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Lucius Popidius Secundus

17 year old living in rome

roman breakfast

light, bread, honey

where did lucius live

subura rome

lucius’ education

speaking, writing, Latin & Greek, athletics

what was a fact of life in 73 AD

war

father life

business deals and arranged marriage

where did lucius spend a lot of time

forum

where did Lucius enjoy water

Agrippa Bathhouse

Agrippa Bathhouse

dinner parties for hours

how long did punic wars last

over 100 years

who takes over sicily

rome

who inherits the throne after father

hannibal

what does hannibal do

attack spain and drivers army over alps toward rome

battle of zama

carthage lost again in second punic war

julius caesar

helps win 3rd punic war

what happens to roman army

becomes professional and increase wealth and status

triumvirate alliance

caesarm pompey, crassus

caesar power threatened _____

roman senate and pompey

who defeats pompey

caesar

what does caesar do about dictatorship

permanent

who kills caesar

senators

who becomes ruler after caesar

octavian (caesar augustus)

what does augustus do

establishes era of peace of prosperity that would last for two centuries

what declined in rome

ideals and intellectual freedomm

domestic problems in rome

economy and social life

what is rome ruled by

emperors

how often are fights for political power

frequently

who were slaughtered in conscriptions

nobles

inflation

rising prices and money loss

coins lost values

less gold put into treasures

what are soldiers more invested in

personal gain

who was the first christian emperor

edict of milan

what does eedict of milan do

move capital of rome to constantinople

west empire invaded by barbarians

ostrogoths, visogoths, vandals, saxons, and franks

when was romulus augustus defeated in

476 ad

what does the fall of the roman empire cause

chaos and change for 1000 years

byzantine empire

1123 years

classical learning was replaced with

religion

urban life was replaced with

rural life

latin was replaced with

romance languages

feudalism

political, economical, and social system and provides correction

manor

self-sufficient community

knight’s 3 master

heavenly lord, earthy feudal lord, chosen lady

what does the king give to nobles

return for service

why were there military campaigns in the 11-th-13th centuries

defense and expansion of christendom

what happened in the 7th-11th centuries of the umayyad caliphate

muslims sweep out of arabia to conquer palastine, syria, mesopotamia, egypt, north africa and spain

how many of christendom are captured

2/3rds

why were crusades started

recapture

seljuk turks

convert to islam and defeat the byzantines at the battle of manzikert

pope urban II

calls for knights to join together

who calls more crusades to the holy lands

popes

what happened in 637

jerusalem conquered by muslims

who did seljuks kill

christian pilgrims

what was professor john riley smith’s motivation

to win spiritual merit

what crusades were a success

1st and 3rd crusade

what was the last crusader

1291 where syria and palestine were captured

Einhard

scribe and worked for Charlemagne

when was Einhard crowned Roman Emperor

Christmas Day

Where did Charlemagne take over

Aquitania, Gascony, and the whole region of the Pyrenees

what happened after there was a success in allegiance with Franks

greeks and eastern romans were jealous

what are the most notable works of charlemagne

basilica of the holy mother of god at aix-la-chapelle, a bridge over the rhine

what did charlemagne reform

legal system and issued standarized coins

what language did charlemagne change

latin to vernacular

what does charlemagne place

france and germany at the heart of european power

ambitious beliefs about money

philanthropy in the service of beauty and truth

1469

lorenzo de’medici and the medici bank

the medici library

epicurus, cicero, plato, aristotle

artists at the medici library

verrocchio, leonardo, michelangelo, botticelli

moderate fortune

spend half a billion us dollars on patronage

what is there a shortage of today

vision

what did medici family think of

art as a kind of education

what is the source of glory

imagination and intelligence

practical renaissance outlook

successful societies with wise people and good architecture

on the nature of things

epicurean philosophy about friendship, simplicity, and acceptance of limitation

what are we to a large extent

shaped by the character of the buildings around us

what is the renaissance

coherent ideological program

what is a coherent ideological program

art in the service of palpable ideas that are effective and life changing

marsilio ficino

we are all creaters that love

what is the definition of a good politician

someone who knows how to defend, enrich, and bring honor to the state

what is a politician’s personality

dark and sly

machiavellian traits

methodical, strategic, realistic, cunning, pragmatic, cold/logical

who is machiavelli

secretary for florence and father was a wealthy lawyer

Political success doesn’t just come easier to the immoral

being moral is at odds with being a good leader

what is a good prince

must defend the state from external and internal threats to stabilize the government

what should a prince know

people’s reputation and how to manage them

what should leaders always do

err on the side of inspiring terror

what did the prince reject

christian virtues for leaders

what did nice rulers eventually do

face a problem not solvable with generosity, kindness, or deceny

criminal virtue

cruel in the name of the state, yet good leaders

what city did cesare borgia

cesne

who did borgia kill

de orca and hung in public square

what did borgia organize

theatre for people

difficult decisions

ethical trade-offs

what do we have to sacrafice

ideal vision of practical effectiveness for dealing with the world as it is

is machiavelli commonly understood

no

what is machiavelli’s advice for

those who run the risk of losing what they really care about at key moment

what does art do to us

1. keeps us hopeful
2. makes us less lonely
3. rebalances us
4. helps us appreciate

catholic

universal

roman

seat of the pope

seven sacraments

baptism, eucharist, confession, confirmation, matrimony, holy orders, annointing of the sick