Juvenal

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I. Lingua Latina

  • Words attributed to some Julio-Claudian 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)


  • Phrases connected with Nero
  1. occidat, dum imperet (from Tacitus)
  2. ventrem feri (from Tacitus)
  3. 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)
  • Evulgato imperii arcano (Tacitus on the deposition of Nero)
  • Puto deus fio (allegedly Vespasian's last words)
  • Felicior Augusto, melior Traiano (Senate's wishes for new emperors)

From Juvenal

  1. difficile est saturam non scribere
  2. panem et circenses
  3. mens sana in corpore sano

II. Thomas Jefferson Center for Core Texts and Ideas, Information Session, Wednesday, April 18, 4PM, Waggener 403b

  • Certificate program
  • Jefferson Scholars Program
  • Summer Programs in Austin and Rome

III. T.Moore's office hours cancelled, Thursday, 4/19

IV. Undergraduate Research Week 

Remaining from last week: Rome, 69-138 CE

V. Juvenal and Roman Realities

  • Satire 10: Philosophy and Rhetoric

"The Vanity of Human Wishes," by Samuel Johnson

Philosophy: The Diatribe

Rhetoric: Declamation

Education for an upperclass Roman male:

Ages                                             
7-11: magister ludi: basic reading and writing     
12-15: grammaticus: grammar, literature, basic rhetoric
     
16-18: rhetor: rhetoric

 

  • Satire 3 and Roman Realities

"London," by Samuel Johnson

Urban Rome

CC 302: Introduction to Ancient Rome

Unique numbers 33015 and 33940 

Spring, 2012; TTh 12:30-2:00, WEL 1.316

Timothy Moore, WAG 113, 232-4161; timmoore@mail.utexas.edu

Office hours M 3-5, Th 11-12:15, and by appointment

 

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