Please post your two most thoughtful questions here. You should have many more questions in your questions log, and you should aim to answer the more discrete questions in your reading notes. We'll share via SynchronEyes in class Monday.
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1. What are the other seven hills besides Palatine? Is there any significance of the hills or any particular purpose of what they are used for? 2. Why is the only information we have about Rome all about the upper class?
1. What was the nature of the first ever contact between Greece and Rome? Are there any writings that indicate what each culture thought of the other? 2. Why did Rome choose to make their gods synonymous with the Greek deities?
Why were non-intelligent officials chosen just because they knew someone, and why were the governors changed every year, which prevented them from actually doing anything? Why did the Romans feel that they needed to deify their emperors after death?
Why was the view of foreigners so different compared to the Greeks? If the vast majority of the climate was hilly, how was agriculture able to be the essencial economic activity?
1. On the first page, the reading claims that the Han Empire and the Roman Empire were the largest empires the world has ever seen at the time. However, wasn't Persia even larger than the two since it stretched from Greece down to Egypt and east towards India?
2. The reading says that women were under the jurisdiction of their own family, and then under the jursidiction of her husband when married. Were there any important female figures in Rome?
1. It seemed like Rome often conquered and expanded when it was in a state of insecurity or it was frustrated with something. When it's inhabitants have those emotions, wouldn't it be harder to also have to deal with conquering an area? (or did that boost their ego and give them motivation?) 2. Rome's battle line was described as "more flexible than the phalanx". Did Rome study the Greek's battle strategies, or just come up with a battle line on their own?
1) The reading stated that some of their enemies were herding tribes and small vilages. Why were these people such a treat when they had enough man power to have more casulities and still win? If they were so big, i don't see how they could rival rome.
2)It says that a small number of families were able to aquire land. Does that mean a small number of families recieved land total (meaning there wasn't a whole lot of land beucase of mountains or something) or does it mean that after the first generation of families got the land, their wasn't much left for everyone else?
1. Who were the people that were in Rome in 1000BCE? in 600BCE?
2. The text talks about women's power in Rome and how some of them shaped Roman hisory. It also relates them to Greece, but there is little or no evidence of any women doing much of anything in Greece. Why were women more willing to sieze power in Rome than Greece?
1. What specifically caused the Roman Republic? 2. What was the relationship between Rome and Greece? How did they interact? What were their differences/similarities?
1) On page 124, it says that Rome's central location helped it to conquer the Italian penninsula. How does this help? Wouldn't the central location force Rome to have to fight on two fronts, which, as shown in WWII, is not a very good position?
2) It states that the votes of wealthy citizens are worth more than votes of poorer citizens. How did they determine this? Was it linearly tied to wealth, or was it a cut-off somewhere? What exactly counted as "wealthy" and "poor"?
1. How were the slaves in Rome treated? Were they treated more like Athenian Slaves or Spartan Slaves? 2. After Rome fought Carthage in the Punic Wars, was there a king who united the lands in Italy like Phillip II of Macedon did to Greece?
In Greece, the Pantheon was very important and greatly influenced daily life. Was the numina the same to the Romans, or was it a bit less important as the reading makes it seem?
Was the Tiber River important other than being a natural barrier for Rome?
1. If the Two Empires were so great...how was it that they did not want to interact with each other, seeing as they were the main powers of their time?
2. If the phalanx worked so well for the Romans in the past...why was there a need to change their tactics?
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1. What are the other seven hills besides Palatine? Is there any significance of the hills or any particular purpose of what they are used for?
2. Why is the only information we have about Rome all about the upper class?
1. What was the nature of the first ever contact between Greece and Rome? Are there any writings that indicate what each culture thought of the other?
2. Why did Rome choose to make their gods synonymous with the Greek deities?
Why were non-intelligent officials chosen just because they knew someone, and why were the governors changed every year, which prevented them from actually doing anything?
Why did the Romans feel that they needed to deify their emperors after death?
Why was the view of foreigners so different compared to the Greeks?
If the vast majority of the climate was hilly, how was agriculture able to be the essencial economic activity?
1. On the first page, the reading claims that the Han Empire and the Roman Empire were the largest empires the world has ever seen at the time. However, wasn't Persia even larger than the two since it stretched from Greece down to Egypt and east towards India?
2. The reading says that women were under the jurisdiction of their own family, and then under the jursidiction of her husband when married. Were there any important female figures in Rome?
1. It seemed like Rome often conquered and expanded when it was in a state of insecurity or it was frustrated with something. When it's inhabitants have those emotions, wouldn't it be harder to also have to deal with conquering an area? (or did that boost their ego and give them motivation?)
2. Rome's battle line was described as "more flexible than the phalanx". Did Rome study the Greek's battle strategies, or just come up with a battle line on their own?
1) The reading stated that some of their enemies were herding tribes and small vilages. Why were these people such a treat when they had enough man power to have more casulities and still win? If they were so big, i don't see how they could rival rome.
2)It says that a small number of families were able to aquire land. Does that mean a small number of families recieved land total (meaning there wasn't a whole lot of land beucase of mountains or something) or does it mean that after the first generation of families got the land, their wasn't much left for everyone else?
1. Did Rome and Greece have a good relationship with each other.
2. Why did Rome choose to model their civilization after the greeks, in art , religion, and general culture?
1. Who were the people that were in Rome in 1000BCE? in 600BCE?
2. The text talks about women's power in Rome and how some of them shaped Roman hisory. It also relates them to Greece, but there is little or no evidence of any women doing much of anything in Greece. Why were women more willing to sieze power in Rome than Greece?
1. What specifically caused the Roman Republic?
2. What was the relationship between Rome and Greece? How did they interact? What were their differences/similarities?
1) On page 124, it says that Rome's central location helped it to conquer the Italian penninsula. How does this help? Wouldn't the central location force Rome to have to fight on two fronts, which, as shown in WWII, is not a very good position?
2) It states that the votes of wealthy citizens are worth more than votes of poorer citizens. How did they determine this? Was it linearly tied to wealth, or was it a cut-off somewhere? What exactly counted as "wealthy" and "poor"?
1. How were the slaves in Rome treated? Were they treated more like Athenian Slaves or Spartan Slaves?
2. After Rome fought Carthage in the Punic Wars, was there a king who united the lands in Italy like Phillip II of Macedon did to Greece?
1. What made them put in the latifundia's (broad estates)and why was did they decide that and not something different?
In Greece, the Pantheon was very important and greatly influenced daily life. Was the numina the same to the Romans, or was it a bit less important as the reading makes it seem?
Was the Tiber River important other than being a natural barrier for Rome?
Why did the Romans adopt a great deal of Greek Culture?
How much did the Roman's battle formation originated from the phalanx?
1. If the Two Empires were so great...how was it that they did not want to interact with each other, seeing as they were the main powers of their time?
2. If the phalanx worked so well for the Romans in the past...why was there a need to change their tactics?
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