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Updated 9/15/08
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Lecture 6: HANNIBAL AND THE AFTERMATH; ROMAN RELIGION - OLD AND NEW
I. The Second Punic War (218-201 B.C.) - the end
II. Long-term consequences: new trends vs. old traditions, e.g. in religion
III. The character of Roman religion
A. a different culture; religion unrelated to afterlife & salvation; cf. "civil religion" in America (R. Bellah):
civic values, not sectarian; no separation between church and state
B. the agricultural heritage: numen; do ut des; pax deorum; Lupercalia, Robigalia; images 8-9
C. the family heritage: familia; pater familias; Vesta, Lares (Lararium in the house), Penates; images 10-15
D. Abstractions and Values, e.g. Fides, Pietas, Concordia
E. the state religion: pontifices, pontifex maximus, augurs (cf. Lect. 2: Tomb of the Augurs); image 16
F. the importance of ritual; instauratio
IV. The Olympian gods (Jupiter, Juno, Venus, Mars, et al.); cf. the list
in Kamm (pp. 82-83);
images 17-18
7th inning stretch: Achilles pioneering the testudo formation (Troy, 2004)
V. The appeal of the oriental cults
A. senses; ecstasy; enthusiasmos (e.g. Bacchus, Magna Mater or Cybele); Bacchanalian Decree 186 B.C.
B. intellect
C. moral responsibility
D. The Villa of Mysteries at Pompeii (1st cent. A.D.): a Dionysiac initiation, Ariadne; images 19-31
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