HUMAN 1A Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Ancient Greek Temple, Pyrrhic Victory, Ancient Carthage
1 Dec 2016
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A national geographic entity with flexible borders and a proclivity for expansion that places an extensive group of peoples and/or territories under a single supreme authority. Referring to rome - a city in the middle of italy (traditionally founded in 753 bc), originally a tiny city-state. Roman" (and ancient rome") can refer to the roman empire, the vast collection of territories that rome conquered. Roman" gradually becomes a broad legal, political, and cultural category (rather than a narrow geo one) Gradual induction of conquered elites into imperial power structures. Born in gaul (modern day france) of mixed syrian and punic (i. e. african) descent. The pantheon all the gods" the oculus the eye". Inscription tells us that agrippa (general of augustus) basically built this or something. Shows a startlingly and dramatically representation of roman imperialism. Fast food businesses have taken over the european cities. Basically the eastern empire of rome when the western empire fell in 476 ad.
