I'M SOOOOO HAPPY!!! OH MY I THINK I AM GOING TO BURST....okay back story to my excitement:
So I am taking this online roman class and this week our professor stated "Search the internet, the library, or text book and find a special tomb, Mausoleum, pyramid or other burial structure built and used by the Romans before 337 CE (NOT CHRISTIAN TOMB). Describe it and introduce the deceased and his position, and attach a picture of it if possible." (This is only a portion of what was due this week)
We were suppose to discuss it and give the best description and why what we pick was the best (what I posted online is below). Then after we posted we were suppose to review the other classmates choices and vote on what one we think was the best and why. We couldn't vote for ourselves. If you got voted for enough we would "not have to participate in next week's discussion and will earn the one point reserved for the discussion without participating."
Now you are probably wondering why I am so happy. I wasn't at all at first. I was lucky on certain things, I was second to post(which was good so I didn't repeat anyone) and a girl had the same pyramid I did and posted it 34 seconds after me(so close for her, but not close enough). I was happy that people responded to this choice because on 2 other discussions they didn't response. I chose to do my selection on the
Pyramid of Cestius . Then when people responded with questions I tried to answer them to the best of my knowledge and research. I was getting votes, but most were going to the
Bakers Tomb aka Eurysaces Tomb. So I though humph, this kinda of stinks, but ohh well the other person did very well. I voted for her.
So I had to do a few more things before I shut down my computer tonight and one thing was to check my email. This is what I found:
Students of AH321,
The tomb’s discussion and voting are over. Many of you agreed that Allison’s baker’s tomb is the winner. Daniel who discussed the same tomb is not because Allison was the first to post this tomb. It was indeed a good choice but I have some concern about giving her the title of Gladiator of the Tomb. Allison did not check back after posting her masterpiece to answer questions and apparently was not interested in discussing it further. For this lack of interest, I will crown Kathryn Watt as the Gladiator of the Tomb because of her responses, questions, and dedication to the discussion.. I was also pleased with the enthusiasm of Edward Muldoon who gave an excellent description of Hadrian’s and participated and voted effectively. Therefore, we have three winners for this discussion and Allison, Kathryn, and Edward are exempted from Discussion 4.
Congratulations.
RB
IS THAT NOT COOL OR WHAT...HOW COOL IS THAT TO SET OFF MY BAD WEEK(I was sick if you didn't know) WITH SOMETHING SO SWEET. OHHH my I am smiling ear to ear and I can't call anyone.
GO ME!
nite y'all :)
this is what I posted(links were added for you because my classmate knew what I was taking about because of our readings from the textbook):
The Tomb of Caius Cestius stands out from other Roman architecture because it is in the shape of a Pyramid. It was created by concrete bricks covered with marble slabs and stands 36 meters high, which is 118 feet or 39 yards high. It states on the side of the Pyramid that it was completed in 330 days. Within Caius Cestius will, it stated that the pyramid was to be constructed in his honor. It was constructed by his heirs, Lucius Pontus Mela, Publius’s son and
freedman Pothus.
When Rome conquered Egypt in 30 BCE, 15 years earlier, the Egyptian art inspired the Romans. This Pyramid uses the idea of the Egyptian Pyramids, invention of concrete by the Romans, and Greeks fascination with marble. Also, inside the Pyramid there is a burial chamber with the
third style of painting on the walls. The inside cannot be reached from the outside; the only time it was excavated was in 1660 by orders of Pope Alexander VII. When the burial chamber was discovered, it stated on Wikipedia, that “there was no trace left of any other contents in the tomb, which had been plundered in antiquity. The tomb had been sealed when it was built, with no exterior entrance.” I don’t know if Caius Centius is buried inside, but with no exterior entrances I would assume so. Caius Cestus worked as a “praetor (an elected magistrate) and member of a group of priests responsible for sacred banquets” (aviewoncities.com). This is the best burial structure because it stands out from the other arches, mausoleums, and other funerary structures. It also uses the art influences from the Egyptians, the Greeks, and even they themselves(Romans).
