Remains of the Basilica of Maxentius and Constantine in Rome
The basilica, having proved suitable throughout long centuries of Christian worship, became the main from in Romanesque and Gothic architecture and its derivation. Circular churches, also adopted from Christian antiquity, were used only for special purposes. This type became popular especially in the Byzantine east serving as private places of worship in palaces and castles or as funeral chapels. There are only a few examples in Western Europe.
Task I. Render from English into Russian: medieval, roughly, millennium, division, Christianity, expansion, witness, urbanisation, owe, origin, unfolding, boundaries, regards, tumultuous, basilica, circular, prove, worship, derivation, funeral, chapel, exclusively
Task II. Render from Russian into English: часовня, похороны, производное, почитать, доказывать, круглый, базилика, унаследовал, границы, происхождение, урбанизация, свидетельствовать, экспансия, христианство, деление, грубо, исключительно, средневековый, шумный, долгий, духовный
Task III. Fill in correct word from the list below: 1. lasted for … a … 2. marked by the … of Western … 3. overseas … 4. … the first … 5. countries … their … 6. events … in the Middle Ages 7. present European … 8. during this … period 9. art was mostly … 10. Middle Ages … two types 11. … basilica 12.
13. … chapels 14. … art
Task IV. Fill in the preposition from the list below: 1. lasted … a millennium 2. dated … the fall of the Roman Empire 3. marked …the division 4. owe their origins … events 5. achievements … this period 6. architecture concentrated … creating a House of God 7. proved … long centuries 8.
9. Byzantine east serving …
Task V. Match the definitions to the following words:
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