Ancient Roman Music
... The Roman organ was also played in more respectable settings such as the chamber style music being played by the ladies in the image below. In this image the organ has many more pipes, perhaps 30, but the smaller pipes may extend in a double row. These pipes are clearly smaller in proportion to the ...
... The Roman organ was also played in more respectable settings such as the chamber style music being played by the ladies in the image below. In this image the organ has many more pipes, perhaps 30, but the smaller pipes may extend in a double row. These pipes are clearly smaller in proportion to the ...
Mediterranean Anarchy, Interstate War, and the Rise of Rome
... was an exceptionally cruel interstate anarchy. Moreover, the present study finds the origins of the harsh characteristics of state and culture now shown to be not just Roman but common to all the ancient Mediterranean great powers, all the second-rank powers, and even many minor states as well, not s ...
... was an exceptionally cruel interstate anarchy. Moreover, the present study finds the origins of the harsh characteristics of state and culture now shown to be not just Roman but common to all the ancient Mediterranean great powers, all the second-rank powers, and even many minor states as well, not s ...
Greek and Roman housing
... Vitruvius, in his On Architecture, Book 8, discusses the Roman House, but in a theoretical nature. Pliny the Younger who authored two letters in the early 2nd century, giving detailed descriptions of two of his villas at Tusculum and Laurentium, in Italy. Cicero, Martial, Petronius, Statius and Sido ...
... Vitruvius, in his On Architecture, Book 8, discusses the Roman House, but in a theoretical nature. Pliny the Younger who authored two letters in the early 2nd century, giving detailed descriptions of two of his villas at Tusculum and Laurentium, in Italy. Cicero, Martial, Petronius, Statius and Sido ...
2016 GJCL Fall Forum Pentathlon Exam Section I: Latin Vocabulary
... Result clause b. indirect command c. hortatory d. relative clause of purpose What is the use of the subjunctive mood in possis (l. 2)? Result clause b. indirect command c. hortatory d. relative clause of purpose In Petis – possis (ll. 1-2), about what event does Pliny claim to have been asked to wri ...
... Result clause b. indirect command c. hortatory d. relative clause of purpose What is the use of the subjunctive mood in possis (l. 2)? Result clause b. indirect command c. hortatory d. relative clause of purpose In Petis – possis (ll. 1-2), about what event does Pliny claim to have been asked to wri ...
The mysterious Etruscans
... cultures. Those who know of the Greek Olympian gods (e.g. Zeus (king of the gods), Hera (his jealous wife), Aphrodite (goddess of love) and Athena (goddess of wisdom)) often feel that there was merely a simple conversion of them into their Roman counterparts. Indeed some deities, such as Apollo, ev ...
... cultures. Those who know of the Greek Olympian gods (e.g. Zeus (king of the gods), Hera (his jealous wife), Aphrodite (goddess of love) and Athena (goddess of wisdom)) often feel that there was merely a simple conversion of them into their Roman counterparts. Indeed some deities, such as Apollo, ev ...
- BYU ScholarsArchive
... Hellen’s grandsons Achaeus and Ionas. The sharing of “fundamental cultural values” and a “membership which identifies itself . . . and is identified by others” of Barth is synonymous with the ideas of Farney about a distinctive shared culture and a sense of communal solidarity. The one area that Bar ...
... Hellen’s grandsons Achaeus and Ionas. The sharing of “fundamental cultural values” and a “membership which identifies itself . . . and is identified by others” of Barth is synonymous with the ideas of Farney about a distinctive shared culture and a sense of communal solidarity. The one area that Bar ...
Level 1
... 9.(myth 2) What son of Agamemnon avenged his father’s death by killing his mother Clytemnestra? ORESTES 10.(hicu 3) Which part of the name of a Roman man was commonly abbreviated? PRAENŌMEN 11.(lang 6) Of the English words maternal, matron, mature, and matrimony, which does not come from the Latin n ...
... 9.(myth 2) What son of Agamemnon avenged his father’s death by killing his mother Clytemnestra? ORESTES 10.(hicu 3) Which part of the name of a Roman man was commonly abbreviated? PRAENŌMEN 11.(lang 6) Of the English words maternal, matron, mature, and matrimony, which does not come from the Latin n ...
Courses
... reform; survival and modern revival. CLAS 4063 Caesar Augustus: Architect of the Roman Empire 3 ch (3C/S) [W] A seminar dealing with the controversial career of Caesar Augustus, from his unexpected rise to power to his establishment of the Imperial system of government at Rome, through systematic an ...
... reform; survival and modern revival. CLAS 4063 Caesar Augustus: Architect of the Roman Empire 3 ch (3C/S) [W] A seminar dealing with the controversial career of Caesar Augustus, from his unexpected rise to power to his establishment of the Imperial system of government at Rome, through systematic an ...
Democracy and Civic Participation in Greek Cities under Roman
... (…) About magistracies and about sanctuaries and revenues, that they [scil. the Thisbeans who remained in Rome’s friendship] might have control of them; concerning this matter, it was resolved thus: that those who entered our friendship before Gaius Lucretius brought up his army to the city of Thisb ...
