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Architectural Vocabulary 1. Opus Reticulatum 3. Opus Quadratum

Roman architecture utilized various building techniques including opus reticulatum using diamond shaped bricks, opus incertum using irregular stones, and opus quadratum using squared stone blocks. Common structures included temples for religious rituals, tombs, public baths called thermae, basilicas for legal matters, forums for social gathering, circuses for chariot racing, amphitheaters for entertainment, aqueducts for transporting water, and villas as country homes.

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Architectural Vocabulary 1. Opus Reticulatum 3. Opus Quadratum

Roman architecture utilized various building techniques including opus reticulatum using diamond shaped bricks, opus incertum using irregular stones, and opus quadratum using squared stone blocks. Common structures included temples for religious rituals, tombs, public baths called thermae, basilicas for legal matters, forums for social gathering, circuses for chariot racing, amphitheaters for entertainment, aqueducts for transporting water, and villas as country homes.

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Roman Architecture

ARCHITECTURAL VOCABULARY

1. Opus Reticulatum 3. Opus Quadratum


- It consists of diamond-shaped bricks of tuff, - squared blocks of stone of the same height were
referred to as cubilia, placed around a core of set in parallel courses, most often without the use
opus caementicium. of mortar. 

2. Opus Incertum 4. Opus Vermiculatum


- using irregularly shaped and randomly placed - a method of laying mosaic tesserae to emphasis
uncut stones or fist-sized tuff blocks inserted in a an outline around a subject.
core of opus caementicium.

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5. Templum 7.Tombs (Tumuli)


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- space on the ground or in the sky marked out for - flat sloping coffered ceilings, elaborately carved,
taking omens. carved doorframes, colored dados around the
wall,

6. Cloaca Maxima 8. Compluvium


- An open drain. - a quadrangle opening in the atrium of the
Roman house, towards which the roof sloped so
as to throw the rain water in a shallow cistern or
impluvium in the floor.

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9. Thermae 11. Basilicas


- public baths. - a hall with nave and aisles used for the
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administration of justice.

10. Balneum 12. Forum


- smaller Private Bath. - public open space for social, civic or market
purposes found in every Roman towns.

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13. Circus 15. Façade


- chariot racing. - The face or elevation of the building.
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14. Triumphal Arch 16. Amphitheatre


- a triumphal arch is a monumental structure in the - theatre –in –the- round with seating encompassing
shape of an archway with one or more arched the central arena.
passageways, often designed to span a road.

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17. Velarium 18. Aqueducts


- a great awning drawn over a Roman theatre and - Aqueduct water supplied public baths, latrines,
amphitheatres to protect people from the sun. fountains, and private households; it also
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supported mining operations, milling, farms, and


gardens.

19. Peristyle 20. Insula


- a range of columns surrounding a court or a - block of flats.
temple.

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21. Villa 22. Oculus


- country house. - eye-circular window.

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