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imitation Samian
[Ar].
[Ar].
immunis
[De].
[De].
A Latin term used to describe a legionary with special skills who was exempted from routine duties; the special status of
immunes
was not officially recognized until the time of Hadrian.
immunes
was not officially recognized until the time of Hadrian.
Imouthes
[Di].
[Di].
impasto
[Ar].
[Ar].
A type of pottery made during the
VILLANOVAN
period in northern Italy. Generally made from unrefined clay fired to a dark brown or black colour. Forms include biconical urns and models of small houses or huts which were used to contain cremations.
VILLANOVAN
period in northern Italy. Generally made from unrefined clay fired to a dark brown or black colour. Forms include biconical urns and models of small houses or huts which were used to contain cremations.
imperium
[De].
[De].
Latin word for a command, which grew to signify the right to give orders, and so to mean supreme power, normally equivalent in the later Roman period to ‘empire’.
Imperator
, originally ‘commander-in-chief’, became a title used by the emperors, and came to signify ‘emperor’. The Latin writers of the Dark Ages could use
imperium
of a single kingdom, but the word retained the connotation of a kingdom supreme among others.
Imperator
, originally ‘commander-in-chief’, became a title used by the emperors, and came to signify ‘emperor’. The Latin writers of the Dark Ages could use
imperium
of a single kingdom, but the word retained the connotation of a kingdom supreme among others.
impluvium
[Co].
[Co].
The tank placed in the
ATRIUM
of a Roman house to receive the rain which fell through the opening in the centre—the
compluvium
.
ATRIUM
of a Roman house to receive the rain which fell through the opening in the centre—the
compluvium
.
impost
[Co].
[Co].
A moulded stone at the top of a pilaster flanking an opening. The member of a pillar or pier from which the arch springs. A
discontinuous impost
is where the arch mouldings simply die out in the splayed jambs.
discontinuous impost
is where the arch mouldings simply die out in the splayed jambs.
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