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Dinner Parties
PSB: Petronius, Satyricon

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calf brought on 200 pound plate
Acrobats from a movable roof/ceiling

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Dinner Parties
Letter to Speticius Clarus

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Clarus doesn’t turn up to the dinner party, and host demands for him to pay

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Dinner Parties
Letter to Avitus

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Persona complains to Avitus that she should not drink different, expensive wine to his guests but instead should drink the same wine as them

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Dinner Parties
Triclinium in Villa Poppea, in Oplontis

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colourful decorative paintings on walls -> grand

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Dinner Parties
Vitruvius, on Architecture

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explains which direction the summer and winter dining room should face depending on sunlight

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Dinner Parties
Ovid Fasti - the feast of Anna Perenna

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eventful, people would get drunk and do ridiculous things

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Roman Baths
Elderly woman Aventina

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Tombstone says she was age 58, from Gaul. Possibly came to Aquae Sulis to be healed

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Roman Baths
PSB: Solinus the wonders of the world

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‘patron goddess’ ‘sumptous splundour’ = positive > popular

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Roman Baths
PSB: Picture of Great Bath

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stumps of original columns = roman architecture is advanced
large - popular

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Roman Baths
Seneca the Younger letters

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gross noises from baths

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Roman Villas
Horace Satires - Town and country

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Grand villas have both pros + cons - not fro evryone.
‘dyed with bright scarlet’
‘lots of yesterdays dishes’

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Roman Villas
Columella, The Villa

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How a villa should be - structured, purposeful

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Roman Villas
Park Street Villa, Verulaneum

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Diagram shows it was large = luxurious

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Roman Villas
PSB: Lockley’s Villa 1st building

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simple
no individual access to rooms

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Roman Villas
PSB: Lockley’s Villa 2nd building

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corridor

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Roman Villas
PSB: Winged corridor villa

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Winged - more privacy

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Roman Villas
PSB: Northleigh Courtyard villa

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large
corridor all round

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Circus Maximus and Chariot Racing
PSB: Carving

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shows structure - decorative
many competitors - competitive atmosphere
tiered seating

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Circus Maximus and Chariot Racing
PSB: Painting of Charioteer, Ostia

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charioteer holding victous palm and wearing crown - competitive
small chariot - importance on charioteer

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Circus Maximus and Chariot Racing
PSB: Ovid, Amores

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People came to watch charioteer racing for other purposes - to sexualise women
chariot racing was intense

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Circus Maximus and Chariot Racing
Pliny the Younger

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The races are on, a spectacle which has not the slightest attraction to me

22
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Roman Roads
PSB: Map of Roman Britain

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Britain was better linked in the North than the south
Good road network

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Circus Maximus and Chariot Racing
Letter to Calvisius

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Talks about the different colours each charioteer would wear and how spectators would support one over the other

The performers at these games were divided into teams, distinguished by the particular colour of their clothes; the principal of which were the white, the red, the blue, and the green. Accordingly the spectators favoured one or the other colour

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Juvenal Satires

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The roars assail my eardrums

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Roman Army
PSB: Vegetius, extract from Epitoma

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Training was intense
e.g. practising with a should twice the weight of a real one

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Roman Army
PSB: Inscription in Chester

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Training was dangerous
People died not just in war, but also when travelling between places (e.g. shipwreck)

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Roman Army
PSB: Diagram of Fort

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Self - sufficient
Skilled

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Roman Army
PSB: Barrack Block in Northumberland

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Orderly
Well-built

29
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Roman Army
Vegetius

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Roman soldiers should:
have a broad chest and powerful shoulders
be outstanding not only in body but also mind
should not have feminine jobs

were taught not to cut but to thrust with the sword

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Roman Britain
PSB: Tacitus, Agricola

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Britain is miserable and has bad weather
The British listen to the Romans as long as they don’t take it too far
British feel like they were being treated like slaves
British were seduced by things the Romans gave them

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The Theatre at Pompeii
Graffitied bronze stature of Sorex in Pompeii

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Actius, our favorite, come back quickly
= popular

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The Theatre at Pompeii
CLC

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model of clay mask

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The Theatre at Pompeii
Juvenal

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Describes atmosphere - children horrified of masks and sit on laps of laps of their mothers, screaming

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The Theatre at Pompeii
CLC mosaics

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Tell storyline of Plautus

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The Theatre at Pompeii
PSB: Amphitheatre in Pompeii

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Isles to project sound
Smooth walls to protect audience
Circular - all rounded view

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The Theatre at Pompeii
PSB: Photo of Colloseum

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Huge = popular
Only partially standing

37
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The Theatre at Pompeii
Juvenal Satires

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Eppia, the wife of a senator, elopes with a gladiator (disgusting imagery) and ditches her pietas (duty to children, family, gods)

  • people would fall in love with the armour and bravery, but no their looks
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The Theatre at Pompeii
PSB: Large theatre at Pompeii

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Made of brick and stone
Tiers of seats = popular

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Roman Roads
Remains of a Roman road at Blackstone Edge, Manchester

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Embedded with flat stones
Straight

40
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What is Satire?

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Comedy which is partly true

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