In the Aeneid, Virgil states:
Roman, remember the attributes worthy of you:
To rule the people under your empire,
To impose and maintain peace,
To spare and aid the meek,
To tame the arrogant.
2) Find some evidence online that shows that the Romans followed these suggestions (or that they did not). Copy your sources and explain.
3) What purpose did the Trojan Horse serve in the Trojan War? Please explain the story briefly. Bonus: Can you find the part in the Aeneid? Print it for extra credit.
4) The fame of Aeneas and the episodes of the Trojan war reached the shores of North Africa. The queen Dido asked Aeneas to stay a while at her court and narrate the details of the war. Find some more information about Dido (a few facts).
The Founding of Rome:
5) What is the legend of Romulus and Remus? Summarize the legend and explain what it has to do with the founding of Rome.
Romulus expanded Roman control over the neighboring territories and instituted the Senate (a governing body of elder patricians). The population in Rome was at first divided into two categories: the patricians and the plebians.
6) Who were the patricians? Who were the plebians?
The success of the Roman expansion
7) What was the strategy that allowed the Romans to first conquer and, secondly, to maintain their conquered territories? (Name a few ideas: approximately 5 ideas)
Religion in Ancient Rome
The Romans were polytheists (they believed in many gods). They feared and respected their gods, and sought to win their favors. Sacrifices to ingratiate the gods were a common occurence in Roman soceity.
Jupiter was the king of all gods, emperor of Olympus and protector of Rome. He portrays universal justice and the power of nature. He is the final judge, the god of the earth, and his weapon was the thunderbolt with which he would strike down his enemies.
You might be more familiar with his Greek name.
8) What was Jupiter's Greek name?
9) Who was Venus?
10) What was Venus's son's name?
Expansion of the Roman Republic
11) Who was the biggest threat to the Roman Republic?
12) What were the three wars fought?
13) Gaius Julius Caesar was born in Rome on July 13, 100 B.C. His ancestry was of noble origin. The Julian family could trace its origins to the legendary Iulius, son of the Trojan hero ____________, father of the Latin dynasty. Like many other young Roman aristocrats of the period, Caesar went to Greece to perfect his skills in oratory and his knowledge of philosophy.
From Egypt (after he ordered Ptolemy dethroned and named his younger sister Cleopatra queen), Caesar proceeded to Asia Minor and defeated King Pharnaces II in a war that lasted only days. After this swift victory, Caesar sent his famous message back to Rome: "Veni, Vidi, Vici!"
14) What does this message translate to in English?
15) Name 3 things that led the Roman Empire to fall.
Michael Toss
ReplyDelete1. Virgil was a scribe that wrote myths and legends, similar to Homer of the Greek culture. The Aneids were important because they questioned the rule of the Roman Emperor Augustus.
2. The Romans did not follow what Virgil wrote because shortly after his death, the Aeneids were altered.
3. The Trojan Horse was a way for Achilles and his troops to sneak in and take over the city of Troy.
4. Dido later became the wife of the ruler Hannibal and became queen of the Carthaginian Empire.
5. Romulus kills Remus and names the city Rome. Romulus then creates the Roman Senate and the Roman Legions.
6. The Patricians were the Roman upper class. The Plebeians were the Roman lower class.
7. The Romans were able to conquer and control territories by bribery, marriage, alliances, conversion and military force.
8. Jupiter’s Greek name was Zeus.
9. Venus was Jupiter’s wife.
10. Mars was Venus’ son.
11. Carthage.
12. The Punic Wars.
13. Achilles.
14. I came, I saw, I conquered.
1. Virgil was a famous poet who lived in Italy in the last century B.C. The Aeneid was important because he worked on it for 10 years and it consisted of 12 books.
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3. The Trojan Horse was a distraction to help get into the city and get the gates open so the rest of the army could get into the city.
4. She founded Carthage and killed herself after Aeneas left to go to Italy.
5. Romulus and Remus founded Rome. Romulus killed Remus and renamed the city Rome.
6. Patricians were the nobles of Rome and the plebians were the peasants.
7. They would ask the countries if they wanted to join the empire and they would offer better rewards if they joined without war. If they said no, they would conquer the city and then give less to the city’s inhabitants but still give them the same rights.
