CLST 103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Lucretius, Melqart, Taberna

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

Document Summary

Siparum = triangular sail that was added on top of the normal ones that are used. In the naples area, bay of luxury, where mount vesuvius was. Bread and circus = way to relax, feed, and entertain the poor, and make them feel less disparity between the rich. Pompeii: able to preserve the bread, and can see that it"s exactly how it"s depicted in the painting. Cash: was not generally used a lot back then. Used barter a lot, or provided services to get stuff. Even ones who owned estates or was in upper classes could be short of cash. Martial: slaves had to go every morning to greet (salutatio) their masters: caecilianus: satiric text, hungry, but it was too late for breakfast and too early for lunch. Tiberius looked like his mother, livia, a lot. Livia = second wife of augustus, and was very beloved <3: forum clodii slightly north of rome.