Romans Flashcards
Circus Maximus
Stadium for chariot races and mass entertainment
Held up to 150,000
Pax Romana
Roman peace
From Augustus Caesar to Marcus Aurelius
Stoicism
The idea of being able to control your reactions/emotions in order to achieve universal reason
Zeno of Citium
Appictucus
Seneca
Marcus Aurelius
Aqueduct
Method of using a series of lead pipes in order to bring water
Petronius
Recorded the common life of Rome during the rule of Nero
Poked fun at Nero
Trimalchio
Character in the Satyricon by Petronius
Has become a freedman through hard work and attained power and wealth
Plutarch
Recorded the lives - Greeks and their morals
Moral philosopher
Virgil
Author of the Aeneid
Messenger of Christianity
Ovid
Erotic poet written in order to amuse the people of Rome
Precasting effect on citizens
Asceticism
Abstinence from worldly pleasures
Aim of perusing religious/spiritual goals
The Meditations
Writings of Marcus Aurelius
Stoic values - avoiding indulgence
Controlled reactions can bring harm to none
Neoplatonism
Last great schools of pagan philosophy
3rd century CE / AD
CULT
mysticism will be adopted into Christianity
The Enneads
Plotinus- a follower of Neoplatonism
Focuses on the ideas of Plato
“One” is the world of being
Our relation to the “one”
Virtue, beauty, nature, spirituality
Edict of Milan
Religious tolerance
Protected Christians
Signed by Constantine-313
“City of God”
Written by St. Augustine
Condemns Rome for the their lust of earthly pleasures
Believes “heaven” offers hope/faith