Rome

Timeline

Year	What Happened
753 BC	Rome founded under King
509 BC	Tarquin takes over, converts to Republic
80s BC	Marius elected 7 times
44 BC	Julius Caesar becomes dictator
27 BC - 14 AD	Augustus CaesarAugustus Caesar Augustus Caesar Notes maternal great-nephew of Julius Caesar Rome was allergic to Kings Problem: rule w/o appearing to be king Solution: consolidate powers w/o holding titles 's rule
96-180 AD	5 Good Emperors
476 AD	Romulus Augustus deposed, now barbarian emperor

Theology

• ritualistic
• polytheism that absorbs other religions
• after Jesus, Constantine legalizes Christianity, which mixes w/ neoplatonism
• no longer can Rome absorb other religions, now it has to change them to comply

Anthology

• duty to state (HONOR!) (Horatii bros)
• transactional rel w/ gods
• die honorably

Politics

• kings -> republic -> Caesars -> 5 good dictators -> Nero -> Goths invade -> West falls in 5th c -> East falls in 1400s
• very state-centered
• proactive paranoia (conquering neighbors/absorbing)
• early church combines offices/politics + theology

Philosophy

• therapeutic / stoicism
• combined parts of other philosophies
• no epic contributions of their own

Economics

• slaves (conquered peoples)
• tributes (fr. conquered)
• rel b/t patricians & plebeians

Art

Architecture

• pantheon: geometrical
• arches, aqueducts, paved roads, sewage system
• Colosseum -> Greek influences
• pagan temples claimed by Christians

Plays, lit.

• Colosseum: gladiators, Christians
• histories (like Livy)
• pro-state propoganda (like Cicero)

Painting/Sculpture

• vanishing point
• realistic
• portraying Roman ideals