
bathes
Cloaca Maxima - Answers Where the sewage from the cities went
The Colosseum - Answers first known as the Flavian Ampitheatre, 80 arches
Ground level of the colosseum - Answers Doric columns
2nd level of the colosseum - Answers Ionic columns
3rd level of the colosseum - Answers Corinthian
4th level of the Colosseum - Answers Engaged Corinthian-columns built into the walls
velarium - Answers large canopy used to to cover/shade the colosseum, took 1000 men to raise
Vomitoria - Answers colosseum's exits
The Pantheon - Answers temple built by Hadrean, 120-127 AD
oculus - Answers the eye of the pantheon, opening at the top of the pantheon, sun shined on a different
god throughout the day
coffers - Answers 140 of them on the pantheon, made of poured concrete
two major contributions to roman architecture - Answers Arch, Concrete
Three manipulations of the arch - Answers Barrel vault-simplest/groin vault (double barrel), Arcade-
arches side by side, dome-arch spun 360 degrees
What was the concrete made of? - Answers lime, volcanic ash, sand, and stone
Most of these were in urban areas - Answers Temples
Triumphal arches - Answers built for emperors, war heroes-older ones have 3 arches
Arch of Titus - Answers 81 AD brother built it for him
Arch of constantine - Answers 312-315 AD (has 3 arches)
Arc di Triomphe - Answers Located in Paris 1806-36 for napoleon
Arcade - Answers Multiple arches together
Aqueduct - Answers carried water long distances. engineering marvel, 11 served rome,150 gal. a day
Emperor Claudius - Answers helped build 2 aqueducts, had a stutter and a limp
where did the water from the aqueducts go? - Answers Kings and nobles, public drinking, and the public
bathes
Cloaca Maxima - Answers Where the sewage from the cities went
The Colosseum - Answers first known as the Flavian Ampitheatre, 80 arches
Ground level of the colosseum - Answers Doric columns
2nd level of the colosseum - Answers Ionic columns
3rd level of the colosseum - Answers Corinthian
4th level of the Colosseum - Answers Engaged Corinthian-columns built into the walls
velarium - Answers large canopy used to to cover/shade the colosseum, took 1000 men to raise
Vomitoria - Answers colosseum's exits
The Pantheon - Answers temple built by Hadrean, 120-127 AD
oculus - Answers the eye of the pantheon, opening at the top of the pantheon, sun shined on a different
god throughout the day
coffers - Answers 140 of them on the pantheon, made of poured concrete
