CLASSIC 20 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Pomerium, Curia Julia, Diocletian
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The ancients thought of their world in terms of continents also: 3 continents: europe, asia, africa. These are the greek terms: asia goes far out, africa doesn"t have a bottom, ocean goes around whole world. Romans thought of the world as a globe/round: in a silver coin (denarius), there were 4 wreaths to celebrate his conquering of the world. There were always different cultural groups geographically. Binary demarcations: city (urbs) rome and the world (orbis terrarum) First latins, then italians, then spanish, finally entire empire. Within rome: home (domi) and outdoors (foris) Ethnic and cultural identity: latin, sabine, etruscan, greek, oscan, samnite, distinctions between those from rome and those from latin towns, italian people and provincial people, roman people and barbarians . City vs. country: urban (urbanus) and rural (rusticus) urbanus = upper class rusticus = lower class. Lines of differentiation: age, gender, and social class. Plan of roman house: atrium: large central space.
