CLASSIC 20 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Piazza Di Monte Citorio, Tablinum, Via Sacra
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Ptolemy - 3 continents europe, asia, and africa. Thought of their world as three continents (those are all greek terms) Reverse: globe in the center surrounded by one large wreath and 3 small wreaths, representing the triumphs of pompey the great on 3 continents (space, The city (urbs) rome and the world (orbis terrarum) Paul of tarsus - city in modern turkey. Where we get domestic and foreign today. By ethnicity and cultural identity (latin, sabine, etruscan, greek, oscan, samnite. Roman or barbarian - diff bt what was civilized, what was at peace, and what wasn"t. Defined by age, gender, and social class. Female quarters, women sequestered, men and women dined apart. No female quarters, men and women dined together, no children"s quarters. Rich had it facing the garden, not so rich had a garden painted. Belonged to adult male citizen - excluded poor, women, children. Forum boarium - early cattle-market beside tiber river, myths of greek god.
