Roman Vocab Quiz

1. Roman Vocab Quiz • a long wide center aisle • Nave • Baths • Apse • Niches • In Roman architecture, a freestanding arch commemorating an important event, such as a military victory or the opening of a new road. In Christian architecture, the arch framing the apse at the end of a church nave. • Mural • Pilasters • Niches • Triumphal arch • A recess, usually semicircular, in the wall of a Roman basilica or at the east end of a church. • Mural • Nave • Apse • Baths

2. Roman Vocab Quiz 4. large enclosed Roman structures that contained libraries, lecture rooms, gymnasiums, pools, shops, restuarants, and pleasant walkways • Nave • Niches • Baths • Apse 5. a large painting applied directly to a wall or ceiling surface • Mural • Baths • Nave • Apse 6. A recessed decorative panel that is used to reduce the weight of and to decorate ceilings or vaults. • Niches • Pilasters • Apse • Coffers

3. Roman Vocab Quiz 7. An engaged columnar element that is rectangular in format and used for decoration in architecture. • Baths • Pilasters • Niches • Coffers 8. the simplest form of vault consisting of an unbroken series of arches; it forms a tunnel like shape • Aqueduct • Barrel vault • Groin vault • Basilica 9. A structure that carries water over long distances • Nave • Apse • Basilica • Aqueduct

4. Roman Vocab Quiz 10. Along the walls of the church, there were in which statues had been placed. • Niches • Nave • Baths • Apse 11. a vault formed when two barrel vaults meet at right angles • Nave • Groin vault • Basilica • Barrel vault 12. a Roman building used for public administration • Nave • Basilica • Baths • Mural