Rome Section 1- Vocab

Aqueduct

• a sovereign ruler of great power and rank, especially one ruling an empire.

• an artificial channel for conveying water, typically in the form of a bridge across a valley or other gap.

• a curved symmetrical structure spanning an opening and typically supporting the weight of a bridge, roof, or wall above it.

• a painting done rapidly in watercolor on wet plaster on a wall or ceiling, so that the colors penetrate the plaster and become fixed as it dries.

arch

• Publius Vergilius Maro was a classical Roman poet.

• a picture or pattern produced by arranging together small colored pieces of hard material, such as stone, tile, or glass.

• Public speaking

• a curved symmetrical structure spanning an opening and typically supporting the weight of a bridge, roof, or wall above it.

basrelief

• A recorded interview with a person whose experience and memories have historical significance

• A realistic sculpture with figures raised against a flat background

• Former Roman emperor

• The language of ancient Rome and its empire, widely used historically as a language of scholarship and administration.

emperor

• A realistic sculpture with figures raised against a flat background

• an artificial channel for conveying water, typically in the form of a bridge across a valley or other gap.

• a sovereign ruler of great power and rank, especially one ruling an empire.

• a picture or pattern produced by arranging together small colored pieces of hard material, such as stone, tile, or glass.

fresco

• The language of ancient Rome and its empire, widely used historically as a language of scholarship and administration.

• This 200-year period saw unprecedented peace and economic prosperity throughout the Empire

• a painting done rapidly in watercolor on wet plaster on a wall or ceiling, so that the colors penetrate the plaster and become fixed as it dries.

• a source that was created later by someone that did not experience firsthand or participate in the events in which the author is writing about.

mosaic

• a picture or pattern produced by arranging together small colored pieces of hard material, such as stone, tile, or glass.

• Public speaking

• an artificial channel for conveying water, typically in the form of a bridge across a valley or other gap.

• a sovereign ruler of great power and rank, especially one ruling an empire.

oral history

• a painting done rapidly in watercolor on wet plaster on a wall or ceiling, so that the colors penetrate the plaster and become fixed as it dries.

• A recorded interview with a person whose experience and memories have historical significance

• Publius Vergilius Maro was a classical Roman poet.

• The language of ancient Rome and its empire, widely used historically as a language of scholarship and administration.

oratory

• A realistic sculpture with figures raised against a flat background

• immediate, first-hand accounts of a topic, from people who had a direct connection with it.

• an artificial channel for conveying water, typically in the form of a bridge across a valley or other gap.

• Public speaking

Primary source

• Former Roman emperor

• Publius Vergilius Maro was a classical Roman poet.

• immediate, first-hand accounts of a topic, from people who had a direct connection with it.

• a picture or pattern produced by arranging together small colored pieces of hard material, such as stone, tile, or glass.

Secondary source

• a source that was created later by someone that did not experience firsthand or participate in the events in which the author is writing about.

• a painting done rapidly in watercolor on wet plaster on a wall or ceiling, so that the colors penetrate the plaster and become fixed as it dries.

• a curved symmetrical structure spanning an opening and typically supporting the weight of a bridge, roof, or wall above it.

• immediate, first-hand accounts of a topic, from people who had a direct connection with it.