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Roman Empire

27-400

Latin word meaning "first, most eminent, distinguished"

princeps

era of peace Octavian ushers

Pax Romana

title the Senate gives to Octavian 

Augustus

is a title of imperial character

caesar

meaning "every god"

Pantheon

 is a former templeon the Athenian Acropolis

Parthenon

Wife of Augustus

Livia

Bad roman ruller 68

Nero

name

Menorah

spanish roman emperor choosen by Titus around 100BC

Trajan

circular opening in the centre of a dome 

oculus

name, year

Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius, 175

Five good emperor

Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius and Marcus Aurelius

no pratricians

plebeians

symbol was used by the Roman emperor Constantine I as part of a military standard

chi-rho

1,2,3,4,5,6,7

nave, aisles, apse, transept, narthex, atrium, clerestory

Roman emperors Constantine I and Licinius in February 313

Edict of Milan

having or susceptible to many applications, interpretations, meanings, or values

multivalent

name, year

mausoleum of galla placidia, 425

 is a half-moon shaped space

lunette

aureola

halo

the one who gives birth to God

Theotokos

passion

Greek for suffer

is a critical explanation or interpretation of a text

exegesis

a person who practices severe self-discipline and abstention.

ascetic

name

pendentives

name, year

hagia sophia, 532

 is the destruction of religious icons and other images or monuments for religious or political motive

iconoclasm

halo where Christ is

mandorla

who supports or is in favor of religious images or icons

iconophile

In Byzantine art/Christ in Majesty  enthroned, carrying a book, and flanked by the Virgin Mary and St. John the Baptist,  Mary and John, and any other figures, are shown facing towards Christ with their hands raised/ in supplication on behalf of humanity.

deesis

 to refer to any text or story considered to be of dubious veracity or authority, although it may contain some moral truth.

apocrypha, libros apocrifos

supposedly having the power to avert evil influences or bad luck.

apotropaic

name, name , year

column base of Antoninus Pius and Faustina, Apotheosis and decursio, 161

name, century

El Khasneh, 2nd

name, year 

tetrarchs, 305

name, year

arch of constantine, 315

Constantine conquest of 

Maxentius

name, ring shaped aisled, vault

rotunda, ambulatory, barrel