CLA219H1 Lecture Notes - Plebs, Lesbia, Portico
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Exam format: cumulative, material from the entire semester. In ancient literature, the way people are portrayed doesn"t necessarily correspond to reality. Some emperors portrayed as perfect emperors, and others portrayed as absolute tyrants. Next to lucretia, who is a legendary figure, cornelia is the one roman figure that appears as an absolute embodiment of a good woman. Identified mostly through her motherhood, mother of tiberius and gaius. Daughter of famous roman man, scipio africanus, whose name comes from the fact that he defeated hannibal. Married to tiberius sempronius gracchus (name is an example of tripartite naming system in rome) Second part: name of the family, clan. Cognomen (last part): kind of nickname that gets attached to the man. Problem: many members of the family with the same name. Women only named by the second part. They get the female form of the family name. If father"s name is gaius julius caesar, girl would be named julia.
