Art of Ancient Rome

1. Art of Ancient Rome

2. Roman History Timeline • Early History • 1000 BCE Latin speaking tribes in Italy • 8th C BCE Rome Founded (Etruscans in the North, Greek Colonies in the South) • Roman Republic 509 – 27 BCE • 509 BCE Founding of Republic • 500 – 264 BCE Unification of Italian Peninsula • 264 – 146 BCE Punic Wars with Carthage & subjugation of Hellenistic States • 146 – 27 BCE Collapse of Republic • Roman Empire 27 BCE – 476 CE • Expansion through Conquest & Administration

3. Roman Republic Ancient Greek Civilization 490 – 480 BCE Persians Wars 480 – 430 BCE Golden Age (High Classical) 431 – 404 BCE Peloponnesian Wars 400 – 338 BCE Political Upheaval (Late Classical) 336 – 323 BCE Alexander the Great (Hellenistic) • 509 BCE Founding of Republic • 500 – 264 BCE Unification of Italian Peninsula • 264 – 146 BCE Punic Wars with Carthage • 146 – 133 BCE Greece & Hellenistic States become a Province of Rome • 146 – 27 BCE Collapse of Republic

5. Roman Republic Roman Patrician c. 75-50 BCE Portrait Busts - verism

6. Roman Denarius (Coin) with Portrait of Julius Caesar,c. 44 BCE Patrician w. Busts of his Ancestors,1st cent. BCE

7. Temple of “Fortuna Virilis”Rome, Italy, ca. 75 BCE Greek & Etruscan Architectual Influence MaisonCarrée, Nîmes, France,ca. 1–10 CE

8. Roman Architectural Innovations Arch Barrel Vault Groin Vault Dome Fenestrated Groin Vaults

10. Roman Greek

11. Arch Pont du Gard, Aqueduct, Nimes, France, 1st century AD

13. Barrel Vault Colosseum (Flavian Amphitheater), Amphitheater, Rome, 70-82 AD

14. Theater at Epidaurus Colosseum Amphitheater Concrete

16. Groin Vault Baths of Trajan, Rome, 110 AD

17. Groin Vaults & Clerestory Windows Fenestrated Groin Vaults Basilica Nova (of Constantine), Law Court & Civic Center, Rome, 310-320 AD

18. Dome Pantheon, Temple, Rome, 118-125 AD

19. Sections of the Pantheon, Rome, Italy, 118–125 CE.