HUMA 2105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Pomerium, Fasces, Pietas
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Building the republic: early heroes and heroines of rome. Trojan prince aeneas, son of venus: quality of pietas, survival, endurance, community oriented. Romulus and remus and the she-wolf: anger, violent, strength. Literacy is coming about trade throughout the mediterranean. Original period of urban settlement and development of monarchic government. Military control established over the italian peninsula. Civic institutions strengthened (census, assemblies, magistrates, festivals and other religious ceremonies) Conflict between patricians and plebeians resolved peacefully. Levels of citizenship extended to colonies and towns. Expansion of the empire in the mediterranean. Roman experimentation with greek forms of literature (comedy/tragedy, epic poetry, Influx of slaves form around the mediterranean history) After the death of lucrecia, brutus is known as the liberator. This moment forth was the republic (res publica = common cause) Share consulship as a check on the other"s power. Fasces: bundle of rods with an axe head. Imperium; absolute authority: begins and ends a war, army command, executive decisions.