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

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

September 12: The Middle Republic, Plautus

I. Lingua Latina:
Salvete, Salve
Quid agitis?, Quid agis? optime, bene, satis bene, male
vae victis!
cunctando restituit rem
bibite, este, pergraecamini

II. Rome, 264-146 BCE: External Affairs

• Punic (Carthaginian) Wars

1. 264-241 BCE
2. 218-201 BCE
3. 149-146 BCE

• Rome and the Greek East

1. Second Macedonian War: 200-196 BCE
2. War with Antiochus III of Syria: 192-188 BCE
3. Third Macedonian War: 171-167 BCE
4. Fourth Macedonian War: 149-148 BCE
5. Sack of Corinth: 146 BCE

VII. Rome, 264-146 BCE: Internal Affairs

• Forces for change

1. War
2. Wealth
3. Greece

• Results

1. Growth of latifundia, pressures on small farmers
2. Growth of cities, especially Rome
3. Pressures on mos maiorum

• Reactions

1. Marcus Porcius Cato
2. Publius Scipio Aemilianus

VIII. Roman comedy

• Background and performance
• Plautus, The Haunted House

Images to Accompany Discussion 5

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