Classical Studies 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Augustus Of Prima Porta, Attic Greek, Scholia

• School: Western University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: Classical Studies 1000
• Professor: Robert Stanley Brown

Document Summary

Sources for antiquity: how do we know what happened in the greek and roman world? do we know what events meant to the ancients, how do we know when it happened, how. These dates are a modern convention and reflect the modern calendar not ancients" calendar year 1 is when jesus was born. 476 this is the time period the course covers. Bc = before chirst", ad = anno domini in the year of our lord". Ad (ce) : the ancient situation was more complex. Strong awareness of changing seasons and months (astronomy) Many calendars for individual cities all wrong, didn"t work mocked by playwrights like. Aristophanes gods weren"t given what they were due at the right times. Caesar reformed the roman calendar - 10 months to 11 months adding july - next emperor added. Biggest difference between ancient and modern is the weekend. Bc, founding of rome 753/2 bc, trojan war 183/2 bc.