CLA 2103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Forum Boarium, Roman Kingdom, Burial

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLA 2103
• Professor: Antonia Holden

Document Summary

Archaeological evidence: earliest settlement patterns, located on little hills at the foothills of the apennines to central western coastal (tyrrhenian) plain, eventually moved into rome 1,000 bc, the seven hills of rome, quirinal, viminal, esquiline, caelian, aventine, capitoline. Earliest evidence of settlement is found in post-holes on palatine: palatine is traditionally believed to be the foundation site of rome, the oldest settlement was originally a cemetery. Inhumation continues: meaning, cremation continued in some form that did not involve deposition of ashes. Inhumation burials do not increase to replace the lost cremations. Orientalizing period: 650 bc: bottom line: life in rome is too primitive for events reported by sources to have occurred in iron age. Literary evidence: sources/foundation tradition: significance of foundation tradition, what does it mean, what are its origins, how did it evolve, how old is it, i. e. 4: sailed with band of trojan followers to coast of latium and reached.