Clst 103 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Genres of Roman Poetry1. Poetry (in verse) 2. Prose (not in verse) CatullusPoet born outside of Rome into rich Italian family, came to Rome and got involved with Clodia, sister of Clodius, who was already married, poetry reflects ups and downs of their relationship including when he was jealous of her canary and when he called her a prostitute. Her persona was Lesbia. He wrote purely about love in lyrical poetry even though he wrote at the same time as Cicero who focused on Roman politi...

CLST 103 - TEST 4 - WEEKS 10-12 questions with complete solutions graded A+

"the old world" Europe, Asia, Africa the romans referred to the world as orbis terrarum orbis terrum "the circle of lands" the first map of 3 continents was created by ______ Anaximander of Miletus Anaximander de Miletus believed in ________ years before Charles Darwin, and was ______ from ________ evolution, Greek, Western turkey Anaximander of Miletus _____BC 540

Cursus honorumcourse of office, the initially created for senatorial rank the order of Cursus honorumMaristrates: 2 censors, 2 consuls, 8paraetors, 4 aediles, 10 tribunes for plebeians, 10 quastors Equestrianswealthy citizens who could afford to perform military service in the cavalry in the republican period Comitiumphysical place established to gather together and the popular consultations Comitia CenturiataThe Roman voting assembly, based upon the division of the Roman people into f...

Notes 1 Not es CLST 103 Cues Commutative Property Associative Property Identity Property Zero Property F.O.I.L Division involving zero Notes 8 + ? = 5 + 8 (5 + 4) + ? = 5 + (4 + 7) 7 + ? = 7 ? x 7 = 0 First, Outside, Inside, Last Fact 1: 0 divided by any number (other than 0) equals 0 Fact 2: Any number divided by 0 is undefinedNotes 2 M.D.A.S Mean Median Mode Fahrenheit Celsius Slope Multiply. Divide. Add. Subtract Adding the numbers and dividing the sum by the numb...

"the old world" correct answers Europe, Asia, Africa the romans referred to the world as correct answers orbis terrarum orbis terrum correct answers "the circle of lands" the first map of 3 continents was created by ______ correct answers Anaximander of Miletus Anaximander de Miletus believed in ________ years before Charles Darwin, and was ______ from ________ correct answers evolution, Greek, Western turkey Anaximander of Miletus _____BC correct answers 540 the greeks afr...

Literary Synopsis #1 correct answers Name of Work: History of Rome Time: 27 BC Author: Titus Livius Profession: Historian Language: Latin Literary Period: Golden Age Genre: History Focus: Support of the gods, military victory, Concordia also story of the founding of Rome, Sabine women, different kings, patricians vs plebeians Important Details: It was put together from oral histories (Livy was writing about regal period during the imperial period) Literary Synopsis #2 ...

Vergil's Aeneid correct answers -Arma virumque cano (I sing of arms and man) -Tells story of Trojan prince who fled from Troy when Greeks had won Trojan War -Aeneas wanders -He ends up in Latium where he founds the Roman people -Genre: Epic (epic poetry) -12 books, 10,000 lines of hexameter verse -Epic poem in tradition of Homer's Iliad and Odyssey -Great poem about Rome's earliest ancestor and how he came to be there -Setting: ca. 1200 BC ( Bronze Age) -Written in 30-19 BC (more tha...

Roman Poetry correct answers -Poetry is a mega-category Poetry correct answers -Anything that is in verse Prose correct answers -Anything that is not in verse Golden Age of Roman Literature correct answers -100 BC - AD 14 -Catullus and Horace both active in this period Catullus (84 BC - 54 BC) correct answers -Young and wealthy from small Italian town -Comes from property-owning class -A wealthy person -Roman convention would dictate that he try to gain honour through politics -...