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Late Roman-Early Christian Art
Vocabulary
• Constantinople• Tetrarchy• Porphyry• Tondo• Basilica• Nave• Apse• Buttress • Narthex• Transept
• Putto/Putti• Catacomb• Orant• Diptych
Four Tetrarchs, Late Roman, 305
CE
•Tetrarchy: 2 Augustii (Sr.Emperor) and 2 Caesars (Jr. Emperor)=four emperors. •One of each in the Western capital: Rome and in the Eastern capital: Byzantium•Porphyry
Constantine the Great
•First Christian Emperor of the Roman Empire, Jr. Emperor in the West•Defeats Maxentius in 313 at Battle of the Milvian Bridge to be sole ruler in the West•Defeats Licinius in 324 to become sole ruler of the Empire•Moves capital to Byzantium-Constantinople
Early Christian, Three Hebrew Youths in the Fiery Furnace, Early 3rd Century, Catacomb of Pricilla, Rome