... (…) About magistracies and about sanctuaries and revenues, that they [scil. the Thisbeans who remained in Rome’s friendship] might have control of them; concerning this matter, it was resolved thus: that those who entered our friendship before Gaius Lucretius brought up his army to the city of Thisb ...
Elena Althaus 1. Description and Narrative analysis of the artwork
... The statue is a portrayal of one of the founding stories of Rome, that of Romulus and Remus, who were the sons of Mars with Rhea Silvia, a Vestal virgin. Mars, the god of war, represented the great military power of Rome. The Vestal virgins were women who dedicated their lives to Vesta, the goddess ...
... The statue is a portrayal of one of the founding stories of Rome, that of Romulus and Remus, who were the sons of Mars with Rhea Silvia, a Vestal virgin. Mars, the god of war, represented the great military power of Rome. The Vestal virgins were women who dedicated their lives to Vesta, the goddess ...
THE ORIGIN OF THE ROMAN DICTATORSHIP: AN OVERLOOKED
... And second, the evidence for Valerian tampering with the tradition is overwhelming. The reason for the new office is hardly varying. It was a military crisis. Dionysios has been misunderstood to imply political reasons (5'70f.). He says the plebeians were bringing up economic grievances (5.63 f.), b ...
... And second, the evidence for Valerian tampering with the tradition is overwhelming. The reason for the new office is hardly varying. It was a military crisis. Dionysios has been misunderstood to imply political reasons (5'70f.). He says the plebeians were bringing up economic grievances (5.63 f.), b ...
Livy - R Cannon
... morals, suffered severely in the Civil Wars of the 40s. The wars and the unsettled condition of the Roman world after the death of Caesar in 44 bc probably prevented Livy from studying in Greece, as most educated Romans did. Although widely read in Greek literature, he made mistakes of translation t ...
... morals, suffered severely in the Civil Wars of the 40s. The wars and the unsettled condition of the Roman world after the death of Caesar in 44 bc probably prevented Livy from studying in Greece, as most educated Romans did. Although widely read in Greek literature, he made mistakes of translation t ...
Latin Cults through Roman Eyes. Myth, Memory and Cult Practice in
... For my third and final case study (chapter IV), I have examined the cult of Jupiter Latiaris on the Alban Mount and its main festival, the feriae Latinae. As was shown through a detailed analysis of the literary discourse surrounding this cult, Jupiter Latiaris was presented in the Roman sources as ...
... For my third and final case study (chapter IV), I have examined the cult of Jupiter Latiaris on the Alban Mount and its main festival, the feriae Latinae. As was shown through a detailed analysis of the literary discourse surrounding this cult, Jupiter Latiaris was presented in the Roman sources as ...
The Etruscans—Tutors of Rome
... But Dionysius of Halicarnassus, who was from Ionia on the Aegean Sea, observed, “They don’t speak Lydian or worship Lydian gods.” But the art is similar. Wherever the Etruscans came from, they immediately produced a thriving culture in Italy based on farming, fishing, and commerce. The farming was ...
... But Dionysius of Halicarnassus, who was from Ionia on the Aegean Sea, observed, “They don’t speak Lydian or worship Lydian gods.” But the art is similar. Wherever the Etruscans came from, they immediately produced a thriving culture in Italy based on farming, fishing, and commerce. The farming was ...
歷史與文化課程
... serving concurrently, and this became a hereditary system for two family clans. The people of Sparta also had an assembly, but it was merely a forum for pledging allegiance to the rulers. The Spartans espouse (love) military might, and enforced a strict system of militarist education. ...
... serving concurrently, and this became a hereditary system for two family clans. The people of Sparta also had an assembly, but it was merely a forum for pledging allegiance to the rulers. The Spartans espouse (love) military might, and enforced a strict system of militarist education. ...
17kraus
... -5attention to the linguistic decorum (degree of poetic diction, elaboration of syntax, use of tropes, etc.) dictated by the passage’s content and purpose. Historiographical narrative includes scenes constructed from tragic and comic conventions (e.g., the story of Lucretia at Livy 1.57-9; see Wise ...
... -5attention to the linguistic decorum (degree of poetic diction, elaboration of syntax, use of tropes, etc.) dictated by the passage’s content and purpose. Historiographical narrative includes scenes constructed from tragic and comic conventions (e.g., the story of Lucretia at Livy 1.57-9; see Wise ...
WORLD HISTORY Rome - Chattooga High
... • 146 BCE – Carthage had been completely destroyed by Roman forces • Roman power was acknowledged and begrudged throughout the Mediterranean world – No kingdoms/tribes in contact with Rome could match its power – They had no hope of uniting against it • Greeks were astonished by the growth of Roman ...
... • 146 BCE – Carthage had been completely destroyed by Roman forces • Roman power was acknowledged and begrudged throughout the Mediterranean world – No kingdoms/tribes in contact with Rome could match its power – They had no hope of uniting against it • Greeks were astonished by the growth of Roman ...
