CLAS 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Publius Clodius Pulcher, Foreskin, Palestine Exploration Fund
5 Jun 2018
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RELIGION AT ROME
roman myth
interpretatio graeca
• Romans took myths of the greeks and
interpreted them
o Romans were inspired by the greeks
o Made the greek gods roman
roman religion
the state
• Romans saw religion as an expression of
state identity
o Myths were driven to support the
state
o Vestal virgin
▪ Prayers designed to protect
rome
religious practices
mos maiorum
omen
augury
• zeus had given the sign of 12 eagles
o all major events in the calendar had to
get approval by the gods
o romans were suspicious about birds
▪ if they were flying the wrong way
then they suspended illegal
activity
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publius clodius pulcher
would not go into battle unless the chickens
behaved appropriately
• if the chickens ate then the gods supported
roman success
• if the chickens did not eat then the gods did
not support roman success
o he went to battle one time when
they did’t eat ad he failed
o augury- its true!!!
kingdoms of Israel and Judah
9th/8th century bc
• as an offshoot of Christianity, 2 kingdoms were
founded
o Israel=north
o Judah=south
babylonian captivity
6th century bc
• The jewish ppl were absorbed by the Babylonians
o Expansion sees the destruction of the
jewish temple
• Jewish ppl were led into captivity by the
Babylonians
nebuchadnezzar ii
Babylonian king
• He committed a crime by destroying the temple
o The temple was a storage place for an
object of great value- the arc of the
covenant
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ark of the covenant
holds tablets of the ten commandments
cyrus the great
freed the jewish ppl in 539bc
• Cyrus
o Assembled an army
o Freed the jewish ppl from the Babylonians
o Gave them a huge amount of money to rebuild a temple
seleucid and ptolemaic empires
the jews were being hellenized
• The jews found it difficult to be included in
civilization
o If they wanted to be greek they
needed to participate in the
gymnasium
▪ Greeks did’t iruise
o The jews did
He's oe ak here ith a old a ho's filthy, huhaked, rethed, rikled, ald,
toothless, and, by God, I think he's psolos too! (Aristophanes, Wealth 265–67)
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Document Summary
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