Readings Flashcards
Who wrote Life of Cato
Plutarch
What did Plutarch write?
Life of Cato
What does Livy write?
Ab Urbe Condita
Who writes Ab Urbe Condita
Livy
What does Horace write?
Satire 2.6
Epodes 7, 16
Who writes Satire 2.6?
Horace
What does Juvenal write?
Satires 3, 2, 9
Who writes Satires 3, 2, 9?
Juvenal
What does Cicero write?
Pro Caelio
De Amicitia
De Senectute
Who writes Pro Caelio?
Cicero
What does Plautus write?
Pseudolus
Who writes pseudolus?
Plautus
What does Seneca write?
Natural Questions
Epistulae morales 7
Who writes Natural Questions?
Seneca
What does Apuleius write?
Apologia
Who writes Apologia?
Apuleius
Who writes Ars Amatoria?
Ovid
What does Ovid write?
Ars Amatoria
What does Petronius write?
Cena Trimalchionis
Who writes cena Trimalchionis?
Petronius
What does Suetonius write?
Life of Augustus
Who writes life of Augustus?
Suetonius
What does Pliny the Younger write?
Letters
Who writes Letters?
Pliny the Younger
What does Apuleius write?
The Golden Ass
Who writes The Golden Ass
Apuleius
Who writes Epistulae Morales 7
Seneca
What does Tacitus write?
The Annals
Germania
Who writes The Annals?
Tacitus
Who writes Epodes 7, 16?
Horace
What does Appian write?
Civil Wars
Who writes Civil Wars?
Appian
Who writes De Amicitia?
Cicero
Who writes De Senectute?
Cicero
What does Lucan write?
Bellum Civile
Who writes Bellum Civile?
Lucan
Who wrote Germania?
Tacitus
Who wrote Life of Antony?
Athanasius
What did Athanasius write?
Life of Antony
What is the main theme of Life of Cato?
Plain living - didn’t spend his money on surplus things
Equality - drank the same wine and ate the same bread as his slaves
TRADITIONAL ROMAN VALUES
What are the key themes in Ab Urbe Condita?
Romulus and Remus
Sabine Women
Republican struggles
(Romes virtues and vices)
What are the main themes in Satire 2.6?
Simple life in the countryside compared to the corrupt urban elite’s view of ambition and greed
What are the main ideas in Satire 3?
Condemns urban life and Rome’s moral decay
What is the key theme of Satire 2?
Mocks hypocrisy, especially regarding gender and sexuality
What idea does Satire 9 portray?
Targets the degradation of Patron-Client relationships
What is the premise of Pro Caelio?
Marcus Caelius Rufus is defended against charges of political and moral misconduct. Cicero uses wit and rhetoric to target Clodia’s character.
Clodia portrayed as a prostitute
What is the premise of Pseudolus?
It’s a comic play involving clever slaves, gullible masters and schemes.
Themes include wit, social inversion and absurdities of human behaviour
What themes does Natural Questions cover?
Natural phenomena - earthquakes, rivers, cosmos.
Nature = human existence
What is the premise of Apologia by Apuleius?
A defence speech against accusations of using magic to marry a wealthy widow.
Sorcery/supernatural occurances and philosophy
What does Ars Amatoria cover?
A playful yet controversial guide to love and seduction - offers advice to men and women which blends myth, humour and societal values
What does Cena Trimalchionis involve?
A decadent banquet by a freedman who has come into wealth … does wealth the wrong way.
Trimalchio is vulgar and doesn’t act like an elite
What is included in Life of Augustus?
Rise to power, political reforms and personal life - shows his impact on Rome
What do we see in Letters by Pliny the Younger?
Personal letters covering topics such as natural disasters (eruption of Vesuvius), Roman politics, and daily life
What does The Golden Ass portray?
Lucius is transformed into a donkey and has adventures to gain his human form - metamorphosis, religion, redemption
What is Epistulae Morales 7 showing?
Advises detachment from crowds and the moral dangers of public life.
What does The Annals show?
Critical history of Roman empire - corruption, tyranny, moral decline. Emperors such as Tiberius and Nero cause these issues
What does Epode 7 cover?
Horace laments civil war and Rome’s self destruction
What does Epode 16 show?
Envisions escape to a utopian land, contrasting Rome’s corruption with an idealised existence
What does Civil Wars by Appian show?
Julius Caesar and internal conflicts - the struggle between Octavian and Antony and the chaos and bloodshed of civil strife
What is Cicero’s De Amicitia about?
Dialogue on friendship, mutual respect, virtue and the moral basis of true companionship
What does Cicero’s De Senectute show?
Aging, celebrating its values, wisdom and the natural progression of life - virtuous old age is fulfilling
What is Bellum Civile about?
A poem about Roman civil wars - Caesar and Pompey.
Horrors of war and the downfall of the Republic with dramatic intensity
What does Germania study?
Germanic tribes, “barbaric” simplicity and virtue compared to Roman decadence - germans are a mirror for Roman corruption
What is the Life of Antony about?
Depicts the life of St. Antony - spiritual battles, asceticism, influence on the early church.
