[Classical Studies 2903A/B] - Final Exam Guide - Ultimate 22 pages long Study Guide!

• School: Western University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: Classical Studies 2903A/B
• Professor: Alexander Meyer

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C l a s s i c a l s t u d i e s 2 9 0 3 a / b. Skilled in arts and prose but he mocked the teachers of arts because he thought he knew more than them and would humiliate them. Competed with professors and philosophers: took turns publishing books and poems. He wanted to be known everywhere so he allowed some of his freedmen to publish books that he had written about himself under their names. Loved old style speaking and would turn debates into speech competitions (pronounced opinions of homer and plato) He thought he was an expert in astrology, in january he would write predictions for the year. Even though he criticized them, he made rich all those who professed the arts. Teachers he thought were unfit he would give money and honours and then dismiss them. Those he did(cid:374)"t like (cid:449)he(cid:374) he (cid:449)as a p(cid:396)i(cid:448)ate citizen he ignored as emperor.