Livy - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

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Literary Synopsis #1 correct answers Name of Work: History of Rome Time: 27 BC Author: Titus Livius Profession: Historian Language: Latin Literary Period: Golden Age Genre: History Focus: Support of the gods, military victory, Concordia also story of the founding of Rome, Sabine women, different kings, patricians vs plebeians Important Details: It was put together from oral histories (Livy was writing about regal period during the imperial period) Literary Synopsis #2 ...

HIEU 322 Midterm peoplePolybius - correct answer > Personal life: Born around 200 B.C.; Greek hostage taken to Rome in 167 B.C. > Great work: Histories, 40 books covering from 220-146 B.C.: the years of Rome's wars with Carthage First scientific history (tradition of Herodotus and Thucydides, Herodotus went to archives, talked to people who fought in the battles. Did not write with an agenda or dismiss people who were on the opposing side) > Why his history is good - Believed a me...

HIEU 102 QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS 2024 12 Tables A legal system that often demanded an eye for an eye, and sometimes even more extreme punishments, but actually encouraged Romans to compromise and negotiate terms (of debt) on their own basis; limited what could be done by the Plebs. 146 BC Date making the end of the Third Punic War which ended with the destruction of Carthage and the integration of Carthiginian territory into the Roman state. Represents the second allowance of Ro...

Traditional Founding of Rome correct answers 753 BCE Monarchy period correct answers 753-509 BCE Republic Period correct answers 509-27 BCE Empire Foundation correct answers 27 BCE End of empire in the west correct answers 476 CE End of empire in the east correct answers 1453 CE Benefits of Roma location correct answers -Location along the river Tiber -Good soil -Access to sea -Natural barrier (7 hills) -Lots of water springs Marshes in Rome correct answers -Concentratio...

Classical Mythology Unit 1 questions and answers well illustrated. myth - correct answers.a traditional story about gods, ancestors, or heroes, told to explain the natural world or the customs and beliefs of a society; derived from Greek mythos; critic Aristotle made the designation for plot of a play mythos - correct , speech, tale, or story saga - correct answers.a narrative of heroic exploits; a long, detailed account with historical elements legend - correct a...

homer correct answers wrote the Illiad and the Odyssey herodotus correct answers wrote "histories" about the greco-persian war thucydides correct answers wrote the History of the Peloponnesian War xenophon correct answers wrote Cyropaideia (The Education of Cyrus) polybius correct answers wrote the histories (the rise of rome) Demosthenes correct answers wrote Philippics Cicero correct answers wrote orations, letters, and essays (philosophical, rhetorical, and political) S...

Give the name and dates of Rome's first king - ANSWERSRomulus, 753-716 Give the name and dates of Rome's second king - ANSWERSNuma Pompilius, 715-673 Give the name and dates of Rome's third king - ANSWERSTullus Hostilius, 673-642 Give the names and dates of Rome's fourth king - ANSWERSAncus Marcius, 642-616 Give the names and dates of Rome's fifth king (1st Etruscan king) - ANSWERSLucius Tarquinius Priscus, 616-579 Give the names and dates of Rome's sixth king (2...

Name our two main sources on the foundation of Rome - ANSWERS- Livy, The History of Rome - Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities When was Livy's History of Rome written? - ANSWERSAround 29BCE When was Dionysius' Roman Antiquities written? - ANSWERSAround 7BCE Name the earliest Roman historian, referenced by both Livy and Dionysius, but whose works are now lost. When was he writing? - ANSWERS- Quintus Fabius Pictor - between 215 and 200BCE Which survivor of the Trojan ...

Why was Pandora created? - ANSWERSShe was created to punish man for accepting Prometheus's gift of fire to them. Who narrates the story? - ANSWERSHesiod, in 'Works and Days' What is Hephaestus the god of? - ANSWERSForge and craftsmanship What does Pandora translate to? - ANSWERS'All gifts' What did Athena give Pandora? - ANSWERSMade her look attractive. What did Hermes give Pandora? - ANSWERSThievish nature and crafty words Who was she the bride to? - ANSWERSThe ...