AP Art History - Ch. 7 Roman Art
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Basilica
Meeting hall, public building for assemblies (especially tribunals).
Cross barrel (groin) vault
2 intersecting barrel vaults
Insula
A multiple story apartment building.
Coffer
A sunken-in panel (like in Pantheon).
Portico
Porch of a temple between stairs and cella where columns are located.
Aerial perspective
The technique of representing more distant objects as fainter and more blue (father away = blurrier, closer = crisper and sharper).
Forum
Center of political life (civic center).