CC 302: Introduction to Ancient Rome (Unique # 28450)

CC 347: The Cultural History of Rome (Unique # 28560)

November 5: Petronius

I. Lingua Latina:

• From the Aeneid

1. arma virumque cano
   
2. sunt lacrimae rerum
   
3. timeo Danaos et dona ferentis
   
4. tu... Romane... memento...
   parcere subjectis et debellare superbos

• From Horace

1. carpe diem (from Odes 1.11)
   
2. nunc est bibendum (from Odes 1.37)
   
3. dulce et decorum est pro patria mori (from Odes 3.2)
   

• Words attributed to some Roman emperors

1. O homines ad servitutem paratos! (allegedly said by Tiberius about Roman senators)
   
2. Utinam populus Romanus unam cervicem haberet! (supposedly said by Caligula)
   
3. Puto deus fio (allegedly Vespasian's last words)

• Petronius (probably ca. 26 CE- 66 CE):

1. arbiter elegantiae (Tacitus' description of Petronius)
2. cave canem (on fresco outside Trimalchio's door)

II. Test Next Thursday, November 7th

1. Format and general expectations same as last exams
2. Review session Tuesday, November 5th, 7:00 PM (note time change) JES A121A
3. Guidelines

III. Three periods of the Principate

1. Julio-Claudians: 27 BCE- 68 CE
2. Flavians: 69 CE - 96 CE
3. "Good emperors" and Commodus: 96 CE - 192 CE

IV. Roman emperors from Hadrian through Commodus

"The Five Good Emperors"

• Nerva: 96-98
• Trajan: 98-117
• Hadrian: 117-138
• Antoninus Pius: 138-161
• Marcus Aurelius: 161-180

Commodus: 180-192

V. Petronius, Satyricon

Images to accompany discussion 17

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