CC 302: Introduction to Ancient Rome

November 2: Juvenal

I: Lingua Latina

• Words attributed to some Julio-Claudian emperors

1. Festina lente (a favorite motto of Augustus)
   
2. O homines ad servitutem paratos! (allegedly said by Tiberius about Roman senators)
   
3. Utinam populus Romanus unam cervicem haberet! (supposedly said by Caligula)
   

• From Livy's Ab urbe condita

1. ego me etsi peccato absolvo, supplicio non libero (Lucretia)
   
2. et facere et pati fortia Romanum est (Mucius Scaevola)

• 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)
   

• Phrases connected with Nero

1. occidat, dum imperet (from Tacitus)
2. ventrem feri (from Tacitus)
3. Quis negat Aeneae magna de stirpe Neronem?
   sustulit hic matrem, sustulit ille patrem
   (from Suetonius)
4. qualis artifex pereo (from Suetonius)

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

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

• From Juvenal

1. difficile est saturam non scribere
2. quid Romae faciam? mentiri nescio
3. panem et circenses
4. mens sana in corpore sano

II. Juvenal and Roman Realities

• Satire 10: Philosophy and Rhetoric
• Satire 3 and Roman Realities

III. Review for Test II

• Remember to Bring a Blue Book
• Review Session, Wednesday, November 3rd, 7:00 PM, Belmont 328
• Format: same as last exam
• I. Pairs: answer any 8 (only 8) of the following questions (16 points: 1 point for each name).

  1. Name Augustus' wife and daughter.

  2. Name two dishes eaten at Trimalchio's dinner

  II. Lingua Latina: Translate any 4 (only 4) of the following Latin words or phrases and explain very briefly their significance (24 points; 3 points for each translation, 3 points for each explanation).

   

  III. Short answers: Answer any 4 (only 4) of the following questions (28 points, 7 points each).
  1. Describe briefly what happens in Book 12 of the Aeneid.
  2. Describe briefly why Nero's acts as a performer gave him a bad reputation.

   

  IV. Essay I. Answer one (only 1) of the following questions in a brief but well-constructed essay (16 points).

  1. We have read this semester three authors from the Augustan period: Livy, Vergil, and Horace. Describe how each of these authors.... Your essay should have five paragraphs: 1: a brief introduction (2 points), 2-4: 1 paragraph with specific evidence from each of the authors (4 points each), 5: a brief summarizing conclusion (2 points).

   

  V. Essay II. Answer one (only 1) of the following questions in a brief but well-constructed essay (16 points).

  1. We have read this semester four authors who describe events and conditions of the Neronian age or later: Suetonius, Tacitus, Petronius, and Juvenal. Choose three (only three) of these authors, and evaluate.... Defend your conclusions with specific examples drawn from each author. Your essay should have five paragraphs: 1: a brief introduction (2 points) 2-4: 1 paragraph with specific evidence from each of the authors (4 points each), 5: a brief summarizing conclusion (2 points).

   

   

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