CLST 100 Lecture 3: The Roman Expansion in the Mediterranean.docx

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLST 100
• Professor: M Barbara Reeves

Document Summary

Terms: imperium, right to control and command other citizens, consuls and praetors have imperium, usually either one of those two controlling army, provincia, area where you held your imperium, doesn"t have to be a territory, just a sphere of influence. Militaristic ethos: belief that it is good to engage in wars and conquer new territory, driving force of the romans, believe that going to war + succeeding in war = good thing for roman state, value shared by roman elites and non elite citizens, goods/resources taken during conquests get spread out between those who participated in campaign, general uses money generated from campaigns to put on entertainment in rome, which benefited everyone. Independent politically, but shared culture and language o: grouped together for mutual protection, romans wanted control over the latin league, and therefore this caused conflict with the other members of the latin league, last three roman kings were etruscans o.