moral decadence

Question 1

what is moral decadence about

Answer 1

moral laxity as the cause for romes failings

Question 2

what was moral decadence written

Answer 2

23bc

Question 3

who is moral decadence by

Answer 3

horace

Question 4

who is monaeses

Answer 4

parthian who attacked antony in 36bc

Question 5

who is pacorus

Answer 5

a parthian who invaded syria killed in 38bc

Question 6

who does ethiopians refer to

Answer 6

egyptians

Question 7

who is pyrrhus

Answer 7

king if epirus (greece) who tried invading italy in 208bc

Question 8

who is antiochus

Answer 8

syrian king subjugated by the romans in 188bc

Question 9

who are the sabine

Answer 9

an early italian tribe merged with rome after the rape of sabine women

Question 10

what does the quote “you’ll still expiate your fathers sins till youve restored the temples” imply

Answer 10

-as time goes on each generation becomes more morally lax
- lack of care towards temples
- the romans must restore their religion for the gods to be satisfied and help them (pax deorum)
-fathers refers to recent and ancient events e.g. remus being killed by romulus was seen as kind of original sin

Question 11

what does the quote ‘neglected gods have made many woes for sad italy’ imply

Answer 11

romans regard their empire as a reward for piety towards the gods it is possible for the gods to withdraw their support meaning that rome will lose military dominance which will lead to instability of the empire - broken pax deorum

Question 12

what quote links to the parthian defeat of 53bc leading to the lapse in moral standards

Answer 12

already parthian’s Monaeses and Pacourus have crushed our inauspicious assults

Question 13

what quote means parthia is not a military power that is meant to rival rome

Answer 13

added our spoils to their meagre treasures

Question 14

what can be said about the quote ‘our age fertile in its wickedness’

Answer 14

horace uses juxtaposition and presents a shift in the poem the blame has now been shifted from the ancestors of rome to the current generation

Question 15

what can be said about the quote ‘defiled the marriage bed’

Answer 15

rome is in desperate need of the leges iuliae
it’s a metaphor because marries women aren’t being loyal the gods are unhappy and haven’t granted the romans military success
morality inextricably linked with military success

Question 16

what can be said about the quote ‘young girls take delight in learning greek dances’

Answer 16

young women are being corrupted by greek culture which is seen as wrongly luxurious
dancing was something that slaves women would do for the entertainment of their masters it has the implication of selling herself
the fact that the women is young shows that her parents are also either corrupt of complicit

Question 17

what quote tells us that great soldiers cannot be made from umpire blood and references to the punic wars

Answer 17

the young men who stained the punic sea with blood they were not born of such parentage

Question 18

how does horace end the poem

Answer 18

he calls the reader to undo the moral damage that has been done to rome and to re establish romes relationship with the gods