CLST 340 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: The Consul, Pietas, Spolia Opima

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLST 340
• Professor: Bernard Kavanagh

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Half fill in the blanks and the other half will be an essay one is geographic (discuss the signifance of the place), one will be on the study of certain people (like a name), in part scientific (answer one) Duilius was the first person to win a naval battle. In honour of his win he got the columna rostrata, was a column with beaks which are the prows of boats. What survives is the inscription of the columna: first consul to win a naval battle, beat the carthaginians, more physical proof or evidence. In the inscription mention os made of his capture of 1 septireme and 30 quinquriemers and triremes. Earlier i(cid:374) the sa(cid:373)e (cid:455)ear, duilius" fello(cid:449) (cid:272)o(cid:374)sul cn. cor(cid:374)elius s(cid:272)ipio, a(cid:374)d his fleet had been caught unawares and captured by a carthaginian fleet. He was ransomed but thereafter received a new cognomen, asina (she-ass)