HUM 2 terms

Pax Romana

“roman peace”, refers to the story of the Aeneid, it’s not a peaceful period: religious reforms, financial reforms / building projects

arma uirumque cano

“my song is of war and a man”, the opening line of the Aenid, “arms, war, a man", I sing”

Peterfamilias / Pater Families

refers to the Roman idea for the lives of men": son, husband, father”

Cumae

a greek colony, site of the batte of cumae, mentioned in the Aeneid book 6

Patera

a bowl to pour liquid in, bowl symbolizes female power, Aeneid story

ecphrasis and Aeneas shield

telling a story within a story via art/ other work, tells of Augustus achievement, the shield is a resignification of Achille’s shield in the Illiad

Pater Patriae

“father of fathers”, it’s a term for Augustus Rome and the accomplishments he did

The Ara Pacis

a masterwork of Roman sculpture and architecture commissioned by the Roman Senate in to celebrate Emperor Augustus’s victories

Gravitas

A term in this case for Roman virtues, its a word with importance and weight, example: How should one live?

Eudaimonia

a term for philosophy in rome, during this time there was a marketplace of ideas, eudaimonia means self sufficiency, rejection of societal values

Non fui, non sum, non curo

I was not, I was, I am not, I do not care, Roman philosphy, pleasure is the goal

Pietas

meaning duty, moderation in all things, justice is nature and each soul is part of nature, all can be just through rational thought