HIST 2090 Lecture : Roman Foundation Myth
22 Oct 2011
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12 books: rome"s own iliad and odessey, tells myth of aeneus. Carrying past, bringing future of the roman people carrying elderly father . Themes and ideas: great men founded rome subsequent men are great, difficult to found rome anything worth doing is hard, divine venus is going to help mother of aeneus. Juno caves in with concessions not be called trojans . 6th century rome starts to be walled around the seven hills. Maxima, the great drain square, etc: lapis niger set of regulations for ritual, cult spot, pool to remind romans of early history, regia numa pompilius, pontifax maximus, curia meeting house. Attendents carried fasces symbol of imperium: becomes a symbol of the republic, granted by the state but can also be taken away, limits to peoples imperium (ex. 1 year: fasces facism; symbol bundle of sticks with axe sticking out the top. Burials instructs romans how to bury people. Augury trying to predict things from sacrifice.
