Quiz 2 Flashcards
Virtus
Quality of being a man, found in combat
“courage”
Honos
reward for Virtus, respect or mark of honor in roman public office.
Horatii vs Curiatii
Horatti brother survived and became a symbol of pietas for rome (Publius Horatius)
Pietas
Fulfilling ones duty to gods, state, and family
Gaius Mucius “lefty”
let his hand get burned off for Rome
*sign of virtus
Cincinnatus
Is given emergency powers and surrenders it after the war
*virtus over wealth
Marcus Curtius
Sacrifices himself in earthquake for Rome
Displays virtus and pietas
Gallic sack of rome
“voe victus” woe to the defeated people
*weak suffer what they must to victors
Freudian analysis of marcus curtius
Forum is for men
Earth (women) attacks forrum
Foreign / Domestic Roman women
Foreign:
* can intervene in gov
* religious one can shape world
Domestic
* no power
Sibyline Books
Used in times of need to guide government for 1200 years
Snake crack at temple of apollo
foreshadowed defeat to Hannibal
omen to future
Tanaquil of Etruia
Picked servius tullius as king with a prophecy
Helped establish divinity being true
Women Role models
Lucretia, Verginia, Rhea
Women Cautionary Tales
Horatia, Tarpeia
Lucretia
Is raped and kills herself, leads to end of Roman monarchy
Verginia
Tyrant’s son (claudius) attempts to enslave Verginia, father kills her
*led to tyranny being ended
Horatia
Killed for engaging an enemy
Tarpeia
Betrayed Rome to Sabines, Sabines killed her
Sabine Women
Stood between Sabine and Roman armies
*destiny
RSVP
Ritual, Sacrifice, Vows, Prayers
Pagan beliefs
-Purpose to appease deities
- Prayer/Sacrifice guarantee benefits
-Afterlife is almost universal
-very public
Guilt is…
generational
*fathers sins must be fixed
*neglected gods give many woes
Sacra
Rites