Stage 16

Stage 16 Vocabulary Games

The Palace at Fishbourne

A new mosaic floor laid over an old one at the Palace.

The ornamental garden at the Fishbourne Palace. The lead pipes provided water.
Try to imagine King Cogidubnus tending his roses in this beautiful setting.

A hypocaust heating system for a Roman palace.

Below is a model of Bignor Villa in Sussex, England. The villa probably dates from the 4th century A.D. It may very well have been built to resemble the palace nearby that had been built for King Cogidubnus

Craftsmen from Italy came to Roman Britain to lay mosaic floors like this one.

More mosaics

• Mosaics from Bignor Villa in England. Excellent webpage.
• Floor mosaic from house in Pompeii (Naples Museum)
• House of Faun in Pompeii

 

Quid pro quo? Was the palace built for Cogidubnus as a reward for his loyalty to the Romans? The Emperor Claudius made him a king among the local tribes and granted him citizenship. Every year, Cogidubnus held a ceremony at the palace honoring the memory of Claudius. (Stage 15)

 

 

 

"Quintus de se" pagina 79

Quintus in Italia manere nolebat quod sui parentes mortui erant. ad Graeciam navigavit et in urbe Athenis habitavit.

 

hoc est templum Graecum nomine ____.

 

Titus Flavius Vespasianus

dux Romanus in Britannia, A.D. 43
imperator Romanus A.D. 69-79
amicus fidelissimus Cogidubno aulam magnificam dedit.

 

 

Vespasianus amphitheatrum Flavium aedificavit.

 

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