CLAS 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Mos Maiorum, Punic Wars, Hercle

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLAS 1000
• Professor: John Walsh

Document Summary

Adapted slowly copying greek originals into latin. Livy(cid:835)s history (cid:838)from the day the city was founded(cid:839) Worship influenced by the greek worship of gods. Large pantheon of gods adopted by the romans. Like latin literature it was a fusion of greek gods blended with local italian versions of the stories. Used relgion for a more practical purpose > to support the state. Making rome stronger, e. g. the vestal virgins. Women who devopted themselves to the verstal of jupiter. Cult dedicated all their energy to maintaining the flame (the center of the state) Temple of vesta > where the nuns would tend the sacred fire. Job of the emperor was the pray publicly on behalf of the welfare of the state (public sacrificed) Depended on maintaining the favour of the gods. Public worship of the traditional gods was necessary to keep the state going (anthropomorphized the state into a deity)