ARHI 2300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Vomitorium, Pieris Brassicae, Travertine
4 Apr 2017
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Built to entertain between 45,000 and 55,000 romans. Arena for mock sea battles and gladiatorial combat. Visitors entered through one of 76 entrance doors. Concrete was used for the foundations and massive vaults. Travertine limestone and marble covered the outside of the building. Domed skylight that fills the space with natural light. Wright was asked to create a temple of spirit, a monument . Built by the sumerians for ceremonial and civic use. Three stepped levels, connected by stairs and ramps. Only priests were allowed on the uppermost tier. Dedicted to the god of the moon: nanna. Festivals for nanna organized around the phases of the moon. Offerings were left on the highest tier of the ziggurat to ensure the god"s happiness. Site was in use hundreds of years before stones were imported. Each stone weighs as much as 50 tons. Believed to be a large calendar or observatory. Indicated time to begin preparations for the fall harvest.
