Week 12 Flashcards
(33 cards)
What are Roman Provinces
Its taking a look into the lives of people who didnt live in the centre of rome
lecture we focus on palmyra, leptis magna, and trier
When was the roman empire at its largest?
117 ce
how was the empire divided?
the east and the west
first it was more so a cultural divide but then it becomes an offical divide by emperors
How was the east and the west different?
East
known as alexanders empire
greek influence
more urbanized
coinage was created here
more infasturctures
west
the west had slower developement
they were roman states
and newly built cities
How was the roman empire split up during the roman provinces
there was the senatorial proviences
imperial proviences
and the client states
senatorial provinces
more stablely controlled
and less military control
imperial provinces
there was more military contorl
client states
they were more earlier and they did not have a roman govoner in place
they had a local government (kings)
and was offically still independentant
Context on how poeple were living during this time?
Not many sources and hard to find how people were libing bc not a lot of writing survives but some roman sources give a roman accoutn on the provinces
Romanization
making places more roman
hellenization
making places more greek
Captured greeks captured the captured
when the romans were taken over but then the romans recultured the greeks
how useful is the term romanization for understanding the cultural influences in the empire?
romans experienced hellenization
they also forced their culture on to the other proinces
yet they didnt really push their culture to implement empire
they didnt change everything only what they needed to
Roman culture did not try to diminish the cultures alr present
Roman coinages
west-supplied with coins by the central roman mint
east-created their own imperially approved silver and bronze coinages at local mints
(this is where coins were invented, the local coinage system remained bc why changes what alr works)
roman coins
gold-coin of sabrina
silver-coin of hadrian and sabina
bronze-coin of antinous
Palmyra
the most prominent city
was a trade hub into syria
major trade hub between asia and europe
first urban debelopment in palmyra
the roman province of syria
main languages greek and aramaic
palmyrene funerary relief
these are the largets portarits from the roman empire
thre were no indiviudallized faces not much detail
combination of the local and greco-roman sytle for dresses attributes and inscriptions
the inscriptions were usually in aramaic
the inscriptions were put inside which emphasised how they were more for personal and families and were formulaic with family. linagages
palmyrene vs roman elements in sculptures
their poses and inscription styles were similar
but the women dressed differently-roman rebublic women dressed more simple
the palmyrene had women in modest poses and they also had a background
what cultural influences are visible from the city plan
they had a combination of greco-roman culture
there were important part of their own culture that remain but they adopted unimportant things
there was an agora
theatre
temples baths
Where was the temple of Bel and why is it signficant?
it was dedicated ot their local patron deity
combimamtion of local greco-roman elements
there was roman/etruscan stair way entrance
there was also a staircase inside
and the roof top presemted diff elements of religon
How was palmyra destroyed?
it was destroyed in recent years
in 2015/16
while it was temporarituly under ISIS control, large sections of the site were destroyed
many artificats were saved through the work of khaled al Assaad and other (got most artifcats of the city)
he was then murdered by isis
today presevation work is undersway
Leptis Magna
located in north-and modern libya
it was also a good trade hub between italy
punic settlement (phonecian origin)
there was early imperial construction
hometown of septimius severus
there were destructions in the 5th and 7th century
escavations started into the 20th century by italians
it was an abanndoned city hence well perserved and covered in sand
why was all reminants of the son erased?
bc he got geta assasianted so all of his existance got erased
city plan of leptis magna
imperial pre-severan
-markets,old forum, thethre, amphitheatre, temples and basilicas
septimius severus
connaded st, terapylon, forum and basilica, harbour