8. Zues
9. Venus was the Roman goddess of love.
10. Cupid/Ares
11. Carthage
12. Punic Wars
13. Achilles
14. I came, I saw, I conquered
15. Corrupt politicians, inflation, weak military
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ReplyDelete1. Virgil was a classical Roman poet, best known for three major work like the Eclogues
The Aeneid tells the legendary story of Aeneas, a Trojan who travelled to Italy, where he became the ancestor of the Romans.
2. Aeneas wanted to avoid war as much as possible after settling in the land of Latium (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeneid#War_in_Italy_.28books_7.E2.80.9312.29)
Upon returning to the land of the living, Aeneas leads the Trojans to settle in the land of Latium, where he courts Lavinia, the daughter of king Latinus.
( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeneid#War_in_Italy_.28books_7.E2.80.9312.29)
3. The Trojan horse was supposed to be a gift for the other side. In reality the horse was just a trick to hide the trojan men inside and they would come out when the men were drunk and asleep. At which time the men would come out and let the other trojans inside and kill the sleeping, drunk men.
4.DIdo committed suicide after being heart broken
Dido also founded Carthage where she became queen but killed herself when Iarbus threatened with war if she did not become his wife.
5. Rhea was married to Mars, the Roman god of war. Rhea had twin sons. To protect the boys, she set them adrift on the river, hoping someone would find them. First they were found by a she-wolf who fed them. Then a shepherd and his wife adopted the boys. As the twins grew older, they decided they did not want to take care of sheep. They wanted to be kings. They decided to build a city on the shores of the Tiber. In a fit of rage, Romulus picked up a rock, killed his brother, and made himself king.
6. The patricians were the upper class, the nobility and wealthy land owners.
The plebeians were the lower class. Nicknamed "plebs", the plebeians included everyone in ancient Rome (except for the nobility, the patricians) from well-to-do tradesmen all the way down to the very poor.
7. In order for the romans to win the battle and be the bet empire they built sanataion to prevent illness, used tool and took over sea to obtain all of Europe.
8. The god of the sky and thunder
9. the roman god of love, beauty
10. Cupid
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he was a poet from naples italy who had 3 major poems: the eclogues, the georgics, and the aeneid. Aeneid was important because they were several books that talked about a prince’s jounery from Troy to Italy and his battle with the italian prince
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire#Government
the purpose of trojan horse was to hide some of the greek army and at night they would attack the city of Troy and in the end the greeks won because they hid in the horse.
BONUS:The main ancient source for the story is the Aeneid of Virgil, a Latin epic poem from the time of Augustus. The event does not occur in Homer's Iliad, which ends before the fall of the city, but is referred to in the Odyssey. In the Greek tradition, the horse is called the "Wooden Horse" (Δούρειος Ἵππος, Doúreios Híppos, in the Homeric Ionic dialect).
Metaphorically a "Trojan Horse" has come to mean any trick or stratagem that causes a target to invite a foe into a securely protected bastion or space. It is also associated with "malware" computer programs presented as useful or harmless to induce the user to install and run them.
Dido a princess of Tyre in Phoenicia escaped a tyranny in her country she came to libya where she found carthage. she fell in love with Aeneas but when he left carthage for italy she committed suicide.
the legend is that they were twin brothers who were left to die after some one said they shouldnt conceived but their did anyway and a she-wolf found them and nursed them and then a shepard and his wife fostered them til they were men and they were well liked and made cities.
the patricians were upper class, like nobility or wealthy land owners and plebeians were lower class, the very poor.
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8)Zeus
9)the greek goddess who is associated with love, beauty, and fertility
10) cupid
1) Who was Virgil? Why was the Aeneid important?
ReplyDeleteVirgil was a classical Roman poet. The Aeneid was important because its protagonist, Aeneas, is considered to be the ancestor of all Romans.
In the Aeneid, Virgil states:
Roman, remember the attributes worthy of you:
To rule the people under your empire,
To impose and maintain peace,
To spare and aid the meek,
To tame the arrogant.
2) Find some evidence online that shows that the Romans followed these suggestions (or that they did not). Copy your sources and explain.
