culture Flashcards
1
Q
what were the duties of equites?
A
obtain the greatest pleaure through knowledge, friendshiop, and living virtuous life. They did not follow simple pleasures (sex, food) don’t eat too richly.
2
Q
what wer the beliefs of the stoic school of philoshophy
A
self control, happy life through virtue, wisdom, integrirty, help those in need
PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS IN ABSENCE OF PAIN by developing logic, judgment etc
3
Q
who was mithras
A
god of truth and justice worshipped by mystery religons
4
Q
ho were initiate instucted in the religon
A
went through 7 grades of intitiation
5
Q
where did mithraism originate
A
persia
6
Q
who did mithraism appeal to most
A
soilders, anyone who’s life may be in constant threat
7
Q
where have mithristic tempes be discovered
A
rhine, hadirians wall,
