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Rome Ancient Rome: The Spirit of Empire The Drama of Roman History The Rise of Republican Rome: City founded in 753 B.C. (legend) Republic: government of representatives chosen to act for the people at large Romans conquered Italian peninsula Struggle between patricians and plebeians After Italy, the Mediterranean: Punic Wars 146 B.C. Romans conquered Corinth and the entire Hellenistic world and culture. Julius Caesar(100-44 B.C.) conquered Gaul (France) and had himself named dictator for life in 46 B.C. Assassinated in 44 B.C. Octavian (63 B.C.-A.D. 14) defeated Mark Antony in 31 B.C. Imperial Rome Romans rude farmers compared to cultured Athenians Culture began under Octavian (Caesar Augustus: Pax Romana: “I found Rome a city of bricks and left it a city of marble.” Virgil: The Aeneid Romans absorbed Greek culture and were very practical. The Art of an Empire Statues and buildings: political advertisements Augustus: Augustus of Primaporta, Ara Pacis Trajan: Forum, Basilica Ulpia, Column of Trajan The Architecture of Rome Buildings for practical purposes: Basilicas, baths,, libraries Innovations: concrete and the arch Arch: flexible construction Barrel vault, cross vault, dome Concrete: quick and inexpensive allowed for fast construction Roman Buildings Concentrated on interiors Buildings for recreation: baths were beauty salon, library, shopping mall Basilica of Constantine Baths of Caracalla Colosseum The Pantheon Only building from Antiquity entirely preserved.Dedicated to the 7 planetary gods Built by Hadrian in A.D. 120 Interior is perfect hemisphere 30 ft. opening:oculus for light Roman Art and Daily Life Family: basis of social identity. Paterfamilias Women: confined social roles, but could own property, divorce their husbands, and could inherit husband’s wealth. Pompeii Destroyed in 79 by eruption of Mt. Vesuvius First excavated in the 18th century: offers glimpse of Roman household & decoration atrium; wall paintings; mosaic Busts to commemorate family members: realistic renditions. Death masks Roman Theater and Music Entertainment: a birthright! Theater: Comedies and tragedies borrowed from Hellenistic empire. Plautus: comic playwright: farces, coarse humor. Terence: Fully developed characters. Greeks easier to mock. Seneca: Tragedian. Exaggerated plots. Bear fighting and gladiator fights were preferred to plays. Pantomime. Elements of farce, improbable situations, exaggeration and horseplay. Often obscene spectacles Theaters were large structures with multi-storied stages. Up to 60,000 spectators Masks and wigs: Men still played all the roles. Actors were often slaves; not respected Roman Music and Dance Imitated Greek music and instruments Orators had musicians play for effect Tuba, horn, organ (hydraulis), aulos, cythara (twelve-stringed lyre) Roman Poets Catullus: lyric poet who studied Sappho; wrote love poems Ovid: poet. Metamorphoses: Source for many other European writers, such as Chaucer and Shakespeare Vergil: epic poet. Aeneid celebrated traditional Roman values; propaganda for Roman imperialism Story of Aeneas, Trojan warrior’s adventures. Unifying theme: destiny Dido and Aeneas Roman Satire Superior over the Greeks Satire: artistic form that wittily ridicules human folly or vice. Horace: fables Juvenal: Criticism of Roman life. Roman Philosophy Lucretius: Good is moderate and lasting pleasure. Epicureanism Stoicism: duty and world order. Divine reason controlled the universe. Happiness was in social duty. Marcus Aurelius: Meditations (stoic Roman character) Rome’s Division and Decline Diocletian: Empire had grown unwieldy. Divided into East and West. In the third century, Constantine moved the capital to the East, in Constantinople or Istanbul, Turkey.