CLAS 208 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Palatine Hill, Exemplum, Roman Citizenship
29 Jan 2016
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*the palatine hill is the main hill in rome where romulus first founded the city. >valuable due to its advantageous position overlooking the river. *the myth of romulus and remus being cared for by a she-wolf is attributed to them/made up. *archeological evidence uncovering the likely foundations of rome exists in the correct location and dates back to the 8th century. Throughout the 50 books we have by livy, it is clear that livy is pessimistic and bitter about his time/contemporary culture. Avarice ad luxury came in late in roman history. >idea that everything is better in the older times. >this character is an example of how we should/should not behave. This is an example of our rome today . Augustus tried to recreate the republican age/idealization of the past. Roman was smart with how it grew its borders. >they gave conquered people the gift of roman citizenship.
