Architecture
Example: Use/Purpose:
a. Amphitheatre They were used for events such as gladiator combats,
venationes (animal slayings) and executions. The
Colosseum was used for gladiatorial contests and
public spectacles such as animal hunts, mock sea
battles, re-enactments of famous battles, executions
and dramas.
b. Colosseum
It was used for gladiatorial contests and public
spectacles such as mock sea battles, animal hunts,
executions, re-enactments of famous battles, and
dramas based on Classical mythology. The building
ceased to be used for entertainment in the early
medieval era. It was later reused for such purposes as
housing, workshops, quarters for a religious order, a
fortress, a quarry, and a Christian shrine.
c. Pantheon
The Roman Pantheon is the most preserved and
influential building of ancient Rome. It is a Roman
temple dedicated to all the gods of pagan Rome. As
the brick stamps on the side of the building reveal it
was built and dedicated between A.D 118 and 125.
Sculpture
a. Sculpted vases
A number of well-known large stone vases sculpted in
relief from the Imperial period were apparently
mostly used as garden ornaments
b. Roman vases The shape and size depended on the intended
purpose of use. Poor Romans and slaves could not
afford fine ware and used coarse ware pottery
utensils for eating and cooking both. Amphorae:
Roman Amphorae were Roman pottery vases which
were used to carry different liquids and food items
like olive oil, fish sauce and wine.
Xenia Espiritu
9A- St. Agatha
Characteristics:
Large, circular or oval open-air venues
with raised seating – built by the
ancient Romans.
is roughly elliptical in shape, with its
long axis, oriented WSW-ENE, which
measures 188 metres and the short one
156. The building stands on a base of
two steps; above it there are three
floors of arcades and a fourth storey
without arches but with small
rectangular windows. There were
eighty arches on every floor, divided by
pillars with a half column.
The building is circular with a portico of
large granite Corinthian columns (eight
in the first rank and two groups of four
behind) under a pediment. A
rectangular vestibule links the porch to
the rotunda, which is under a coffered
concrete dome, with a central opening
(oculus) to the sky.
Decorations on Roman pottery were
engraved unlike the Greek earthenware
whose designs were painted on.
The more expensive pottery tended to
use relief decoration, usually moulded,
rather than colour, and often copied
shapes and decoration from the more
prestigious metalwork.