final Flashcards
parents of achilles
PELEUS and THETIS (Juno and Jupiter)
wedding of Juno and Jupiter
didn’t invite Discordia/Eris and she was pissed
–> wanted to cause problems so she manufactured a solid gold apple and labelled it for the most beautiful
–> chucked that shit into the party
–> goddesses starting squabbling over the apple
Paris
human (prince of Troy)
was the one to decide who got the golden apple (who was the most beautiful goddess)
Troy was a huge city and the king of Troy was an important person so they accepted his decision
sent mercury to give Paris the apple
what did juno, minerva, and venus offer Paris? (hera, athena, aphrodite)
Hera –> promised him to be king of Europe and Asia
Athena –> promised him skill so that he can conquer the whole world + wisdom
Aphrodite –> promised him Helem of Sparta as his wife (most beautiful woman in the world)
trojan war
the greeks sail against troy to get Helen of sparta back
–> can’t take troy because the walls are too high so they come up with the trojan horse
–> make them think its a gift for minerva
–> trojans wanted to steal the gift and take it into troy themselves but the horse was filled with greek soldiers
–> greeks snuck out of the horse while trojans were partying and let in the rest of the army
GREEKS WON
praenomen
first name
referred to at home
nomen
family name
referred to outside of home
women would take the feminine version
cognomen
extra name
cognomina
extra titles, accomplishments added to name
plebian vs patrician
plebian –> poor
patrician –> rich
struggle of the orders
attempt by the plebians to get the same rights as the patricians
where did wealth come from
land
equestrians
equites –> cavalrymen
went into cavalry to show wealth since u had to buy ur own equipment
businessmen, would make money through trading –> “bad money”
senatorial order
men who get their money from land and are involved in politics
run for office
equestrian order
men who get their money from business
how do you show you’re part of the senatorial/equestrain ordeer
obtain a ring to show everyone you’re a part of them
what do you need to get into the senatorial/equestrian order
equestrian: need 400,000 sesterces (big bronze coins) worth of land
senatorial: need 800,000 sesterces worth of land
–> had to have served as quaestor to be eligible
(t/f) senatorial/equestrian position is hereditary
TRUE
Novus Homo
“new man”
someone who was an equestrian who was able to become a member of the senatorial order
have to give up family business they inherited and buy land with the money
patroni
PATRONS
would provide legal support/advice
–> spend time each morning helping clients
clientes
CLIENTS
expected to act as the patron’s agents –> run errands
–> support when he runs for political office
sources of slaves
mostly people who were captured in foreign wars
also from kidnapping, crimes, exposed babies, punishment, children of slaves
peculium
slave’s wages
paegagogi
slaves who were tutors or teachers
(t/f) roman slaves are more expensive
FALSE
–> greek slaves were more expensive because they were smarter/more civilized
slave hunters
people who would hunt down slaves
–> if you harbor someone’s runaway slave, you’re charged with theft
–> slave is also charged with theft if he runs away (he stole himself)
spartacus
gladiator who led a slave revolt of all slaves in the area
slave revolts
all slaves part of a slave revolt were killed
–> encourages people to rat others out
–> one person getting killed > everyone getting killed
vigintiviri
elected for 1 year
20 people, later 26 aged early 20s
college of minor magistrates, consisted of 6 boards
elections are in July for the next year
quaestor
elected for 1 year
20 people, aged 27-30
financial officials
aedile
elected for 1 year
4 people
look after city, grain supply, games
praetor
elected for 1 year
8 people
judges, run courts
propraetor
PROVINCIAL GOVERNOR
former praetor
picked by lot
consul
elected for 1 year
2 people, aged 42
took care of military, legislative, administrative, supervisory responsibilities
proconsul
PROVINCIAL GOVERNOR
picked by lot
looked after more difficult provinces
–> wanted them in provinces w military problems
Censor
elected for 18 month term every fifth year
2 people
count citizens and assign them to one of the 35 tribes
set taxes, state contracts, and public building contracts
add new senators from senatorial order, moral oversight of senate, removal of corrupt officials
perform lustrum
lustrum
performed on the Campus Matrius to mark the end of the census in may, 17 months after their election
suovetaurilia
triple sacrifice of a boar, a ram, and a bull
names for slaves and freedmen
only have one name and would adopt their previous master’s praenomen and nomen
–> old name would be their cognomen
roman numerals
I = 1
V=5
X=10
L=50
C=100
D=500
M=1,000
babari
non-romans
servei
slaves
liberti
freedmen
ingenui
freebron
3 factors status among romans
- citizenship: only free(d) adult men could be citizens
- freedom: are you/have you ever been a slave?
- wealth: are you a patrician or a plebeian?
peculium
slave’s allowance
–> could use it to buy their freedom
latifundia
big slave farms
manumissio
act of freeing slaves
manumit
ceremony of freedom
pileus
point hat given to freed slaves but also a normal hat that people wore
2 ways to free a slave
- tell a slave that he is free
- slave can be made a citizen
cursus honorum
hierarchy of political offices
dictator
appointed by senate for max 6 months
serves alongside magister equitum who is a subordinate colleague
senate
made of 600 members
former office holders chosen by censors from the senatorial order
supreme decision making body of the Roman state
ratifies electrons and laws after being voted upon
tribune of the plebes
5 people, later 10
elected every year for 1 year terms starting on Dec 10
–> elected only by plebians
have sancrosactitatas
sacrosanctitatas
power of the tribune of the plebes
they cannot be touched, assaulted, or trespassed upon
plebiscita
laws passed by the plebes
fasces
symbol of imperium
dictator was entitled to 24 lictors and faces
consul entitled to 12
insula
apartment buildings
supposed to be 5 stories tall, but people frequently broke this rule
ground floor could commonly be shops and shop owners would live right above
Insula Felicles
bulding that was so tall it was written about in africa
domus
Roman house
only upper class
atrium (house)
hall
fauces (house)
passage
tablinum (house)
passage room
hottus (house)
garden
peristylium (house)
inner court/garden surrounded by pillared arcades
exedra (house)
garden room
vestibulum (house)
entrance
taberna(house)
shop
cubiculum (house)
bedroom
implucium (house)
shallow basin
ala (house)
open side room
piscina (house)
fishponf
triclinium (house)
dining-room
postium (house)
backdoor
andron (house)
passage
culina (house)
kitchen
villa
country house
where would the toilets be
in the kitchen –> where the water is
conclave/forica
public toilet