Through out its History, the Roman Emperor ruled over his people with an iron fist. Rome had very strict laws, so as to maintain order. Rome, for the most part, had a stable economy that allowed people to find work with relative ease. Rome also had a very efficient education system.
3) What purpose did the Trojan Horse serve in the Trojan War? Please explain the story briefly. Bonus: Can you find the part in the Aeneid? Print it for extra credit.
The Trojan Horse was used to conceal the Spartan troops inside so they could sneak out to take out the Trojans. The Trojan war was fought because Paris of Troy took Helen of Troy from Menelaus, the King of Sparta. The Spartans went to go get her back by building a large wooden horse, called it a peace offering between the 2 people. It turned out the horse was hollow and held the Spartan troops inside.
4) The fame of Aeneas and the episodes of the Trojan war reached the shores of North Africa. The queen Dido asked Aeneas to stay a while at her court and narrate the details of the war. Find some more information about Dido (a few facts).
She is the Founder and first Queen of Carthage. She is originally told of in the writings of Timaeus and Taormina in Sicily. She was suppose to have been very attractive.
5) What is the legend of Romulus and Remus? Summarize the legend and explain what it has to do with the founding of Rome.
They were 2 orphaned children who were nursed by a wolf and proceeded to build Rome.
Romulus expanded Roman control over the neighboring territories and instituted the Senate (a governing body of elder patricians). The population in Rome was at first divided into two categories: the patricians and the plebians.
6) Who were the patricians? Who were the plebians?
Patricians: Roman Aristocrats Plebians: Land owning citizens
ReplyDelete7) What was the strategy that allowed the Romans to first conquer and, secondly, to maintain their conquered territories? (Name a few ideas: approximately 5 ideas)
• Military forces based primarily on heavy citizen infantry with tribal beginnings and early use of phalanx type elements (see Military establishment of the Roman kingdom)
• Growing sophistication as Roman hegemony expanded outside Italy into North Africa, Greece and the Middle East (see Military establishment of the Roman Republic)
• Continued refinement, standardization and streamlining in the period associated with Gaius Marius including a broader based incorporation of more citizenry into the army, and more professionalism and permanence in army service.
• Continued expansion, flexibility and sophistication from the end of the Republic into the time of the Caesars (see Military establishment of the Roman empire)
• Growing barbarization, turmoil and weakening of the heavy infantry units in favor of cavalry and lighter troops (See Foederati)
The Romans were polytheists (they believed in many gods). They feared and respected their gods, and sought to win their favors. Sacrifices to ingratiate the gods were a common occurence in Roman soceity.
Jupiter was the king of all gods, emperor of Olympus and protector of Rome. He portrays universal justice and the power of nature. He is the final judge, the god of the earth, and his weapon was the thunderbolt with which he would strike down his enemies.
You might be more familiar with his Greek name.
8) What was Jupiter's Greek name?
Zeus
9) Who was Venus?
The Roman God of Beauty
10) What was Venus's son's name?
Cupid
Expansion of the Roman Republic
11) Who was the biggest threat to the Roman Republic?
Tarentum
12) What were the three wars fought?
The Dacian Wars (2 wars) War against Parthia (1 war)
13)Gaius Julius Ceaser
14)I came, I saw, I conquered
15)To big to keep everything under control, collapsing economy, lead in there diet causing mental problems.
Virgil was a classical roman poet, who is best known for 3 major works: the Eclogues, the Georgics, and the Aeneid. The Aeneid is widely considered Virgil’s finest work and one of the most important poems in the history of western literature.
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The Trojan Horse is a tale from the Trojan War about the stratagem that allowed the Greeks finally to enter the city of Troy and end the conflict. In another version of the story, the Greeks constructed a huge wooden horse, and hid a select force of men inside it.
Bonus: Can you find the part in the Aeneid?
Dido was the daughter of the king of the Phoenician city-state of Tyre.
She bartered with the locals, offering a substantial amount of wealth in exchange for what she could contain within the skin of a bull.
She committed suicide after Aeneas left her to fulfill his destiny
5) A woman set her babies afloat on a river, a she-wolf raised them, and then a Shepard. They decided that they wanted to become kings, and Romulus killed Remus, founding Rome.
