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...n the basilica of Eumactria at Pompeii, and the basilica of Constantine at Rome, where it was placed at one end. See: Lacunar. ...o-porticus under the palaces of the Caesars in Rome. In Hadrian's villa in Rome they formed the principal private intercommunication between the several bu

...and sculpture. In addition to Jones’ personal preoccupation with ancient Rome, the influence of the Renaissance was finally being felt in England and the Perhaps Jones was impressed how these ancient buildings expressed a sense of strength and solidity, a feeling of stabilit

This was the style of architecture which first emerged in ancient Greece during the first millennium BC – reaching its fullest flowering in ...atures such as ‘triglyphs’ and ‘guttae’ can be seen as elements of ancient wooden structures ‘petrified’ into stone

...diators, and the two groups passed each other near Bovillae, 11 miles from Rome. The encounter between the two groups passed without incident until the las [[category:Ancient Rome]]

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The Architecture of Ancient Rome adopted the external language of classical Greek architecture for their own ...ir architecture on the dome, such as Hadrian's [[Pantheon]] in the city of Rome, and the Baths of Diocletian

Bebrykes was the location of a boxing match in ancient mythology was the contest between [[character::Polydeukes]] and [[character [[Category:Ancient Rome]]

Pompeii retained its Greek influence after colonization by [[place::Rome]] in AD80 as did much of the Roman Empire. Romans considered Greece a sourc ...comparatively ordinary, striving to keep up with the stylistic grandeur of Rome and Naples

==The Origins of Rome== ... place and monumental buildings made their first appearance. At this point Rome was transformed into an organized city-state.

...adicated. During the Archaic period, it had enjoyed cordial relations with Rome, but they soured after the Oscan conquest. ...ecame a ''cīvitās sine suffrāgiō'' in '''338''', and remained loyal to Rome in the Punic Wars. In 180 it adopted Latin as its official language, and pr

...ng in the 6th dominated the region and Etruscan kings were ruling [[place::Rome]] and would be ejected later. Before that happened in 509BC they built a te Temple of Portunas in Rome are assimilating Greek and [[Etruscans|Etruscan]] - deep porch, free standi

Lived between [[place::Rome]] and [[place::Florence]] (Tuscany) later PO Valley and [[place::Naples]]. Etruscans were absorbed or conquered by Rome and [[Roman Colonialisation and Romanisation|Romanized]]

...vity, but because archaeologists have had trouble locating the site of the ancient shoreline, the effects are not entirely understood as to how this impacted Many factors in Pompeii’s history in ancient times through to its rediscovery and up to today are complicated. By AD 79

...an citizen-colonies whose religious institutions were modelled on those of Rome, and the increasing divine aura assumed by dynasts of the late republic. ...lourishing of associations focused on gods both Roman and foreign. Outside Rome, civic cults of the Greek east continued to offer a sense of identity to Gr

*Vitruvius was discussing developments in Rome – so maybe his painting styles aren’t relevant to Pompeii and elsewhere [[category:Ancient Rome]]

...ilies, retinues and armies and not to trade with as such. Beyond [[place::Rome]], it is much less clear that local élites shared the same distaste for tr The ancient town was not a major centre of production and there was no ‘industrial’

...ew women got to know him—just 6” (4.8767; Varone 66)'' <ref>Sex in the ancient world from A to Z J G Younger p155</ref> ...” and the quaint “Menander for 2 asses, nice manners'' <ref>Sex in the ancient world from A to Z J G Younger p151</ref>

...safety. But two factors—the geophysical diversity of Italy (let alone of Rome's provinces), and the effects of political and social developments—led to ...afford to arm themselves; as this army defeated Rome's Italian neighbours. Rome's massive overseas expansion in the 2nd and 1st cent. bc speeded agricultur

...can be compared with what we know of the theatre of Marcelleus at [[place::Rome]], although it is much smaller; Herculaneum would have seated 2000 spectato ...n era as it was in this era that this type of performance was prominent in Rome.