1996 TEXAS JCL CONVENTION NOVICE LEVEL CERTAMEN
... What Greek, with a little help from Athena, killed Hector? ACHILLES What son of Hector was put to death during the sack of Troy? ASTYANAX State the Latin noun and its English meaning from which the English word 'nautical' is derived. NAUTA - SAILOR Do the same for 'library'. LIBER - BOOK Give both o ...
... What Greek, with a little help from Athena, killed Hector? ACHILLES What son of Hector was put to death during the sack of Troy? ASTYANAX State the Latin noun and its English meaning from which the English word 'nautical' is derived. NAUTA - SAILOR Do the same for 'library'. LIBER - BOOK Give both o ...
ancient history - educa.madrid.org
... In Spain, the Romans conquered almost the entire Peninsula. In these conquered territories, people had to speak Latin, but they mixed it with their own original languages, and this is how Castilian, Galician, Portuguese and Catalan languages were born. This is also why they are so similar! Because o ...
... In Spain, the Romans conquered almost the entire Peninsula. In these conquered territories, people had to speak Latin, but they mixed it with their own original languages, and this is how Castilian, Galician, Portuguese and Catalan languages were born. This is also why they are so similar! Because o ...
Images of Rome. - Durham Research Online
... image of a barbarian primaeval age to be rewritten." The Romans had introduced the culture of civilisation - roads, towns, bath-houses, taxes and the Latin language - a civilisation modern Western Europe was thought to have inherited. Christian Europe was also felt to have inherited its religious tr ...
... image of a barbarian primaeval age to be rewritten." The Romans had introduced the culture of civilisation - roads, towns, bath-houses, taxes and the Latin language - a civilisation modern Western Europe was thought to have inherited. Christian Europe was also felt to have inherited its religious tr ...
2002 TEXAS STATE CERTAMEN -- ROUND 1, UPPER LEVEL TU
... Give the Latin noun root and its meaning for precarious. PREX - PRAYER The English word viceroy is derived from two Latin nouns. For 5 points each, give them both along with their meanings. REX - KING & VICIS - CHANGE, OFFICE ...
... Give the Latin noun root and its meaning for precarious. PREX - PRAYER The English word viceroy is derived from two Latin nouns. For 5 points each, give them both along with their meanings. REX - KING & VICIS - CHANGE, OFFICE ...
Chapter 9 Introduction to the European and Mediterranean world
... A major legacy of the ancient world is democracy, a form of government that developed in ancient Greece. Many countries today (including Australia) have adopted democracy as their system of government. Some things have changed about the way it works, but its central ideas continue. Athens did not ha ...
... A major legacy of the ancient world is democracy, a form of government that developed in ancient Greece. Many countries today (including Australia) have adopted democracy as their system of government. Some things have changed about the way it works, but its central ideas continue. Athens did not ha ...
2010 EHS Certamen Tournament LOWER.doc
... 7. He succeeded his brother in law, as his mother Tanaquil had chosen not to support him originally for the throne. His brother Aruns was murdered by his own wife, and once in power, he secured the Sybilline books, though only after he denied them twice, resulting in 6 books of the original nine be ...
... 7. He succeeded his brother in law, as his mother Tanaquil had chosen not to support him originally for the throne. His brother Aruns was murdered by his own wife, and once in power, he secured the Sybilline books, though only after he denied them twice, resulting in 6 books of the original nine be ...
Ch.4 The Economic Organisation of Athens and Rome
... introduction to his three-volume work, Civilization & Capitalism, he questions the applicability of the modern idea of 'the economy as a homogeneous reality which can legitimately be taken out of context' and applied to the gradual progress of commerce and banking from its origins in pre-industrial ...
... introduction to his three-volume work, Civilization & Capitalism, he questions the applicability of the modern idea of 'the economy as a homogeneous reality which can legitimately be taken out of context' and applied to the gradual progress of commerce and banking from its origins in pre-industrial ...
Etruscan Map - Dublin City Schools
... SLIDE - She-Wolf. Rome, Italy. Bronze. 500-480 BCE. 2’ 7” tall. Skill of Etruscan bronze workers was widely known. Large-scale hollow casting. This is one of the most famous symbols of the city of Rome. Made FOR the city of Rome by Etruscan artist. According to Roman legend, this wolf nurtured & sav ...
... SLIDE - She-Wolf. Rome, Italy. Bronze. 500-480 BCE. 2’ 7” tall. Skill of Etruscan bronze workers was widely known. Large-scale hollow casting. This is one of the most famous symbols of the city of Rome. Made FOR the city of Rome by Etruscan artist. According to Roman legend, this wolf nurtured & sav ...
Classics
Classics (also Classical Studies) is the study of the languages, literature, laws, philosophy, history, art, archaeology and other material culture of Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome; especially during Classical Antiquity (ca. BCE 600 – AD 600). Traditionally, the study of Classical literature (Greek and Roman) was the principal study of the humanities.