The patricians were the upper class people. They were the nobility and wealthy land owners. On the other hand, the Plebeians were the lower class, which included everyone in ancient rome (except the patricians) from well-to-do tradesmen all the way down to the very poor.
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8) Jupiter’s greek name is Jove
9) Venus is a Roman goddess, associated with love, beauty, and fertility.
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ReplyDelete1) Virgil, was a classical writer best known for his national epic poem, The Aeneid. He lived during the Golden Age of Latin Literature, which also featured Horace (65-8 B.C.), and Ovid (43 BC-A.D. 18) under the patronage of the Emperor Augustus and Maecenas. The Aeneid was important because it was co missioned by the emperor Augustus to glorify Rome and the Roman people by means of epic adventures of Romulus and Julian. The Aeneid is also important because it carries Rome’s destiny.
2) The hospitality of ancient Greek society is very clearly seen throughout the Odyssey. During the travels of both Odysseus and Telemachus, one can easily see how strangers were greeted and treated upon their arrival to a new place.This clearly show that the Greek gods did follow and maintain order.
3) In Greek mythology, the Trojan War was waged against the city of Troy by the Achaeans (Greeks) after Paris of Troy took Helen from her husband Menelaus, the king of Sparta. The war is among the most important events in Greek mythology and was narrated in many works of Greek literature, including the Iliad and the Odyssey by Homer.
4) Dido was, according to ancient Greek and Roman sources, the founder and first Queen ofCarthage (in modern-day Tunisia). She is best known from the account given by the Roman poet Virgil in his Aeneid. In some sources she is also known as Elissa
5) There were two sons, that set adrift on the river. Sheppard herders adopted them after they got older they did not want to take care of sheep. They both wanted to be kings. One of the brothers got mad and killed his brother with a rock to be king.
6) The upper class were wealthy. The plebeians were lower class which was the majority in Rome
7) In order for the Romans to win their battles and be the best empire they built sanitation to prevent illness, used advanced tools, conquered med. sea to obtain all of Europe, had games to play in free time.
8) The God of sky and thunder
9) Venus is a Roman goddess principally associated with love, beauty and fertility, who played a key role in many Roman religious festivals and myths. From the third century BC, the increasing Hellenization of Roman upper classes identified her as the equivalent of the Greek goddess Aphrodite
10) Cupid.
1. Who was Virgil? Why was the Aeneid important?
ReplyDeleteVirgil was a classical Roman poet, author of the Aeneid. The Aeneid was a epic poem about a hero named Aeneas who travelled to Italy where he became the ancestor of the Romans.
2. Find some evidence online that shows that the Romans followed these suggestions (or that they did not). Copy your sources and explain.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campaign_history_of_the_Roman_military
This Wikipedia source explains the power and force of the Roman military, mapping out the lands that the Romans acquired through many, many wars. This shows how the Romans didn’t follow the suggestion “to impose and maintain peace” because they violently dominated all of the land that expanded their empire.
3. What purpose did the Trojan horse play in the Trojan War?
The Trojan horse was supposedly a gift that was given to the city of Troy from the Greeks, indicating that they were forfeiting and ending the war, and the Trojans wheeled it into their city as a trophy. This was a trick though, because the Greeks had hidden a select number of men inside the large horse, and at night they snuck out and opened the gates of the city, letting in the rest of the Greek army, so that they could defeat the city of Troy while they were asleep and taken by surprise.
4. Facts about Dido:
• was married to a man named Sychaeus and he was killed and then came to her in a dream and told her to flee the country
• fell in love with Aeneas and Mercury makes him leave the country, leaving Dido
• she curses the Trojans and proclaims endless hate between Carthage and the Trojans, foreshadowing the Punic Wars.
5. What is the legend of Romulus and Remus?
Romulus and Remus were twins that had disputed over where they were going to build the city and begin their kingdom, and Remus ended up getting killed by Romulus. Romulus then built the city and named it Rome after himself. This explains why Rome is in the location it is in, and why it is called Rome.
6. Who were the patricians? Who were the plebians?
The patricians were the upper-class, wealthy part of society, and the plebians were the lower class.
7. What was the strategy that allowed the Romans to first conquer and, secondly, to maintain their conquered territories?
