Transcript Day 7 Legacy of Rome

Legacy of Rome
Ms. Carmelitano
Greco-Roman Culture
– Preservation of Greek Culture
– Mixture of Roman and Greek (Hellenistic) culture
– Educated Romans learned Greek language
– Classical civilizations are a mix of Greek, Roman, and Hellenistic
cultures
– The Romans preserved Greek learning, writing, and culture
Roman Art
– Realistic
– Sculptures
– Bas-relief or low-relief: images project from a flat background
– Mosaics
– Pictures made by setting small pieces of glass or tile onto surface
– Villas and country houses had at least one
– Painting
– Murals called frescoes were painted on walls of the wealthy
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A Fresco is a painting made on damp plaster to brighten villas
Literature
– Philosophy
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Stoicism
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Zeno: Greek Stoic
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Encouraged virtue, duty, moderation, endurance
– Roman Themes:
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Virtue, duty
– Virgil: writer
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Aeneid – epic of Aeneas modeled after epics of Homer
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The epic follows Aeneas, a Trojan soldier, destined to build the city of Rome
– Ovid: Poet
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Wrote light poetry for enjoyment
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Amores: is a poem about love
Literature
– History
– Livy
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Roman Historian
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Wrote a multivolume history of Rome beginning in 9BCE
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It holds legends, as well as history
– Tacitus
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Accurately preserved historical facts of Rome
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He wrote Annals and Histories
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Accurately catalogued Roman morality, and lack there of
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Including a depiction of Nero’s cruelty
Language
– The Romans spoke Latin
– This became the language of learning in the west and the Catholic Church
– Developed into French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Romanian
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Romantic languages
– Half of the words in English are based on Latin
Buildings
– Roman Architecture
– Arch
– Dome
– Concrete
– Aqueducts
– Brought water into cities and towns
– Colosseum
– Roads
– Pantheon
System of Law
– The Roman’s most lasting contribution
– The Romans believed that law should be fair and applied equally to all people
– All people had the right to equal treatment under the law
– A person should be punished for actions not thoughts
– All people are innocent until proven guilty
– The burden of proof on accuser
– Laws should be fair
Pompeii
– Excellent example of frescoes
– Pompeii was a city located near Mt Vesuvius, which
erupted in 79 CE
– Ash rained down over the city, preserving the people and
objects in ash
– Including the Frescos
Pompeii
– Attracted the wealthy due to its warm climate, and fertile soil