CLST 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Gaius Gracchus, Scipio Aemilianus, Livius Andronicus

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLST 201
• Professor: Bernard Kavanagh

Document Summary

Italica, near hispalis (seville: famous descendants = trajan and hadrian o. Following death of m. claudius marcellus in 207 and q. fabius maximus in 203. In 199 b. c, became censor and princeps senatus (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) Kids = publis, lucius, cornelia major, cornelia minor. Rome = big and rich with wealth and slaves from carthage. Learned latin, once freed became a writer known as livius. Wrote version of odyssey in latin. (cid:1) (cid:1) Rome was now big, new wealth and people, senate did not know if new situation was good for the state (patria) Senate opposed: the cult of bacchus, new god/religion outlawed the cult in italy. (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) Consul t. quintius flaminius also expansionist: believed in empire extension + new ideas, they were philhellenes, love all things greek. 2nd macedonian war (200-197) (small greek states asked. Romans for help to be freed from phillip v of macedon)