CLST 214 Lecture Notes - Lecture 27: Epicureanism, Epicurus, Mercator Projection
21 Aug 2016
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Representing a spherical planet on a flat page. Ancient medieval maps: t. o map, t in the middle of a great big o, asia is at the top, europe on left, africa on right, designed as a decorative element, not meant to get you anywhere. If he gets a report from mesopotamia observing the same eclipse and noting the time, you can calculate the difference in time of the ecplise from east/west: rhodes/babylon/rome, long history of astronomical observations. Romans were heavily influenced by greek: took their scientific findings as well, greek culture more civilized", athenians send an embassy (3 philosophers) to rome. Diogenes the stoic: stoicism has just emerged and become quite popular. Rome has a culture of clients and patrons: clients are people who pay attendance of wealthy and powerful patrons, this relationship is their way of friendship. Philosophy and with its science became increasingly important to upper class romans.
