Texts and Contexts: picture syllabus, revised & reduced, May 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 House of the Silver Wedding, mid-1 st BC View into atrium House of L. Caecilius Iucundus, Pompeii, 1 st c AD Herm portrait, mid-1 st c AD POMPEIAN HOUSE & OWNER, 1 st c AD H. Lucretius Fronto, atrium and tablinum, c. AD 30 New-style wall dcor of early empire H. Lucretius Fronto, tablinum, c. AD 30 House of the Vettii, plan House of the Vettii, peristyle garden WEALTHY FREEDMANS HOUSE, AD 60-79: HOUSE OF VETTII red room Theban Room Ixion Room House of the Vettii, Theban room House of the Vettii, red room, frieze w. amores at work work and craft myth Dirce tied to bull by stepsons Amphion and Zethus Pentheus destroyed by Bacchantes House of the Vettii, Theban Room, mythological cycle Pasiphae & bull House of the Vettii : Ixion Room Ixion Room, view House and bakery of Terentius Neo, plan House of Terentius Neo, wallpainted portrait, Room g, N.wall, mid-1 st cent AD TRADERS HOUSE: HOUSE OF TERENTIUS NEO house bakery House of the Baker, Pompeii 7, 3, 30 House of the Baker, bread dole, tablinum e, west wall, 1 st c AD TRADERS HOUSE Pyramid tomb of C. Cestius c. 15 BC (Rome) T O M B S 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 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 Tomb of Haterii, Rome Crane relief c. AD 120 (Vatican) Occupation reliefs Theatres Odeion of Domitian Theatre of Pompey, dedicated 55 BC PUBLIC ENTERTAINMENT Forma Urbis fragment with plan of theatre of Pompey (55 BC), early 3 rd c. AD Theatre of Marcellus, BC, Rome Bronze sestertius with Circus Maximus Trajanic Circus Maximus, Rome: Gismondis model Funerary relief of circus official from Ostia, AD (Rome) Amphitheatres and arena games Oil lamps with gladiators (Thraeces), 2 nd -3 rd c AD Amphitheatres and arena games Colosseum Flavian amphitheatre 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. Colosseum: amphitheatrum novum. Flavian, completed AD 80s. Nimes amphitheatre, c. AD 100 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 Relief with defeated gladiator awaiting decision (death or missio): pair of equites. 1st c BC. (Munich) Retiarius vs secutor. Mosaic, from Via Appia, 3 rd c AD (Madrid) Armaturae Equipment & combat Styles Retiarius vs secutor (2) Astyanax vicit Kalendio (1) Astyanax Kalendio Relief with prisoners condemned ad bestias, 2 nd -3 rd c AD (Ashmolean Oxford) 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) Zliten, Dar Buc Ammera, mosaic Munera, executions, venationes Zliten: arena orchestra and gladiator duels Zliten: executions ad bestias & venationes