CLA 1102 Lecture 1: CLA1102 (History) All Lectures - Richard Burgess

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLA 1102
• Professor: Richard Burgess

Document Summary

Julius and augustus caesar are celebrated (june and august) Other months were not translated from latin (september, october, november, Queen by the grace of god on the back of coins. Roman consuls took seat on january (1st) Saturday (saturn"s day), sunday (sun"s day), monday (moon"s day); others are the norse equivalent of latin name. Days of the week have the same names as the romans gave them (except portuguese) Our alphabet is the roman alphabet (shapes and names are fundamentally latin) Language & vocab are based in latin & greek. Books themselves are roman (codex = bound book); before that, all books were scrolls. Invented autobiographies and sci-fi (heliotes vs ___ to colonize venus) Invented concrete/cement (invented concrete out of volcanic dust that will settle under water) Roman law is the foundation of modern jurisprudence. 12 hours in a day because of the romans and babylonians (hour = latin)