Rome - CH3 Flashcards
Julius Caesar
Conquers Rome & tries to rebuild it, Reforms laws, tax, reduce debt, grated citizenship to non-Italians, Marcus Junius Brutus assassinated him
Octavian (Caesar Augustus)
Changes name to Cesar Augustus, Enacted Pax Romana (relative peace), Considered Rome’s first emperor, Absorption of Greek culture
“Song of Seikilos”
This song was composed so that Seikilos may remember his dead wife
Stoicism
virtue: resigned from emotions
Epictetus
Was a Stoic philosopher ,slave in rome
Marcus Aurelius
stoic emperor, “meditations” (book)
Ovid
Epic poetry, Ovid’s Metamorphoses, “everything changes nothing perishes” , Source for many European writers, artists, and sculptors . Theme? love
Virgil’s Aeneid
written by Virgil, epic poem of Aeneis, influenced by the Iliad & Odyssey. Aeneis starts where the Iliad ends. Aeneis is cousin of Hector, mother is venus (god of love). Connects where rome comes from. Duty to state, virtue (destiny), Whats philosophy? & Romes duty to the world
Keystone
Barrel Vault
Aqueduct
Colosseum
Collosseum
Amphitheater: place to view on all sides, “ampi”-around, 50,000 people, gladiatorial combat, underground corridor, vomitorium- 78 large entrance/exit (everyone can leave within 15 minutes), poles on top provides shade and shelter.
The Pantheon
Trajan’s Victory Column
Augustus of Prima Porta
Arch of Constantine
Relief sculpture depicting story of his victory during the battle of milvian bridge against Maxentius, no single image of Christianity on the arch
