Overview of
History (753 - 42BC)
- Founding
of
Rome:
- legend (Aeneas, Venus,
Troy, Mars, Romulus, Remus, wolf, Sabine Women, Lucretia, Brutus,
Tarquinius Superbus, Tarquinius Sextus)
- reality
- Kingship
(753-509 BC)
- Governmental structure
- Merger with Sabines, position
of women
- Examples of
Etruscan influence
- Why did the
kingship end according to
legend?
Is there any historical basis for the legend?
- The
Republic
(508-42 BC)
- Government:
Functions, etc. of Consul,
Praetor,
Quaestor, Aedile, Censor, Tribune, the Senate, the Assemblies (as a
whole)
- Development/Spread
(508-264)
- key to
spread?
- what were
the ways they treated those they
conquered?
- suffered a
major setback at the
hands of whom,
when?
- whom did they fight in
Southern Italy? results?
- Conquest of
Mediterranean (264-133 BC)
- why did
they fight Carthage each
time? results of each war?
- whom did
they defeat in the East
after they
defeated Carthage? results?
- what was the new system for treating those they
conquered?
- what was
effect of these conquests
on the Roman
state?
- The end of
the Republic (133-42 BC)
- what
solution did the Gracchi
propose to the
probems the Roman state was having? Results?
- what
solution did Marius effect?
Results? Who was Marius?
- who were
Sulla, Pompey,
Crassus, Caesar
& Brutus and what was their significance?
Roman
Religion (know
what/who the following are along with their salient points)
- Key
terms: animism,
pax deorum, pietas, cultus deorum
- Major
elements of religious
practice: sacrifice, prayer, vow,
divination
- Major
priests/priestesses: Pontifices,
Vestal Virgins, Flamines, augurs
- Deities
of the home: Lares,
Penates, Janus, Vesta, Manes
- Festivals:
Ambarvalia,
Robigalia, Lupercalia, Saturnalia
Social
Institutions:
- City
Life: What
are the pro's and con's of life in the city of Rome?
- Slavery
- Sources for
slaves?
- Owned by?
- Occupations?
- Treatment?
Of slaves in the mines, in
farms,
in the city? Differences based on occupation? On gender? On
nationality?
Other?
- "upper"
class/management slaves:
qualities of,
job duties, perks
- Revolts
(Eunus and Spartacus--reasons
for the
revolts, what happened during the revolt, how did the revolts end; any
effects from the revolts?)
- Freedpersons:
- Reasons for
manumission?
- Restrictions
on freedom of
freedpersons? Restrictions
on freedoms of children of freedpersons?
- Roman
attitudes towards freedpersons?
consistent?
- Occupations?
- Relations
with former master (now
patron)
- responsibilities
to former master
- how does
naming work?
- limitations
on what former master
can expect
- responsibilities
of former masters
- cordial
relations? strained
relations?
Possible
Essay Questions:
Politics: Explain the
impact and importance of 3 Roman Leaders from 3 different time
"periods".
- Kingship: Romulus, Brutus, Lucretia,
Tarquinius Superbus, Tarquinius Sextus
- Later Republic: Cornelia, Tiberius
Gracchus, Gaius Gracchus, Marius, Sulla
- End of the Republic: Pompey,
Crassus, Caesar, Brutus
Slaves
& Freedpersons: Several
years ago, an aid
to President Bush reversed the typical saying "Every cloud has a silver
lining" to "Every silver lining has a cloud" (NPR:
AIDS Funding, 2/11/03). Compare and contrast the lot of slaves and
the lot of freedpersons with regard to the aid's statement: "Every
silver lining has a cloud". Make sure you give a
plethora of pertinent facts/examples solely from the readings in
Shelton and
Kebric (and class lecture, if you wish) to back up your conclusions and
that these are based on a
variety
of authors/sources. Also keep in mind the biases in the evidence.
Religion: Use Shelton #420 and 421 and the stories
about Eunus and the Sicilian slave
revolt and the revolt of Spartacus as a springboard for a discussion of
Roman religion. As usual, make sure you give a plethora of pertinent
facts/examples, starting with the above evidence, to back up your
conclusions. Restrict your evidence base to the readings for this unit
and class notes.