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Other large cities in the east
Alexandria (Egypt)
300, 000 inhabitants
Alexandria (Egypt)
Important spread in the Roman culture, law, and latin language.
Roman Cities
Resemble one another with their temples, markets, amphitheaters, and other public buildings
Roman cities
period of considerable prosperity
Early empire
resulted in unprecedented levels of trade
Internal peace
Merchants from all over the empire came to the chief Italian ports of Puteoli on the Bay of Naples and Ostia at the mouth of the Tiber River
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(Also) Developed during the early empire
Long distance trade beyond the Roman frontiers
helped foster growth of this trade
Economic expansion in both Roman and Chinese Empires
Built roads chiefly for military and trade use
Roman and Chinese empires
pacified bordering territories to reduce bandit threats that posed to traders
Roman and Chinese empires
Developed a network of trade routes and brought these 2 empires into commercial contact
Merchants
A regular caravan route between West and East
Silk Road
Remained the chief pursuit of most people and basis of Roman prosperity
Agriculture
Dominated agriculture; especially in southern and central Italy (particularly in Etruria and the Po Valley
Latifundia
depended on slaves for raising sheep and cattle
Large estates
Traveled to Rome to spread Greek thought and practices
Greek ambassadors, merchants, and artists
Where did rich Romans sent their sons/daughters to study?
Athens
Who said: “Captive Greece took captive her rude conqueror.”
Horace (roman poet)
Golden age of latin literature
Age of Augustus
Most distinguished poet of the Augustan age
Virgil
Virgil’s master piece; epic poem
Aeneid
epic poem clearly intended to rival the work of Homer
Aeneid
Largest city/town
Rome
labored in Roman households
Greek slaves
Where Aeneas, hero of Troy, settled in
Latium
his virtues are duty, piety, and faithfulness
Aeneas
he had fulfilled his mission to establish the Romans in Italy and thereby start Rome on its divine mission to rule the world
Aeneas
Who expressed that ruling was Rome’s gift
Virgil
Who did romans depend on for artistic inspiration
Greeks
Greek art placed in public buildings and ruch people’s houses
Greek statues
characterized by an intense realism that included even unpleasant physical details
Romans’ own portrait sculpture
They excelled in architecture
Romans
What the Romans adapted from Greek architecture
Colonnades and rectangular structures
Curvilinear forms: arch, vault, & dome were from the
Romans
first people in antiquity to use concrete on a massive scale
Romans
capable of seating 50,000 people
amphitheaters
Rome’s first code of law (designed for a simple farming society)
Twelve Tables
Romans developed a system of civil laws that applied to all their citizens
true or false
true
Part of the law that applied to both Romans and foreigners
law of nations
set of universal laws based on reason
natural law
natural law is based on
Stoicism
this enabled people to establish the standards of justice
natural law
true or false
a person was regarded as innocent unless proved otherwise
true
dominant male of the family
paterfamilias
true or false
Roman males believed that females did not need guardians like Greeks
false; they do believe in females having body guards
legal minimum age of marriage
12 [14 is most common]
Cicero’s beloved daughter
Tullia
most famous uprising in the Italian peninsula led by
Spartacus
They were much in demand as tutors, musicians, doctors, and artists
Greek slaves
They would employ Greek slaves to craftspeople or shop assistants
Roman businessmen
involved 70,000 slaves to revolt against him
Spartacus
largest population of any city in the empire
Ancient city of Rome
said: “But nowadays with no vote to sell, their motto is ‘Couldn’t care less’”
Juvenal (poet)
took place in amphitheaters
gladiator shows
most famous amphitheater was known as
The Colosseum
this mountain was thought to be extinct until its eruption in 79 C.E.
Mt. Vesuvius
This city was quickly buried under volcanic ash
Pompeii
These communities from the west were submerged beneath a mud flow
Herculaneum & other communities around the Bay of Naples
