HUM-2020 Lecture 5: Week 4 Things to Know
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Thamugadi: now algeria, colony for retired soldiers, part of roman empire, reflects rome"s idea of building an empire. Rome: tremendous economy, trade, culture sharing, great agriculture. Aeneas: trojan hero, son of anchises and venus. Virgil: great writer, vergil retired to current naples to write, wanted to rival the iliad, wrote the. Aeneid: wanted to be the next homer. Aeneid: on the surface, it praises augustus, but there is an underlying criticism. Palatine hill: city built by aeneas and virgil. Plebeians: a roman commoner, had their own council. Patronage: the power to control appointments to office or the right to privileges. Punic wars: series of 3 wars fought between rome and carthage. Pompey: one of greatest military generals of the time, eventually shifts loyalty to senate instead of first triumvirate, flees for greece. Spartacus: a thracian gladiator who was one of the escaped slave leaders in the third. A major slave uprising against the roman republic.
