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Hellenistic and Roman Cyprus
Although Cyprus was liberated from the Persians by Alexander the Great in 333 B.C., the island did not enjoy a long period of freedom. After the death of Alexander in 323 B.C., his successors, the Diadochoi, quarreled and Cypriot rulers became entangled in antagonisms with tragic consequences—for example, the annihilation of the royal family of Salamis in 311 B.C. The wealth of its natural resources and its strategic position on the principal maritime route linking Greece and the Aegean with the Levant and Egypt made Cyprus a major prize for the warring Hellenistic rulers.
Hellenistic and Roman Cyprus | Thematic Essay | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art with temples to aphrodite and zeus respectively. under the romans, the island prospered and, apart from the time of the great jewish revolt in 115/6 a.d., enjoyed the fruits of the pax romana. numerous large-scale public buildings ( temples, gymnasia, theaters, baths, and aqueducts) were erected, especially in the antonine and severan periods (mid-second to early third century a.d. ). in arts and crafts, cyprus became fully romanized;
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Munkegaards School - Arne Jacobsen - Great Buildings Online all the classroom pavilions are connected by a simple system of parallel corridors which also give access to the assembly hall and teachers' room. a two-storey wing on the north side accommodates the special classrooms. gymnasia, bicycle sheds and dwellings are separate buildings. the yellow brickwork, white-painted timber and aluminium roofs contribute to the intimate and friendly atmosphere of the school." tobias faber.
http://www.GreatBuildings.com/buildings/Munkegaards_School.html [180 words]
Boscoreale: Frescoes from the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor | Thematic Essay | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Me the inspiration for this came from the greeks in the east, including the repertoire of ideas and the artists, decorators, and intellectuals. roman villa architecture combined the core of a roman house with peristyles and gardens borrowed from greek gymnasia, palaces, and sanctuaries. the roman aristocracy aimed to evoke the culture of athenian academies, the charmed world of the hellenistic pastoral, and the magnificence of alexandrian palaces.
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/cubi/hd_cubi.htm [1010 words]