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Chapter Four: The Roman Legacy

Chapter Four: The Roman Legacy. Culture and Values, 7 th Ed. Cunningham and Reich. Augustan Literature: Vergil. Roman art promoted Augustan worldview Official, public, served state purposes Vergil’s Aeneid Tribute to Rome and Augustus National epic of Rome

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Chapter Four: The Roman Legacy

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  1. Chapter Four:The Roman Legacy Culture and Values, 7th Ed. Cunningham and Reich

  2. Augustan Literature: Vergil • Roman art promoted Augustan worldview • Official, public, served state purposes • Vergil’s Aeneid • Tribute to Rome and Augustus • National epic of Rome • Human destiny and personal responsibility • Eclogues (Bucolics) and Georgics

  3. [Image 4.9] View of the Garden from the villa of Livia and Augustus

  4. Augustan Sculpture • Ara Pacis • Characteristics of Vergil’s poetry • Political and social message • Dedicated to the spirit of Peace • Celebrates the abundance of nature • Augustus of Prima Porta • Victory over Parthians • National pride

  5. Evidence of Pompeii • Vesuvius: August 24, C.E. 79 • Pliny the Younger • Preservation of ordinary Pompeian life • Buildings • Domestic ornaments • Food

  6. Roman Imperial Architecture • Triumphal arches, internal arches, vaults • Barrel Vault • Dome (hemispherical vault) • Hadrian’s Pantheon and imperial fora • Dome, oculus • Engineering Achievements • Aqueducts (Pont du Gard) • Covered sewers

  7. Rome as the Object of Satire • Overcrowding • Humble private residences • Juvenal (C.E. 60-130) • Satirical poet (sixteen Satires) • Biting sarcasm • Misogyny

  8. The End of the Roman Empire • Gradual decline and political disunity • Insufficient army / use of mercenary troops • Increased taxes, decreased value of money • Impossibility of trade • Emperor Diocletian (284-305) • Emperor Constantine (306-337) • Deposition of Romulus Augustulus (476)

  9. Late Roman Art and Architecture • Last great Roman imperial buildings • Basilica of Constantine • Palace of Diocletian • Abandonment of Classical ideals • Lack of perspective and precision • Enthusiasm for Eastern religious cults • Role of Christianity

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