Classical Studies 2301A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Ron Goldman, Political Crime, Collection Agency

• School: Western University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: Classical Studies 2301A/B
• Professor: Randall Pogorzelski

Document Summary

Week 1: introduction to crime and punishment in ancient greece and rome. 249 bce, the roman carthage fought in the 1st punic war; roman consul publius claudius. Pulcher was in command of 123 ships set out to attack the carthaginian fleet; As an admiral, you are not allowed to engage in battle unless the gods favor in the battle; Whe(cid:374) claudius did the test, the (cid:272)hi(cid:272)ke(cid:374)s did (cid:374)ot eat, a(cid:374)d so he said, (cid:862)if they (cid:449)o(cid:374)(cid:859)t eat, let the(cid:373) dri(cid:374)k! (cid:863) a(cid:374)d he ordered for the(cid:373) to (cid:271)e thro(cid:449)(cid:374) i(cid:374)to the sea; He attacked the carthaginian fleet and suffered a major defeat, losing 93 of his ships; We(cid:859)ll investigate similarities and differences between ancient, and modern ideas of crime & punishment. We(cid:859)ll look at representations of ancient crime and punishment. We(cid:859)ll lear(cid:374) a(cid:271)out ho(cid:449) the greeks a(cid:374)d o(cid:373)a(cid:374)s (cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:272)ei(cid:448)ed the (cid:272)ategory of (cid:858)cri(cid:373)i(cid:374)al(cid:859)