Urbs Capitulum Quartum

Capitulum Quartum:

Fēlēs theātrum intrat et āctōrēs spectat. Theātrum est sēmi-circulum. Theātrum factum est multīs arcibus. Āctōrēs clāmant et cantant. Spectatōrēs āctōrēs spectant.

Plan of a Roman theater with a semi-circular stage surrounded by seating.

Actors wearing large elaborate masks act out a play on a stage

Spectātōrēs sedent in sellīs. Spectātōrēs cibum habent. Spectātōrēs cibum cōnsūmunt. Spectātōrēs cibum relinquunt prope sellās. Fēlēs cibum cōnsūmit! Fēlēs laetissima* est.

* very happy

Spectators eating and drinking as they watch a play

Gladiators fighting as the crowd cheers and the cat watches from an arch

Fēlēs amphitheātrum intrat. Amphitheātrum nōn est sēmicirculum, amphitheātrum est rotundum.

Amphitheātrum factum est multīs arcibus. Amphitheātrum multās sellās habet. Spectātōrēs in sellīs sedunt.

The ellipse plan (architectural map) of an amphitheater on the left and the semi-circular plan of a theater on the right.

Gladiātōrēs pūgnant et clāmant. Gladiātōrēs necant! Gladiātōrēs pereunt! Spectātōrēs clāmant! Fēlēs exit!!

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Urbs Capitulum Tertium/Urbs Capitulum Quintum

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Look at the map of ancient Rome and answer the following questions:

Map or the ancient city of Rome with the Tiber river on the left and the various major public buildings sprinkled about. Read more here: http://www.tribunesandtriumphs.org/roman-architecture/roman-buildings.htm

ColdEel, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

How would you answer these questions?

Why is there more than one wall to the city? (the bold black and red lines)

Why do you think this was a good place to put a city?

Is there anything that surprises you about the names of the buildings?

Can you find an amphitheater and a theater?

Is there a kind of building we have not talked about yet that you see popping up in more than one place? If so, what does it look like and what do you think it was used for?

Exploring the Barrel Vaults at the Colosseum in Rome, Italy

Theater of Pompey

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