CLST 103 Lecture 1: W1L1 Introduction

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLST 103
• Professor: Christina Zaccagnino

Document Summary

At first there was a small village in rome, but over centuries, they were able to build a huge empire - > people with different backgrounds and origins with different native languages (ie. greek) Claudius lysias and paulus from tarsus: paul arrested in tarsus (modern turkey) was arrested because there were riots against him. Roman commander said paul has to be flogged: 58 a. d, centurion (claudius lysias = latin/roman origin, claudius = formerly a slave) bought his freedom/citizenship, paul was a citizen by birth. Rome located in central italy: convenient place for foundation of a city b/c it"s located in a wide coastal plain which includes a river (tiber river) Vitruvius: italy has a temperate climate, important for its people. There was a divine influence that placed the city of rome in its specific place. First conquered people who were close, then italy, then mediterranean and europe.