Classical Studies 2500A/B Lecture 19: Lecture 19

• School: Western University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: Classical Studies 2500A/B
• Professor: Beth Greene

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*** only need to know people and dates from lecture not specifics from text. = patricians: plebeians were a social class below patricians still gained good deal of political power themselves, patricians from old, aristocratic wealthy families. Comitium where assemblies voted, meetings, listening to speeches. Basilica julie secular building: form and shape adopted by early christians in rome, later early 4th century ad in rome as official religion. The late republic and precursors to augustan rome: a growing empire and the pressure on the city of rome. Imperial fora (case study: augustan forum: temple of the divus iulius (divine julius, ara pacis, forum of augustus and the temple of mars ultor. The city and propaganda: imperialism in rome: colosseum (flavian amphitheater, arches, baths. 146 bce: rome conquers carthage, corinth (greece), now has unfettered access to entire. Mediterranean: control over most of north africa, large amount of spain ruled by carthage, sicily,