Rome's Fall and Legacy

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

On Law

• Legum servi sumus ut liberi esse possimus (Cicero).

On architecture

• Urbem latericium invenit, marmoream reliquit (Augustus)

Some Graffiti from Pompeii

• C. Pumidius Dipilus Heic Fuit
• Augii Amat Allotenum
• Philiiros spado

Constantine

• In hoc signo vinces

Rome's Legacy

• Roma aeterna
• Disciplina Praesidium Civitatis

Remaining from Tuesday: Late Antiquity

II. Pondering Rome's Fall

• Why?
  210 Reasons Given for the Fall of Rome
• Modern Analogies: Are they valuable?

III. Rome's Legacy: Some Examples

• The Byzantine Empire (lasts until 1453)
• The Holy Roman Empire (lasts from 800 until 1806)
• Rome in the Americas
• "Is Google the New Rome?"

IV. Final Exam, Thursday, May 10th, 9-12, UTC2.112A
Note this is not our regular room.