1. Texts and Contexts: picture syllabus, revised & reduced, May 2015 4. Class Archaeological material: Houses, tombs, and the archaeology of public entertainment HOUSES & TOMBS Houses H. Silver Wedding, atrium H. Caecilius Iucundus, bust of owner H. Lucretius Fronto, tablinum wallpainting H. Vettii, Theban and Ixion rooms H.‘Terentius Neo’ H. Baker Tombs, Rome T. Cestius, pyramid Relief of P. Aedius Amphio, Berlin T. Eurysaces, baker, Rome T. Haterii, crane relief, Vatican (H = House of, T = Tomb of) ARCHAEOLOGY OF PUBLIC ENTERTAINMENT Theatre, circus, amphiteatre Theatre of Pompey Theatre of Marcellus Circus Maximus Torlonia circus relief Rome, Colosseum Nimes, amphitheatre Arena games: objects and images Nennig mosaic: retiarius & secutor Munich relief: deciding moment Madrid mosaic: equipment Ashmolean relief: condemned prisoners Zliten dining room mosaics: arena scenes Please note: MAPS, PLANS, and DRAWINGS are NOT part of the picture syllabus, unless marked

2. House of the Silver Wedding, mid-1 st BC View into atrium

3. House of L. Caecilius Iucundus, Pompeii, 1 st c AD Herm portrait, mid-1 st c AD POMPEIAN HOUSE & OWNER, 1 st c AD

4. H. Lucretius Fronto, atrium and tablinum, c. AD 30 New-style wall décor of early empire

5. H. Lucretius Fronto, tablinum, c. AD 30

6. House of the Vettii, plan House of the Vettii, peristyle garden WEALTHY FREEDMAN’S HOUSE, AD 60-79: HOUSE OF VETTII red room Theban Room Ixion Room

7. House of the Vettii, Theban room House of the Vettii, red room, frieze w. amores at work work and craft myth

8. Dirce tied to bull by stepsons Amphion and Zethus Pentheus destroyed by Bacchantes House of the Vettii, Theban Room, mythological cycle

9. Pasiphae & bull House of the Vettii : Ixion Room Ixion Room, view

10. House and bakery of ‘Terentius Neo’, plan House of ‘Terentius Neo’, wallpainted portrait, Room g, N.wall, mid-1 st cent AD TRADER’S HOUSE: HOUSE OF ‘TERENTIUS NEO’ house bakery

11. House of the Baker, Pompeii 7, 3, 30 House of the Baker, bread dole, tablinum e, west wall, 1 st c AD TRADER’S HOUSE

12. Pyramid tomb of C. Cestius c. 15 BC (Rome) T O M B S

13. Freedman portrait relief, Rome P. Aedius Amphio & Aedia Fausta Melior Late 1 st BC / early 1 st c AD (Berlin) Columbarium, Rome (Vigna Codini II), 1 st c AD Freedmen tombs, 1 st c BC/AD

14. Tomb of M. Virgilius Eurysaces, 20s BC Porta Maggiore, Rome Frieze of Tomb of Eurysaces: kneading machine, slaves at work table Tomb of Baker, Rome EST.HOC.MONIMENTUM.MARCEI.VERGILEI.EURYSACIS PISTORIS.REDEMPTORIS.APPARET

15. Tomb of Haterii, Rome Crane relief c. AD 120 (Vatican) Occupation reliefs

16. Theatres Odeion of Domitian Theatre of Pompey, dedicated 55 BC PUBLIC ENTERTAINMENT

17. Forma Urbis fragment with plan of theatre of Pompey (55 BC), early 3 rd c. AD

18. Theatre of Marcellus, 13-11 BC, Rome

19. Bronze sestertius with Circus Maximus Trajanic Circus Maximus, Rome: Gismondi’s model

20. Funerary relief of circus official from Ostia, 110-130 AD (Rome)

21. Amphitheatres and arena games Oil lamps with gladiators (Thraeces), 2 nd -3 rd c AD Amphitheatres and arena games Colosseum – Flavian amphitheatre

22. Colosseum: Plan and section (J-C Golvin) Colosseum: amphitheatrum novum. Flavian, completed AD 80s. ‘Imperator Vespasianus Augustus ordered the New Amphitheatre to be built, from the spoils of war.’

23. Colosseum: amphitheatrum novum. Flavian, completed AD 80s.

24. Nimes amphitheatre, c. AD 100

25. Arena games: objects and images Gladiator pair: retiarius vs secutor. Floor mosaic, from villa at Nennig (Germany), 3 rd c AD. Cologne. Arena games: objects and images

26. Relief with defeated gladiator awaiting decision (death or missio): pair of equites. 1st c BC. (Munich)

27. Retiarius vs secutor. Mosaic, from Via Appia, 3 rd c AD (Madrid) Armaturae Equipment & combat Styles Retiarius vs secutor (2) Astyanax vicit Kalendio Θ (1) Astyanax Kalendio Θ

28. Relief with prisoners condemned ad bestias, 2 nd -3 rd c AD (Ashmolean Oxford)

29. Zliten, Dar Buc Ammera, plan of Roman villa ZLITEN Tripolitania Seaside villa with mosaics. One dining room has surrounding frieze with detailed amphitheatre scenes 2 nd cent AD Zliten (in modern Libya)

30. Zliten, Dar Buc Ammera, mosaic Munera, executions, venationes

31. Zliten: arena orchestra and gladiator duels

32. Zliten: executions ad bestias & venationes