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Chapter Four:The Roman Legacy
Culture and Values, 7th Ed.Cunningham and Reich
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Augustan Literature: Vergil
Roman art promoted Augustan worldviewOfficial, public, served state purposes
Vergil’s AeneidTribute to Rome and AugustusNational epic of RomeHuman destiny and personal responsibility
Eclogues (Bucolics) and Georgics
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[Image 4.9]View of the Garden from the villa of Livia
and Augustus
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Augustan Sculpture
Ara PacisCharacteristics of Vergil’s poetryPolitical and social messageDedicated to the spirit of PeaceCelebrates the abundance of nature
Augustus of Prima PortaVictory over ParthiansNational pride
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Evidence of Pompeii
Vesuvius: August 24, C.E. 79Pliny the YoungerPreservation of ordinary Pompeian life
BuildingsDomestic ornamentsFood
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Roman Imperial Architecture
Triumphal arches, internal arches, vaultsBarrel VaultDome (hemispherical vault)
Hadrian’s Pantheon and imperial foraDome, oculus
Engineering AchievementsAqueducts (Pont du Gard)Covered sewers
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Rome as the Object of Satire
OvercrowdingHumble private residencesJuvenal (C.E. 60-130)
Satirical poet (sixteen Satires)Biting sarcasmMisogyny
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The End of the Roman Empire
Gradual decline and political disunityInsufficient army / use of mercenary troopsIncreased taxes, decreased value of moneyImpossibility of trade
Emperor Diocletian (284-305)Emperor Constantine (306-337)Deposition of Romulus Augustulus (476)
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Late Roman Art and Architecture
Last great Roman imperial buildingsBasilica of ConstantinePalace of Diocletian
Abandonment of Classical idealsLack of perspective and precisionEnthusiasm for Eastern religious cultsRole of Christianity