Ancient Readings: Roman Flashcards
had a vibrant and accomplished literary culture, born from the established traditions of Ancient Greece
Ancient Rome
Ancient Rome had a vibrant and accomplished literary culture, born from the established traditions of ______________________
Ancient Greece
the _____________ took Greek models and made them their own
Romans
Consequently, the ________________ and its predecessor, the ____________________, produced an abundance of celebrated literature; poetry, comedies, dramas, histories, and philosophical tracts that have made it on the list of classics.
Roman Empire; Roman Republic
the mythological founders of Rome
Romulus and Remus
The mascot of Rome is a ______________ that cared for brothers _________________, the mythological founders of Rome.
she-wolf; Romulus and Remus
The first ever shopping mall was built in ____________ between __________________ by ________________. It sold a wide variety of goods and grocery items.
Rome; 107 and 110 AD; Emperor Trajan
Rome’s first university, _________________, established in ___________________, is the largest in Europe and the second largest in the world.
La Sapienza; 1303 AD
Rome has a museum dedicated entirely to ____________
pasta
_____________________________ is the largest church ever constructed
St Peter’s basilica inside Vatican City
Much of Roman literature was influenced and inspired by
Greek literature
Much of ___________________ was influenced and inspired by Greek literature
Roman literature
This indebtedness to _______________ was even recognized by the writers themselves.
Greece
Historian _________________ wrote that ____________________ originated many philosophical and political concepts that influenced such Romans as _______________________________________
Nigel Rodgers; Greek authors; Cicero, Seneca, Boethius, Catullus, and Virgil.
He added that ___________ could not and did not deny that ______________ was more refined and superior in both intellectual and cultural pursuits from technology and philosophy to poetry and sculpture
Rome; Greece
The history of Roman literature begins around the ______________________
3rd century BC
The history of __________________ begins around the 3rd century BC
Roman literature
Golden Age of Roman Literature
70 BCE – 14 CE
The history of Roman literature begins around the 3rd century BC. It reached its “Golden Age” (c. 70 BCE – 14 CE) during the rule of ________________ and the ______________________________
Augustus; early part of the Roman Empire.
The Golden Age of Roman poetry produced such memorable writers as ______________________________.
Virgil, Horace, Catullus, Propertius, Tibullus, and Ovid
________________________ and the exiled ___________, created a classical style of writing comparable to many of the great Greek authors
Virgil, Horace ; Ovid
is an epic poem in 12 books that tells the story of the foundation of Rome from the ashes of Troy.
Aeneid by the Roman poet Virgil
Aeneid was probably written down in _________ from _____________ during the period of the _______________________.
Rome; 30-19 BC; Emperor Augustus
Aphrodite in Greek mythology
Venus
