HIST 1001 : History Test 3
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Instead he creates a new system that gives him power. Roman peace: relative peace, 20 bc 180 ad, most peaceful time in western civilization, no enemies, opportunity for christianity spread. *the romans never developed a sophisticated culture like the greeks did. And greek culture: romans adopted a lot of greek culture, but adapted the forms to roman needs and values and ideas, the messages they delivered weren"t always the same, copied a lot of greek sculptures. But when they get to rome, venus says this is the spot: so aeneas is the founder of the roman people and his descendant. Romulus is the founder of rome the city, but it"s a myth: no real lessons from this poem. It"s just patriotism, you need to be proud to be. History: object was to teach, livy, 59 bc- 17 ad, lived during the founding of the roman empire and augustus, he wrote a history of the roman republic.
