HIST 1001 Chapter : Discussion Session Hellenistic Greece
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Culture: religions, traditions, morals/values, family roles roman values (source) (livy source) Loyalty changes from loyalty to rome, to then loyalty to generals. Farmer soldiers who are veterans and live in the conquered lands. Move to cities after 2nd punic war (tiberius source) Sallust after carthage, they fight for money and not for honor; change. Second punic war forces women to stay inside, continues after war. Gets killed by mob, and new trend of violence in politics. Has guts to ask him to let him out, and has the guts to tell people. Man is in charge in the roman family. Could talk about that dad has control, or that her husband could be the. Could compare how different it was from greece, because they couldn"t. She goes and tells the town, and then he lets her husband out. Shows that there is a true family connection and they care about one. Touches on the values of roman family tradition.
