Legacy of Rome Ms. Carmelitano. Greco-Roman Culture – Preservation of Greek Culture – Mixture of...

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Legacy of Rome Ms. Carmelitano

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Legacy of Rome

Ms. Carmelitano

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Greco-Roman Culture

– Preservation of Greek Culture– Mixture of Roman and Greek (Hellenistic) culture

– Educated Romans learned Greek language

– Classical civilizations are a mix of Greek, Roman, and Hellenistic cultures

– The Romans preserved Greek learning, writing, and culture

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Roman Art

– Realistic

– Sculptures– Bas-relief or low-relief: images project from a flat background

– Mosaics– Pictures made by setting small pieces of glass or tile onto surface

– Villas and country houses had at least one

– Painting– Murals called frescoes were painted on walls of the wealthy

– A Fresco is a painting made on damp plaster to brighten villas

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Literature

– Philosophy– Stoicism

– Zeno: Greek Stoic

– Encouraged virtue, duty, moderation, endurance

– Roman Themes:– Virtue, duty

– Virgil: writer– Aeneid – epic of Aeneas modeled after epics of Homer

– The epic follows Aeneas, a Trojan soldier, destined to build the city of Rome

– Ovid: Poet– Wrote light poetry for enjoyment

– Amores: is a poem about love

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Literature

– History

– Livy

– Roman Historian

– Wrote a multivolume history of Rome beginning in 9BCE

– It holds legends, as well as history

– Tacitus

– Accurately preserved historical facts of Rome

– He wrote Annals and Histories

– Accurately catalogued Roman morality, and lack there of

– Including a depiction of Nero’s cruelty

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Language

– The Romans spoke Latin

– This became the language of learning in the west and the Catholic Church

– Developed into French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Romanian

– Romantic languages

– Half of the words in English are based on Latin

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System of Law

– The Roman’s most lasting contribution

– The Romans believed that law should be fair and applied equally to all people

– All people had the right to equal treatment under the law

– A person should be punished for actions not thoughts

– All people are innocent until proven guilty

– The burden of proof on accuser

– Laws should be fair

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Pompeii

– Excellent example of frescoes

– Pompeii was a city located near Mt Vesuvius, which erupted in 79 CE

– Ash rained down over the city, preserving the people and objects in ash

– Including the Frescos

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Pompeii

– Attracted the wealthy due to its warm climate, and fertile soil