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Etymology

King Romulus

Albius tibullus

Marco Anneo Lucano

Septimius Severus
 Total Area:
1,285 km2 (496.1 sq mi)

 Residents: 2,872,800

 Currency: Italian Euro

sign: €; code: EUR

 Climate: Mediterranean Climate

 Demonyms:
1. Italian:
Romano (Masculine)
Romana (Feminine)

2. English:
Roman
 ITALIAN
- Present language of Rome

 LATIN
- Original Language

 TUSCAN DIALECT
- Where Italian language emerged

 ROMANESCO DIALECT
- Developed by Roman
Government
ROMAN REPUBLIC’S GOVERNMENT
Overview Roman Education:

Early Republic (750-350BC)

 Domestic education by parents, esp. paterfamilias

 Agricultural, domestic, moral, & civil skills (for both boys/girls)

 No strong national literature

 Late Republic (300-0BC)
 Emergence of more formal, tiered schools, by ability > age
 Greek influence strengthens w/ private tutors, literature,
higher education
 Yet Roman reject Greek music, athletics in favor of oratory,
law, and “practical” skills

 Empire

 Abundance of private schools

 More international student body
 TYPES OF SCHOOL
 Primary School (w/ litterator or magister ludi)
• Reading w/ simple letters, phrases from texts & inscriptions
• Writing w/ erasable wax tablet & stylus (CAPS only)
• Simple math w/ abacus or pebbles (and Roman numerals)
• Low fees, open to any student, mixed social classes

 Secondary School (w/ grammaticus)

• Writing w/ parchment & quills for advanced students
• Latin & Greek for elite students
• Oratory, beg. rhetoric, poetry, grammar = civic/political training

 Oratory School/”College” (w/ rhetor)

• More advanced rhetoric; typically noble students
Famous Roman Teachers
 8%
1%
4%
1%
4%

82%

Roman Catholic
Eastern Orthodox
Protestant
Muslim
Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran, Rome's Cathedral,
start to built in 324, partly rebuilt between 1660-1734.
 Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore, it is one of the four
Papal major basilicas and it has numerous architectural styles,
built between 4th century and 1743.
St. Peter's Square in Vatican City.
Pope Francis
 Heirs of Greek Art

VS.

Greek Roman
 Roman Murals

 large pictures painted directly on the wall.

 1) Temples

2) Aqueducts

3) Baths

4) Colosseum

5) Pantheon

6) Basilicas

7) Triumphal Arches

7 Different Structures
 TEMPLES

Temple of Zeus at Aizanoi

Temple of Augustus and Livia

 AQUEDUCTS

Pont du gard
baths

The great bath

 COLoSsEUM

Flavian Amphitheatre
pantheon
 basilicas

San Giovanni

St. Peter
 Triumphal arches

Arch of Constantine i

Arch of Septimius Severus

GLADIATOR
CIRCUS MAXIMUS
harpastum boxing

wrestling

handball
Popular foods

Spaghetti & Carbonara

Bruschetta

Pig’s trotters Coda alla vaccinara

 Baccala

Gnoccchi
Trippa
Popular sweets

Pasticcini
Gelato

Homemade
Chocolates
The Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
(English: National Academy of St Cecilia)
Auditorium Parco
della Musica
Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Giovanni Pierluigi da
Palestrina

MOST FAMOUS COMPOSER OF THE

ROMAN SCHOOL
 Musei Capitolini
(Capitoline Museums)
Sistine chapel
Raphael’s Room
Collections of contemporary art
 The Galleria Borghese
(English: Borghese Gallery)
Roman fountains
 Roman Catacombs
(Catacombs of San Callisto)
 Roman Ruins
(Domus Aurea)
Different Cultural and Research Institutes

The American Academy in Rome

Swedish Institute in Rome
-forum romanum
-trajan’s market
-trajan’s forum
-the colosseum
-the pantheon
National Gallery of Modern Art

The National Gallery of Modern Art

MAXXI-National Museum of the 21st Century Arts
designed by Iraqi architect Zaha Hadid
Massimiliano Fuksas' Rome Convention Center
 Holidays

• Feriae ( “ holidays” in the sense

of “ holy days” ) were either
public or private.
• “Fasti” by Ovid

• Private feriae
• 3 types of public feriae
• Stativae – ex. Feast of Saint
Peter on June 29
• Conceptivae – ex. Latin
festival and Amburbium
• Imperativae – Secular
Games