Propylaea = before gate
A monumental gateway or gate building.
Nymphaeum
A monument consecrated to nymphs. Originally they were natural grottoes. Later they built artificial ones. Most Roman nymphaeum were rotundas and were decorated with statues and paintings. They were used as sanctuaries, reservoirs and assembly rooms (especially for marriage celebrations).
Agora = gathering place or assembly
The center of athletic, artistic, spiritual and political life. In early Greece, freeborn male landowning citizens would gather here for military duty or to hear statements from the ruling king or council. Later it served as a marketplace where merchants used stalls or shops to sell their goods.
Palaestra
Boxing and wrestling were practiced here. It functioned independently and as part of a gymnasium. It was a rectangular court surrounded by colonnades with adjoining rooms. The rooms were used for: bathing, ball playing, undressing, applying powders, socializing, observation, instruction, storage of clothes, oil, dust or athletic equipment.
Acropolis = the Sacred Rock, the high city
Temples were built on the most elevated section of the city.
Necropolis = city of the dead
A large burial site separate from the city which contained elaborate tomb monuments. In ancient Rome, families practiced ancestor worship and buried their dead in their homes. In 449 BC, the Twelve Tables forbade this practice, so the Romans began using necropoleis.
Thermae = baths
Large imperial bath complexes were centers for bathing and socializing. In Greece, bathing became an art form: cleansing sands, hot water, hot air in vapor baths, a cooling plunge, a rubdown with aromatic oils. Roman baths contained pools, game rooms, poetry reading rooms, cafes, gardens, libraries and theaters. The modern equivalent would be a combination library, art gallery, mall, restaurant, gym and spa. A public bath had three principal rooms: the caldarium (hot bath), the tepidarium (warm bath) and the frigidarium (cold bath). Some thermae also had a sudatorium (moist steam bath) and laconicum (dry steam bath, similar to a modern sauna).
A monumental gateway or gate building.
Nymphaeum
A monument consecrated to nymphs. Originally they were natural grottoes. Later they built artificial ones. Most Roman nymphaeum were rotundas and were decorated with statues and paintings. They were used as sanctuaries, reservoirs and assembly rooms (especially for marriage celebrations).
Agora = gathering place or assembly
The center of athletic, artistic, spiritual and political life. In early Greece, freeborn male landowning citizens would gather here for military duty or to hear statements from the ruling king or council. Later it served as a marketplace where merchants used stalls or shops to sell their goods.
Palaestra
Boxing and wrestling were practiced here. It functioned independently and as part of a gymnasium. It was a rectangular court surrounded by colonnades with adjoining rooms. The rooms were used for: bathing, ball playing, undressing, applying powders, socializing, observation, instruction, storage of clothes, oil, dust or athletic equipment.
Acropolis = the Sacred Rock, the high city
Temples were built on the most elevated section of the city.
Necropolis = city of the dead
A large burial site separate from the city which contained elaborate tomb monuments. In ancient Rome, families practiced ancestor worship and buried their dead in their homes. In 449 BC, the Twelve Tables forbade this practice, so the Romans began using necropoleis.
Thermae = baths
Large imperial bath complexes were centers for bathing and socializing. In Greece, bathing became an art form: cleansing sands, hot water, hot air in vapor baths, a cooling plunge, a rubdown with aromatic oils. Roman baths contained pools, game rooms, poetry reading rooms, cafes, gardens, libraries and theaters. The modern equivalent would be a combination library, art gallery, mall, restaurant, gym and spa. A public bath had three principal rooms: the caldarium (hot bath), the tepidarium (warm bath) and the frigidarium (cold bath). Some thermae also had a sudatorium (moist steam bath) and laconicum (dry steam bath, similar to a modern sauna).
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