• The building of roads and bridges
• Their strong navy and military
• Tyrannical emperors
8. What was Jupiter’s Greek name?
Jupiter’s Greek name was Zeus.
9. Who was Venus?
The goddess of love, fertility, and beauty.
10. Who was Venus’ son?
Cupid
11. Who was the Roman’s biggest threat?
Samnites
12. What were the three wars fought?
First, Second, and Third Samnite War
13. Aeneas
14. “I came, I saw, I conquered”
15. Three things that led to the fall of Rome
• Christianity
• Military problems
• Economic issues
1. A Classical Roman poet who wrote Eclogues, Georgics and the Aeneid. It was studied in schools....it gave the culture an identity.
ReplyDelete2. “It came to dominate Southern Europe, Western Europe, Balkans, Asia Minor, North Africa and parts of Eastern Europe through conquest and assimilation. Rome was preponderant throughout the Mediterranean region, and was the sole superpower of Antiquity. Even today its influence survives.” “By the end of the Republic, Rome had conquered more than the half of the known world at that time: its domain extending from the Atlantic to Judaea and from the mouth of the Rhine to North Africa.”
3. The Greeks hid inside a giant wooden horse in order to get into the city ofTroy and “ended the conflict”
4. Dido, also called Elissa, was Princess of Tyre in Phoenicia. Escaping tyranny in her country, she came to Libya where she founded Carthage As Queen of Carthage, she received the Trojans exiles with hospitality, and having given Aeneas more love than he could take, felt betrayed when he left for Italy, and committed suicide.
5. A woman set her babies afloat on a river, a she-wolf raised them,and then a Shepard. They decided they wanted to become kings,and Romulus killed Remus, founding Rome.
6. The patricians were the upper class people.They were the nobility and wealthy land owners. On the other hand, the Plebeians were the lower class which included everyone in ancient Rome (except the patricians) from well to do tradesman all the way down to the very poor.
7. Zeus
8. Jupiter’s greek name is Jove
9. The Roman goddess of love and beauty
10. Cupid/Eros
11. Carthage, The Gauls, Visigoths
12. The Punic Wars
13. Hector
14. "I came, I saw, I conquered"
15. The senate became very corrupt and unstable. Emperor Constantine divided the empire into 2 halves. Barbaric tribes gathered, gaining strength.
1) Virgil isa classcal Roman poet. the Aeneid was created to remind Romans of what they are entitled to and how they should act towards fellow Romans.
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3) The Trojan Horse was used by invaders to sneak into the impenitrable city wall.
4) Dido was the queen of Tyre in Phornicia. she fled her country and went to libya and founded Carthage.
The Founding of Rome:
5)Romulus and Remus founded rome. Romulus killed Remus and named the city Rome after himself
6)Pratricians where the nobles of Rome and the plebians were preasent.
7) they would would ask the countries if they wanted to join the empire and would offer better rewards if they joined without war. if they said no they would conquer the city and then give less to the city but give them some rights.
8)Zeuse
9)Venus was the roman goddess of love
10) cupid/ Ares
11)Carthage
12)Punic wars
13)Achilles
14)I came, i saw, i conquered
15)Currupt politicians, inflation, weak millitary
1)Classical Roman poet, best known for three major works the Eclogues, the Georgics, and the Aeneid. The Aeneid is important because it tells about the Roman ancestor.
ReplyDelete2)In its centuries of existence, Roman civilization shifted from a monarchy to an oligarchic republic to an increasingly autocratic empire. It came to dominate South-Western Europe, South-Eastern Europe/Balkans and the Mediterranean region through conquest and assimilation.
3)The Greeks built a horse in order to breach the walls of the Trojan empire
1. Princess of Tyre in Phoenicia.
-Escaping tyranny in her country, she came to Lybia where she founded Carthage
1. A woman set her babies afloat on a river, a she-wolf raised them, and then a shepard. They decide they wanted to become kings, and Romulus kill Remus, founding Rome
2. Patricians= upper class people, nobility and land owners. Plebeians= lower class, included everyone in ancient Rome, tradesmen to the very poor
8) Zeus
9) Aphrodite
10)Cupid/Eros