History 4A Lecture Notes Fall 2012 The Origins of Western Civilization: The Ancient Mediterranean World 8/24/12 Introduction (power point on bspace contains images if desired) * Instructor: Carlos Norena * GSI: Patrick Clark‚ Brendan Haug‚ John Olmsted‚ Norman Underwood * historia (history) – Greek‚ lit. “inquiry‚ learning by inquiry; a [written] account of what has been learned by inquiry” Resources of History (example) * clay prism (Sumerian King List) * marble etchings
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series of emperors. Most emperors gained power though the military and many fought for power. Wars were fought between generals who killed other citizens in attempt to control power .Imperial riches empowered a small group of military leaders – Marius‚ Sulla‚ Pompey‚ Julius Caesar – who recruited their troops directly from the ranks of the poor and whose fierce rivalries brought revolts to Rome during the first century B.C.E. In the Roman Empire‚ nationalism was shown when Romans persecuted Christians
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empire‚ this doesn’t seem an easy task for modern day governments. How was it that this occurred? And what impact did Julius Caesar and Augustus Caesar have on this change? Julius Caesar‚ although not completely starting the process‚ this was begun be Sulla‚ Caesar did draw the power away from the senate and bestowed it upon himself‚ partaking in constant wars‚ instead of stabilising the republic. When he died‚ Rome fell back into civil war and power was regained by Julius Caesar’s heir‚ Augustus. Augustus
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Conrad-Demarest Roman and Han Empires According to the Conrad-Demarest model of empires‚ the ancient dynasties of the Han and the Romans The beginning of the Han Dynasty started out as a mix of decentralized and centralized empire. Liu Bang wanted to combine the ideas of the decentralized Zhou dynasty with the tightly centralized Qin dynasty. He thought the Zhou led to political chaos because the regional governors had too much power; the Qin provided too much incentive with the imperial family
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The Impacts of Roman Republic’s Territorial Expansion Rome‚ the country with constant wars‚ expended from a small state which was poorly documented to a glorious empire which dominated Mediterranean during five hundred years. As a great amount of wars went on‚ Rome’s territory enlarged at a fast speed and increasing number of people became under her control. The huge changes in territory and population resulted in tremendous transition in Roman politics and society. After continuous wars‚ such as
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“The Roman Empire was then young‚ vigorous‚ and powerful‚ a huge political entity that held sway over most of the Mediterranean-European world; and its inhabitants simply could not conceive that the city and empire already routinely referred to as “eternal” would not last truly forever” (Nardo‚ 1998‚ P. 12). Gaius Julius Caesar‚ whose very name strikes the image of an almighty leader‚ was a government official and general of the late Roman republic‚ who extraordinarily broadened the Roman realm before
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republic’ but not that he actually did so‚ therefore implying that he maintained the autocratic power contrary to the Republican rules. Whether or not this was entirely intentional or with what motivations he acted is unclear. Following the example of Sulla and retiring would almost certainly result in a relapse into
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Western Roman Empire | A map depicting the separate empires of Rome | Mediterranean Society: The Roman Phase From Kingdom To Republic The Etruscans and Rome (Previous Wiki notes) There are many different versions on how Rome started the ones told to kids are very simple with very few names: .Ancient Rome for Kids The story of Romulus and Remus for adults have dates‚ more names and details: Wolf Country‚ Myth and Stories You can find many versions of myths‚ however the version the
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Roman Sex Roles: Priapus: guardian of the garden who had an enormous phallus and threatened to penetrate or rape any thieves; often seen holding a fruit basket‚ club‚ or sickle. Pederasty: known as sex with a boy (12-18 years old) by an older man; was very normal and legal in Rome; normally occurred until their beard began to show Cinaedus/Mollis: term for adult males who want to be penetrated; these men often became victim of civil disabilities because this was non-normative
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How did Greece influence the culture of Rome? What were the similarities and differences? Why did the Romans accept these ideas? It is believed that Hellenization arrived in Rome in 218-202BC. At this time‚ Romans had long been influenced by the Greeks in cultural artefacts and cultural values. The Greeks were stereotyped as sophisticate‚ literate and artistic while the Romans were more known as militaristic‚ ruled their lives via superstition and many of them did farming (Luck‚ 2014‚ p. 48). Around
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