Classical Studies 2300 Lecture 3: Lecture 3

• School: Western University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: Classical Studies 2300
• Professor: Charles Stocking

Document Summary

Opposites or complements: violence and civilization as opposites: Monopolization, and especially the monopolization of physical force and violence warranted more self- restraint from both the government and the individual. Man"s life is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short. Mimetic desire: every one wants what someone else has. Scapegoat mechanism: single individuals blamed and violence acted upon the single individual. First tarquinius waged war on the latins and captured the town of apiolae. Because he brought back more plunder than expected from what seemed like a small war, he put on more extravagant ludi than previous kings had done. It was then that the place now called the circus maximus was marked out. There were separate sections of seats for senators and knights to watch from, with benches on supports as much as 12 feet from the ground. There were horse races and boxers brought in from etruria.