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The Grandeur That Was Rome: Roman Art and Archaeology

Jennifer Tobin
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The words “Ancient Rome” immediately conjure up images of crazy emperors hosting lavish feasts and orgiastic parties, scenes of chariot races and gladiatorial combat, processions of conquering armies, and legions defending against invading barbarians.Yet on further consideration Ancient Rome was also the genesis for numerous more lofty developments, such as senatorial government, the art of oratory, historical writing, the biography, and, of course, law. From toga parties to the alphabet, from the veto to carrying a bride over the threshold (an ancient Roman custom), in many ways the world of Rome is still with us today. Perhaps this is the reason why the Romans of the past seem so familiar to us. But this familiarity also stems from the nature of the remains left behind by the Romans: graffiti scratched on the wall of a tavern complaining about price gouging, a poignant epitaph carved on a tombstone mourning the loss of a son who died at age three, plates of food left on a table at Pompeii, abandoned in the face of volcanic eruption.

This course serves as a companion to the Modern Scholar course The Glory That Was Greece: Greek Art and Archaeology. Lines from Edgar Allan Poe’s poem To Helen are the source for the titles.There is no mystery why Poe used the word “grandeur” to describe Rome.At its height the Roman Empire stretched from the western shores of Britain to the Euphrates, and from the Rhine to the Sudan.The city of Rome in the second century AD boasted a population of over five million, who were served by eleven aqueduct systems and dozens of baths, markets, theaters, and temples. But as the saying goes, neither the Empire nor the city of Rome was “built in a day,” and Rome’s growth from a village of mud huts on the banks of the Tiber River to a shining marble-clad fulcrum of a vast empire was a slow process. Furthermore, the “grandeur” of Rome evolved out of the ability of its leaders and artisans to adopt and adapt useful and beautiful ideas and forms from the peoples the great city conquered. In many ways, the art and culture of Rome was a distillation of the ancient world as a whole in that they contained elements borrowed from Greece, Egypt, and the Near East.
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The Grandeur That Was Rome: Roman Art and Archaeology

Jennifer Tobin
3.65/5 (34 ratings)
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The words “Ancient Rome” immediately conjure up images of crazy emperors hosting lavish feasts and orgiastic parties, scenes of chariot races and gladiatorial combat, processions of conquering armies, and legions defending against invading barbarians.Yet on further consideration Ancient Rome was also the genesis for numerous more lofty developments, such as senatorial government, the art of oratory, historical writing, the biography, and, of course, law. From toga parties to the alphabet, from the veto to carrying a bride over the threshold (an ancient Roman custom), in many ways the world of Rome is still with us today. Perhaps this is the reason why the Romans of the past seem so familiar to us. But this familiarity also stems from the nature of the remains left behind by the Romans: graffiti scratched on the wall of a tavern complaining about price gouging, a poignant epitaph carved on a tombstone mourning the loss of a son who died at age three, plates of food left on a table at Pompeii, abandoned in the face of volcanic eruption.

This course serves as a companion to the Modern Scholar course The Glory That Was Greece: Greek Art and Archaeology. Lines from Edgar Allan Poe’s poem To Helen are the source for the titles.There is no mystery why Poe used the word “grandeur” to describe Rome.At its height the Roman Empire stretched from the western shores of Britain to the Euphrates, and from the Rhine to the Sudan.The city of Rome in the second century AD boasted a population of over five million, who were served by eleven aqueduct systems and dozens of baths, markets, theaters, and temples. But as the saying goes, neither the Empire nor the city of Rome was “built in a day,” and Rome’s growth from a village of mud huts on the banks of the Tiber River to a shining marble-clad fulcrum of a vast empire was a slow process. Furthermore, the “grandeur” of Rome evolved out of the ability of its leaders and artisans to adopt and adapt useful and beautiful ideas and forms from the peoples the great city conquered. In many ways, the art and culture of Rome was a distillation of the ancient world as a whole in that they contained elements borrowed from Greece, Egypt, and the Near East.
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