CLA233H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter Week 9: Publius Clodius Pulcher, Tibullus, Dreamworld
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People needed a constant supply of fresh water which was hard to access in the city. Aqueducts were invented to carry water into cities from far places. Aqueducts needed to be constantly kept in good repair. Enemy troops can force cities into surrender by destroying its aqueducts. Roads were constructed throughout the countryside so wagons can carry loads to faraway places. Sewers wash out waste material into the tiber. Campus martius the field of mars: flat open area used to muster the army and assemble citizens for elections. Public life occupied a good part of the daily lives of roman men. Cicero believed agriculture was the most honourable source of wealth but did not work the land themselves. Perhaps manual labour was dishonourable since it was done by slaves. Shelton 163: cicero, an essay about duties 1. 42, 2. 25. Occupations like tax collecting and usury are vulgar: vulgus - crowd. Manual labourers, retail merchants, craftsmen, sellers, and luxury merchants are vulgar.
