A. Distance and diversity
1. Multiculturalism
Map
of the Roman empire showing different provinces
2. Uniting the empire
Basalt
Roman road leading through Ostia. This
section of road still shows the raised center that allowed water to
run off the surface easily.
Roman
road and ruins 16 km north of Veii.
Pons
Fabricius. This arching bridge connects
Rome with the tiny island of Insula in the middle of the Tiber
River
Roman
bridge over the River Guadiana, Spain
The Res Gestae of Augustus, inscribed in Greek and Latin. Ankara, Turkey
Hadrianeum:
Temple to the deified Hadrian. Rome
Misenum:
Augustalium, now half under water.
Baiae:
Sculpture from the Augustalium. Two male
figures sit under a pediment and inscribed architrave.
The late-antique Roman basilica at Trier, Germany
B. Town and country
1. Urbanization
2. Supporting cities
Aqueduct
leading to imperial palace on Palatine hill,
Rome
Claudian
Aqueduct. Located in Porta Maggiore,
Rome
Aqueduct
just south of Rome
Pont-du-Gard
(Gard River) aqueduct. Ca. 19 BC - 14 AD
Total original length of topmost level 275 m. Nimes, France This
aqueduct carries water 31 miles (50km) yet only drops 56 feet (17m)
in that whole distance.
Misenum:
Huge cistern that provided water to the Roman fleet: interior view.
Misenum:
View from the huge cistern that provided water to the Roman
fleet: It may have been from here that
Pliny observed the eruption of Vesuvius.
Sculpture showing wine being transported in barrels on a boat. Trier, Landesmuseum.
Ostia,
Trajan's Basin, model reconstruction, aerial view.
Museum of Science and Technology
Trajan's
Port (Portus), outside Ostia. Trajan's
main work was to excavate from the land a hexagonal basin in close
relation to the outer harbor.
Amphoras
excavated from Pella, the site of Macedonian ruins
Ostia.
Magazzino di dolii
Monte
Testaccio, Rome. Formerly an ancient
landfill, Monte Testaccio was created by centuries of merchants
dumping leftover terracotta testae onto an ever-growing pile
Grandi Horrea in Ostia. The largest of all the excavated horrea in the city. Plan.
Piccolo Mercato warehouse / horrea , Ostia. Model. Museo della Via Ostiense at the Port of S. Paolo. First Century B.C.
The tomb
of Eurysaces the contract baker, showing an oven. Porta Maggiore,
Rome.
The
tomb of Eurysaces the contract baker, showing an oven. Porta
Maggiore, Rome.
last modified November 11, 2002 by timmoore@mail.utexas.edu
