Terms and Names
- Greco-Roman Culture- the mixing of Greek, Hellenistic, and Roman culture
- Pompeii- a city that was destroyed in 79 A.D. by Mt. Vesuvius
- Virgil- a poet who wrote some of the most famous works of Latin literature
- Tacitus- a Roman historian that wrote history with correct facts.
- Aqueducts- designed to bring waters into cities
Rome
- Rome conquered Greek in the second century B.C
- made Greco- Roman culture or classical civilization
- Roman fine arts
- Learned sculpture from Greeks, made realistic portraits in stone
- most sculptures were intended for public education
- During Augustus, bas- Relief was developed
- Bas- relief was a type of sculpture where images were carved out of a flaat stone
- Rome Artists were also good at mosaics
- pictures made by placing small stones or glass onto a surface
- Romans excelled in painting
- Pompeii had great examples of Roman art.
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