CLAS 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Arcadius, Labarum, Pope Leo I

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLAS 1000
• Professor: John Walsh

Document Summary

Augustus (27 bce-14 ce: pantehnon, completed in 126 ce, religious and political building. Claudius (41-54 ce: religion and roman state deeply intertwined. Julius caesar begins his life as a flamine. Suovetaurilia sacrifice of mars: 3 animals: pig, sheep and bull. Victimarius: would be the dealer in beasts for sacrifice. Haruspex: priest, used to dig into the organs to find a message from the gods. Edward gi(cid:271)(cid:271)o(cid:374)s suggests that o(cid:374)e reaso(cid:374)s to ro(cid:373)e"s de(cid:272)li(cid:374)e (cid:449)as that ro(cid:373)a(cid:374)s tur(cid:374)ed a(cid:449)ay from their tradition religion. Battle of the milvian bridge: constantine vs. maxentius, constantine looked into the sky and saw the ixoye (jesus fish) In hoc signo vinces in this sign you conquer. Battle of adrianople 378 ce: bulgaria. Valens: flavius julius valens augustus was a eastern roman emperor from 364 to 378, marius (gaius marius, roman general and statesman. Battle of adrianolpe: beginning of the end of the roman empire, athens 395 ce army made it through into athens.