HUMA 1105 Lecture 1: Thursday Jan 7 2016
5 Feb 2016
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The king tullus had been killed by the thunderbolt sent by jupiter. Ancus, servius and other one (*3 kings) are not connected to other eachother through blood when they succeed the throne + they are good kings * important point. Tarquinius is not roman, and infact is from greek descent. The story shows that rome allows outsiders to take the throne. Servius, the future king, when he was a kid had his head burst into flames * important point also in the aeneid. Two brothers marry two sisters: tarquinius superbus = tullia the elder (the daughter of servius tullius. Arruns = tullia the younger (the daughter of. Two partners realize their spouses are not compatible for each other. So, they kill their spouses and marry eachother. The fact that sons no longer obeying their fathers is breaking down the morality of rome. Rome begins with the rape (rhea silvia), ends with a rape of lucreatia.
