Final review clst

Romans and greeks

- Not so great relationship

- Didnt like the philosophy
- Thought they were barbarians and fruity

Romans and people of Judea

- Not great relationship

- Cicero says they have barbaric practices
- Were not persecuted

Romans and Christians

-didnt like them because they didnt want to worship the emperprer

3 major philosophies

- Academny
o Rejected absolute truths
o Cicero
- Stoics
o Marcus a
o Seneca
o Self discipline
- Epicurisim
o God doesnt get involved with human affairs
o Goal of life is peace of mind and leisure
o Titus Lucrecius

4 principal virtues

- Seamliness
- Wisdom
- Social virtue
- spirit

12 tables

- First code of law

- In effect for 6th cent AD

Public law

-laws regarding state and people

Private law

-individuals vs individuals
Voodoo dolls

Literature

Trajan Libraries

2 ways to spread literature

-speak to audience

-circulate text

Famous authors

-virgil

-annead

-wanted in to be bured after death

-varro

- ovid

-means metemorphis

-write mostly about love

-exilled because he wrote a story about augustus daughter

Reading was seen as being soft

Writing was considered to be noble

Greek literature

-critisized by cato the elder

-most romans were happy to adopt literature/plays

Greek genressec

-comedy

-tradegy

Levels of literature

-elevated

-tradegy

-low

-comedy
Immatatio

-immitate greeks styles

Variation

-similar to greek but added roman flair

Second sophistic

-revival of greek literature in roman

Lucian Samosata

-creator of public dialogue

Hexameter

-satiric verse

-only non greek form of literature

-created by lucilius

Satira

-mix of humor and

3 types of historical writing

- Analystic
o Year by year chronology
- Bio
- Monograph
o Write on one topic/event

Poetry

- Parthenius of nicea
o Hellisinistic poets called Alexandrian
o doctrina
Referenced other older poets
Brought this idea to rome
- Neoteroi
o Ciceros name for younger poets
Silver age

-got over the hate for greek

Roman art

-146 was the sack of Corinth

- annexation of Greece

-becomes part of rome

-greek art begins to influence roman

-romans admired the 4th and 5th BCE greek art especially (classical art)

Neo-attic workshops

-roman art workshops making classical greek art pieces because they liked that time period

Greek vs roman sculptures

Arcitecture

- Specifically roman
o High podium with stairway
o Could only approach the temple from the front
o Engaged collums at back or straight wall at back

-striscan influences

-temple of Jupiter built in Etruscan style

-tripple sella

-Temple of Jupiter stator

-marble from Athens

-pentalic marble

-NIMS

Concrete

-made of volcanic ash

-lime water
 -sand

-important because it built better buildings

-articeture revelution

-incartus opus

-JUST RANDOM SHAPES

-opus reticulatum

-diamond shape

-opus testaceum

-more modern rectangle

Possanalum

- aquaducts

Inca

3 types of arches Arch

Bridges

-ponzianelius

-first stone bridge

Aquaduct

-ment to carry water

Pantheon

-the ultimate dome

-temple to all of the gods in rome

Baths

- Social thing
- Palastria
o Gym room/strechting room
- Tepidaria
o Kinda warm
- Caldrium
- Fredigidium
Latrinae

-toilet

Roman portraits

Idealistic

- Tries to make the person look good/young

Veristic

- No filter
- realistic

Ancestreal/funeral

-similar to veristic

Interior design

1st pompain style

-masonary made from stucco

-ment for upper middle class

-no figures

2nd style

- no more moulded stucco

- painted pictures of nature/ other acitecture

3rd style

- similar to 2nd style but less realistic

4th style

- combonation of all 3 styles

Art as propaganda

- why was it effective

o -most people couldnt read
 - Propagare
o To spread

Allegory