Classical Studies 2301A/B Lecture 2: Historical Background and Context

• School: Western University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: Classical Studies 2301A/B
• Professor: Randall Pogorzelski

Document Summary

Years bce count down (323 bce is the year before 322 bce) Ad: anno domini (in the year of the lord) Bce, ce, and bc all go after the year, but ad goes before the year (e. g. 2012 cd or ad 2012) There is no year zero; so 1 ce comes right after 1 bce. 23 bce (1st century), 123 bce (2nd century) 223 bce (3rd century) 323 bce (4th fourth century), etc. In the peloponnesus (mainland of greece) was inhabited continuously from ~20,000 3000 bce. 1st evidence of agriculture and the domestication of animals at the cave dates to ~6000 bce. O there were people living at this site for ~15,000 years before they developed agriculture; Ar(cid:272)heologi(cid:272)al e(cid:448)ide(cid:374)(cid:272)e suggests that agri(cid:272)ulture a(cid:374)d do(cid:373)esti(cid:272)atio(cid:374) arri(cid:448)ed as a so (cid:272)alled (cid:862)pa(cid:272)kage(cid:863) fro(cid:373) the middle east, rather than being developed in greece.