CLASSIC 10 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Greek East And Latin West, Roman Navy, Dio Chrysostom
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Not the end? (rome and the greek legacy) Divided between his generalsthat manage to sieze power. All polis that wanted independence started revolting once again. Romans defeat macedonians 168 bc battle of pydna. Those poleis that revolted are never free again they are always part of another nation. Part of roman empire: taxes, roman law, some self-governments. Romans loot art and books and bring to italy. Wealthy romans go crazy for greek stuff: copies of greek art, greek techers/tutors. Genre: lyric poetry: comparable to pindar. Ppl would say best poetry is came from the oldest greeks. Problem with this is why bither writing poetry if you cant write anything bettet. Also questions how long ago a poem had to be written to be considered classic. Did it have to be 10 yrs or 100 yrs old to be considered classics. We can"t say that the new suck and the old is awesome just cuz its either old r new.
