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- Jerome Carcopino’s Daily Life in Ancient Rome is a highly regarded work that gives many insights into Roman culture.
- John Scheid’s An Introduction to Roman Religion
- Works of Plautus
- Works of Terence
- Works of Cicero
Roman Culture – Quiz
- Explain the traditional Roman attitude towards the theater.
- Identify at least two of Cicero’s works.
- Identify the three kinds of Roman law identified in the lecture.
- Identify two fields in which the Greeks influenced the Romans.
- The term ________ referred to a Roman’s network of duties to family, fellow citizens, the gods, and the State.
- True/False: Roman religion was focused more on ritual than on a moral code.
- _________ were Roman religious officials who attempted to divine the future by examining the entrails of animals.
- Romans enjoyed the theater but thought acting was disreputable.
- De Inventione, De Oratore, De Republica, De Legibus, De Officiis
- ius civile, ius gentium, ius naturale
- art, science, philosophy, medicine, geography
- pietas
- True
- augurs