Gardners Art through the Ages A Global History

238 Chapter 10 THE ROMAN EMPIRE

MAP10-1The Roman Empire at the death of Trajan in 117 ce.

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Carthage

Rome

Melfi

Actium

Olympia

Nîmes

Carrara

Naples

Milan Venice

Italica

Trier

Syracuse

Athens

Alexandria

Hawara

Split

Delphi

Corinth

Constantinople

(Istanbul)

Cyzicus Nicaea

Baalbek

Jerusalem

Petra

Damascus

Lepcis Magna

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10-2Model of the city of

Rome during the early fourth

century ce.Museo della

Civiltà Romana, Rome.

(1) Temple of Portunus,

(2) Circus Maximus,

(3) Palatine Hill, (4) Temple

of Jupiter Capitolinus,

(5) Pantheon, (6) Column of

Trajan, (7) Forum of Trajan,

(8) Markets of Trajan,

(9) Forum of Julius Caesar,

(10) Forum of Augustus,

(11) Forum Romanum,

(12) Basilica Nova, (13) Arch

of Titus, (14) Temple of

Venus and Roma, (15) Arch

of Constantine, (16) Colossus

of Nero, (17) Colosseum.

By the time of Constantine,

the city of Rome was densely

packed with temples, forums,

triumphal arches, theaters,

baths, racetracks, aqueducts,

markets, private homes, and

apartment houses.

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