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CATO THE ELDER AND THE ROMAN REPUBLIC Week Four less = without speech_____ fear_____ breath_____ ology = the study of cosmetology psychology meteorology I. Cato the Elder A spokesperson for traditional values, even as he benefits from the new world of commerce and internationalism II. Hellenistic Greece A. The Rise of Macedon Philip II (359-336) fills the vacuum left by the Greek disunity Assassination leaves the throne to son Alexander II. Hellenistic Greece B. Empire of Alexander the Great 1. Alexander’s conquests (334-323) Military victories to India 2. Binding together an empire Respected local customs Alliances through marriage New cities: Alexandria in Egypt Alexander’s empire III. The Roman Republic A. Roman ideals Farming in Latium Paterfamilias: system in which father has total authority; curia Traditional values Honesty, hard work, frugality, and farming Legends of early Rome: Cincinnatus and Remus and Romulus paterfamilias Cincinnatus plowing his land Roman legend of Romulus and Remus III. Roman Republic B. Etruscan realities (800-500) Not so provincial Etruscan League. Urban growth Not so ideal Class divisions between patricians and plebeians Political inequalities in the new centuriate Legacy of the Etruscans Rome transforms into a unified, prosperous urban center IV. Roman Imperialism A. Political expansion Military campaigns brought all of Italy under Roman control by 264. B. Punic Wars First Punic War (265241): Rome outlasts Carthage The Punic Wars IV. Roman Imperialism Second Punic War Cato joins the army Hannibal’s epic march— with elephants!—inflicts devastation on Romans. Romans rally; defeat Hasdrubal; take the fight to North Africa Third Punic War Cato: “Carthage must be destroyed” Hannibal’s elephants IV. Roman Imperialism C. Expansion into the Hellenistic East phobia = the fear of acrophobia claustrophobia arachnophobia ian/or = a person who . . . centenar_____ vegetar_____ librar_____ What suffix could finish these? V. The Roman Republic A. Cato’s rise to power Public service An arbitrator of disputes Patronage Flaccus: a young nobleman from a patrician family Sabine farm V. The Roman Republic B. Cato’s offices and republican civilization Military tribune Aedile Quaestor Censor Consul: Oppian Law and the women’s rebellion Governor of Hispania: ruthless destruction and then incorporation of the conquered V. The Roman Republic Plebeian resistance Law of the Twelve Tables Cato’s support of democratic reform Traditional values Severity Frugality Simplicity Reading the Twelve Tables Tour of a Roman home V. The Roman Republic Crisis of Roman Virtue Gender roles change More luxury Urban squalor Cato, like many others, complicit in these changes Cato as a transitional figure—Janus-faced Roman fly-over Epilogue The Cato Institute A prominent libertarian think tank in Washington, D.C.
