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Culture: Clients and Patrons
Clients vs. Patrons |
*Patrons expected:
-audience/support -votes -witnesses *Clients expected: -Money -Meals -Protection -Referral |
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Salutatio
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*Morning Call
-dress in dirty togas -sportula (little basket of food or money) -martial (satire) |
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Patronage system
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*patronage system in Rome showed that the people were divided into clearly defined ranks
1. Emperor 2. Senators 3. Equites 4. Plebs |
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Plebeians (Plebs)
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Majority of the people; small businessmen or craftsmen
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praeco
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a huge and obese man with an arrogant expression
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Euphrosyne
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a very beautiful girl who had arrived from Greece with many bags and luggage
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Translate the following ablative absolute:
omnibus tacentibus, libertus nomina recitavit. |
With everyone being quiet, the freedman recited names.
Or, can also be translate: When everyone was quiet... |
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Translate the following ablative absolute:
mercatore profecto, res dira accidit. |
With the merchant having set out, dreadful things happened.
Also, can be translated: After the merchant had set out... |
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Is this a positive or negative purpose clause?
Translate. per vias celeriter contendebamus ne tardi ad arcum adveniremus. |
negative (NE)
We were quickly hurrying through the streets so that we might not arrive late to the arch. |
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What two things are involved in an ablative absolute and in what case are they?
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Noun and Participle
Ablative Case |
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Haterius
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patron who is accepting clients for the salutatio
-for dinner -to draw up accounts etc. *Euphrosyne is stunned by this |
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Eryllus
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expert with good taste
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What was Rome's coastal port?
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Ostia
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Describe the shape of Tiber Island.
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built to look like a ship sailing the river
-complete w/ rostrum |
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Subura
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full of stores and large multi-storied insulae; most inhabitants were poor
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What was the Cloaca Maxima?
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central drain
-underground channels carry sewage and waste water to this drain |