Final Terms

Classics 201 with Tandy Sutherland at University of Tennessee - Knoxville

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By: Seth Stover
Textbook:

A Brief History of Ancient Greece: Politics, Society and Culture

Livy: The Early History of Rome, Books I-V (Penguin Classics) (Bks. 1-5)

The Essential Iliad

The Pot of Gold and Other Plays (Classics)

The Romans: An Introduction (Peoples of the Ancient World)
Created: 2009-12-08
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Trojan War

mythical literary idea of the foundation of Rome

Etruria

a region of central Italy
people known as Etruscans
complex culture centered on numerous city-states that rose during the Villanovan period

Etruscans

believed to develop from Villanovans
language seemed to not be of Indo-European origin
more advanced metallurgy and agriculture, higher material culture, greater population density, social stratification
area is rich in natural resources, especially metals for trade
major competitor of Rome
great cultural resource and source of religious practice

Villanovans

called "Protovillanovans" for 1000-900
called "Villanovans" from 900 on
origins unclear, possibly indigenous people
no record of language
primarily in northwestern Italy, but there are traces throughout the entire Italian Peninsula

Inhumation

appeared to replace cremations around 830 BC

Cremation

seems to have developed around 1200 BC

Grave Goods

tells gender and social status
primary source of information such as with "Hat Urns" which can be used to reconstruct the "Palatine Hut" and similar dwellings

Latium

culture is identified as early as 1000 BC
cremations in early Latium are clearly a subtype of Villanovan cremations
was a region of ancient Italy, home to the original Latin people
Its area constituted a part of the much larger modern Italian Regione of Lazio, also called Latium in Latin, and occasionally in modern English
The ancient language of the region was to become the basis of Latin
Latium has played an important role in history, owning to its status as the cradle of the Roman Empire
It is home to celebrated works of art and architecture

Marriage with Manus

"Marriage with Power"
more common in the early Republic
earlier form of marriage
wife assimilated into husband's family
wife became virtually another child or father-in-law
dowry was incorporated into husband's finances
property acquired during marriage became husband's

Marriage Sine Manu

"Marriage without Power"
husband's family has no power over wife
she is still within her birth family
retained legal affiliation with family of birth
left women outside husband's family and legal control

Tutor

if a woman was not in a manus-marriage upon father's death, she became independent and would be assigned a tutor who would oversee her business affairs
in practice was probably given significant freedom over property

Tutela

condition of being placed under supervision of a tutor

Domus

house or household
kinship unit
property law allowed women to own buildings and residents

Dominus

"master"
name slaves addressed male slave owner

Domina

"mistress"
name slaves addressed female slave owner
wife addressed as domina by husband

Puer

"boy"
name that male slaves were called
in early Rome, integrated into owner's name

Intestate

father dies without a will

fauces

"Jaws"
channels you inward to the house
is an architectural term given by Vitruvius to narrow passages on either side of the tablinium, through which access could be obtained from the atrium to the peristylar court in the rear

ad urbe condita

title of Livy's work
originally composed in 142 booke
annalistic structure
used both Greek and Latin sources

annalistic structure

goes year by year historically, rather than looking at themes
used by Livy

Exemplum

plural "exempla"
usually a narrative/reference of a narrative, which one can draw a model from
is a moral anecdote, brief or extended, real or fictitious, used to illustrate a point

cultural identity

Livy's text is a great resource for Roman cultural identity

Imago

plural "imagines"
a bust of a deceased person
wealthy families displayed these
reminds you he comes from a good family and stories of who they were
funeral masks, thought to have been made of wax, also played a role in Roman funeral processions when they would be worn by hired actors and would parade before the dead man

Trojans, Troy

the Trojan prince Aeneas survives the distruction and leads a group of survivors to Italy to form a civilization, but finds that people already live there
leads to conflict between indigenous and trojans