C C 302 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Pyrrhic Victory, Sabine Land, Roman Citizenship
4 Jan 2017
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Early life in the sabine land, worked his way up, wasn"t from aristocracy. first. In 500bc there was a small city. by 290 bc they"ve expanded = around 250. Basilica = tactical building, general assembly/public venue for romans to listen. Cato the elder (234-149 bc): marcus porcius carto one to set up influential building: basilica. protege of fabius maximum. to speakers. large building to take in many businesses, but not a sacred buildling = Christians took that building and adapted it bc it wasn"t restricted to worshipping roman. Basilica porcia (named after family name - porcian family). Basilica = greek word for king. had no basilica in greece. Cato had no hesitation to tap into greek stuff. Had shopping centers nearby (in forum) bc most people cannot read and write, or not interested = big enough to house people from weather. They"re still there with cultures and alive, but they"ve lost their military prowess.
