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Late Roman-Early Christian Art Vocabulary Constantinople Tetrarchy Porphyry Tondo Basilica Nave Apse Buttress Narthex Transept Putto/Putti Catacomb Orant Diptych
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Column of Antoninus Pius, Rome, 161 CE Apotheosis Personification
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Decursio-ritual circling of the imperial funerary pyre (fire)
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Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius, Roman, 175 CE
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Four Tetrarchs, Late Roman, 305 CE Tetrarchy: 2 Augustii (Sr.Emperor) and 2 Caesars (Jr. Emperor)=four emperors. One of each in the Western capital: Rome and in the Eastern capital: Byzantium Porphyry
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Constantine the Great First Christian Emperor of the Roman Empire, Jr. Emperor in the West Defeats Maxentius in 313 at Battle of the Milvian Bridge to be sole ruler in the West Defeats Licinius in 324 to become sole ruler of the Empire Moves capital to Byzantium-Constantinople
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Arch of Constantine, Rome, 313-315 CE
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Early Christian Art: Chapter 4
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Basilica Nova, Rome, 306-312
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Late Roman, Aula Palatina, Trier, Germany, 4 th cent.
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Nave Apse
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Early Christian, Old Saint Peter’s, Rome, ca. 320 Narthex Transept aisles
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Early Christian, Santa Sabina, Interior, Rome, 422-32
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Judaic, Synagogue at Dura Europos, Syria, 244-245 CE
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The Exodus from Egypt
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Roman Catacombs, Late Roman Early 4 th century
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Early Christian, Three Hebrew Youths in the Fiery Furnace, Early 3 rd Century, Catacomb of Pricilla, Rome
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Early Christian, Catacomb of Ss. Peter and Marcelinus, Rome, 4 th century
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Early Christian, Sarcophagus of Maria Antigua, 270
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Early Christian, Good Shepherd, late 3 rd century, Rome
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Relief detail from a marble sarcophagus of a vintage scene, ca. 3rd century, Rome
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Late Roman, The Diptych of the Symmachi, ca. 400 391 Pagan worship banned by Theodosius I
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