Meta Sudans was A large cone-shaped water fountain. It was built next to Colosseum in 96 AD. modern equivalent of Meta Sudans is simply a water fountain that could be found in Manhattan or anywhere around the city.
A Peristyle Court is a columned porch or open colonnade in a building surrounding a court that may contain an internal garden. Nowadays, people also may build this kind of garden in their villas but with smaller columns . One of the modern equivalent is located in Botanic Garden Brooklyn.
Equus Traiani is the equestrian statue of Trajan who was an Roman Emperor that stood in the middle of the Trajan’s forum. We could see the modern equivalent easily, especially in the park. One example is George Washington at Valley Forge located at the approach to the Williamsburg Bridge.
A city is a place gathering people to live together. It has well organized systems in order to make the city functions well, such as transportation systems, social security system, environmental protection agency, sanitary bureau, resource power system etc. Of course it has various types of building for different purpose, and they spread in different region of city. Most building are factories, houses, hospitals, schools, offices etc. Furthermore, the economic which is the market places or the trade centers of a city plays a significant role. It determine the prosperity of the district that people live. All in short, cities are structures for living and it would continue to develop.
A city is usually defined as a dense, populated urban area. There are several components a city must have in order to be a full functioning city. A city should have paths, districts and nodes to create convenince to its inhabitants. Cities are usually the headquarters for corportations, financial centers, government services and shopping districts. The close convinence of stores, jobs and underground transportation make living quicker and simpilar. Buildings and Skyscrapers allow for a high amount of houseing and office jobs to its residents. Lewis Mumfords, “What is a city”, discusses how cities can cause urban sociology and explains that this close human interaction promotes not only the growth of the city and its people but the surrounding area as well. He justifys his definition for a city and proves that it provides an efficent structure for living. This is generally what a city is, its elements and its benefits.
A Basilica is large oblong hall or building with double colonnades and a semicircular apse, used in ancient Rome as a court of law or for public assemblies. A similar building used as a Christian church. The name given to certain churches granted special privileges by the pope. Example is the St. Peter’s Basilica, Vatican city. Most common like churches.
City is a place where many people live. Many people consider cities like the civilizations from years ago. City is an urban place where societies build many houses and their lives. The city contains industries y many others places where people can work and support their families. People can interact in many activities like in the work, in the streets and in touristic places. People realize their lives and dreams in the city. The immigration of people to the same places allows the growing of a town into a city. City is a place where people can establish their families. City has many things that can make easy the life. The city contains rich and poor people like everyplace. There will be never a city where everyone is equal. Also, the city should contain natural places where the people can have peace and rest for a while. For me a city is a place where people can have many things to develop their lives.
Ana Perez
After reading all the articles that were distributed in class, this was my conclusion about what a city is: A city is a geographical space with an economic system where services and industries predominate.
A city is able to fend for itself. The example of the first city or as the article said “The first true city” is found in Mesopotamia. For its convenient location and access to rivers they were able to develop their own form of architecture and agriculture . Mesopotamia was a civilization and according to the introduction “Cities are civilization.” The city life gives birth to writing, economic systems and government.
Geographically, a city is composed of different elements. In the article, “The City Image and Its Elements”, Kevin Lynch points out five of the mos t important: Paths, Edges, Districts, Nodes, and Landmarks. From a social perspective, I find it interesting how Lewis Mumford presents the city as the stage of a play and the population as the actors in which politics, art and education are the factors that make the play more richly significant.
On the western side of the Roman Forum, was the Tabularian, which was the building where the state archive was housed. In other words, it was the state record office. It was the place where laws, deeds, records, treaties, etc. were kept. It was commissioned by Q. Lutatius Catulus and designed by Cornelius in 78 BC and restored in 46 AD by Claudius. A modern day equivalent to the roman Tabularian would be the various archive buildings we have today such as the Municipal Archives and the New York State Archives.
Ana Perez
The Rostra was a large platform built in the city of Rome that stood during the republican and imperial periods. Magistrates, politicians, advocates and other orators spoke to the assembled people of Rome from this highly honored and elevated spot. Typically, a speaker’s platform is called a tribunal, but after Duilius won Rome’s first major naval victory against Antium in 338 BCE, six bronze prows of enemy ships were attached to the front of the speaker’s platform as trophies; the Latin for prows is rostra, and the name became used for the entire structure.
Modern Equivalent: Tribune, platform, stage or any place from which a speech can be prominently made.
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