The Aeneid by Virgil For other peoples will

The Aeneid by Virgil For other peoples will, I do not doubt, Still cast their bronze to breathe with softer features, Or draw out of the marble living lines, Plead causes better, trace the ways of heaven With wands and tell the rising constellations; But yours will be the rulership of nations, Remember, Roman, these will be your arts: To teach the ways of peace to those you conquer, To spare defeated peoples, to tame the proud.

Romulus and Remus Sons of Rhea Silvia and grandchildren of Numitor (king of Alba Longa) Numitor deposed by Amulius Father: Mars? Hercules? Suckled by a she-wolf, discovered by a shepherd Quarrel over the site of a new city Romulus murdered Remus Founded a city on the Palatine Hill and named it Rome in 753 BC Offered a sanctuary for fugitives The Rape of the Sabine Women https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=t 6 M 5 s. FXKRc. Y

‘Romulus and Remus’ (Rubens 1615 -16)

Bronze Statue of Romulus and Remus, Capitoline Museums

Jacques-Louis David, "The Intervention of the Sabine 
 Women, " 1799. The Louvre, Paris. 


The Secrets to Roman Success Army - six centuries (백인대, 100명/1) – one cohort(대대, 총 600명) - ten cohorts – one legion (군단, 총 6000명 ) Government - Get the loyalty of conquered people through generous treatment : tax, self-government, citizenship - Citizenship granted to all free men in the Empire by an edict of AD 212.

The Roman Constitution jus civile (The Roman civil law 민법/시민법) jus gentium (The law of nations 만민법/국제법) jus natural (the Law of Nature 자연법) The Struggle of the Orders in the early years of the Republic -> Twelve Tables(450 BC) Expansion of Rome -> the jus gentium forged by incorporating legal codes of other peoples Jus gentium as a form of natural law, based on ‘natural reason’ – universalism of the Roman law

Cicero on the Law of Nature Prominent stoics Natural law governing all the living folks in the universe + human beings belong to a common humanity Natural law – the standard against which civil laws should be measured John Locke, David Hume, Mostesquieu, Thomas Jefferson

Roman Ideal: citizen/soldier/farmer ( Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus) https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=71 e. Y 67 Ht 4 Lo They ‘worked with their hands, led self-disciplined lives, did not complain about honorable poverty, and far from pursuing positions of royal power. ’

숙제 Gravitas / Pietas / Virtus