https://padlet.com/rgargano2/9ap3jtffo0erassn en-us 2022-10-03 17:50:46 UTC 2022-10-04 17:40:28 UTC hello@padlet.com rgargano2 https://padlet.com/rgargano2/9ap3jtffo0erassn/wish/2324329787 Roman architecture continued the legacy left by Greek architects and the established architectural orders, especially the Corinthian.]]> 2022-10-03 18:10:19 UTC https://padlet.com/rgargano2/9ap3jtffo0erassn/wish/2324329787 rgargano2 https://padlet.com/rgargano2/9ap3jtffo0erassn/wish/2325821563 Roman art has suffered something of a crisis in reputation ever since the rediscovery and appreciation of ancient Greek art from the 17th century CE onward. When art critics also realized that many of the finest Roman pieces were in fact copies or at least inspired by earlier and often lost Greek originals, the appreciation of Roman art, which had flourished along with all things Roman in the medieval and Renaissance periods, began to diminish.]]> 2022-10-04 14:28:17 UTC https://padlet.com/rgargano2/9ap3jtffo0erassn/wish/2325821563 rgargano2 https://padlet.com/rgargano2/9ap3jtffo0erassn/wish/2325973730 Augustus, also called Augustus Caesar or (until 27 BCE) Octavian, original name Gaius Octavius, adopted name Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus, (born September 23, 63 BCE—died August 19, 14 CE, Nola, near Naples [Italy]), first Roman emperor, following the republic, which had been finally destroyed by the dictatorship of Julius Caesar, his great-uncle and adoptive father]]> 2022-10-04 15:42:42 UTC https://padlet.com/rgargano2/9ap3jtffo0erassn/wish/2325973730 rgargano2 https://padlet.com/rgargano2/9ap3jtffo0erassn/wish/2326003576 As foretold by Ennius, Latin literature would soon truly come into its own. The Golden Age of Roman poetry (c. 70 BCE – 14 CE) produced such memorable writers as Virgil, Horace, Catullus, Propertius, Tibullus, and Ovid. According to Rodgers, Virgil, Horace, and the exiled Ovid created a classical style of writing comparable to many of the great Greek authors.]]> 2022-10-04 15:56:42 UTC https://padlet.com/rgargano2/9ap3jtffo0erassn/wish/2326003576 rgargano2 https://padlet.com/rgargano2/9ap3jtffo0erassn/wish/2326166749 In 240 B.C., full-length, scripted plays were introduced to Rome by the playwright Livius Andronicus, a native of the Greek city of Tarentum in southern Italy. The earliest Latin plays to have survived intact are the comedies of Plautus (active ca. 205–184 B.C.), which were principally adaptations of Greek New Comedy]]> 2022-10-04 17:23:51 UTC https://padlet.com/rgargano2/9ap3jtffo0erassn/wish/2326166749 rgargano2 https://padlet.com/rgargano2/9ap3jtffo0erassn/wish/2326175502 The Roman Empire was a primarily polytheistic civilization, which meant that people recognized and worshiped multiple gods and goddesses. They believed that these deities served a role in founding the Roman civilization and that they helped shape the events of people’s lives on a daily basis.]]> 2022-10-04 17:28:23 UTC https://padlet.com/rgargano2/9ap3jtffo0erassn/wish/2326175502 rgargano2 https://padlet.com/rgargano2/9ap3jtffo0erassn/wish/2326190272 Beginning in the eighth century B.C., Ancient Rome grew from a small town on central Italy’s Tiber River into an empire that at its peak encompassed most of continental Europe, Britain, much of western Asia, northern Africa and the Mediterranean islands.]]> 2022-10-04 17:36:23 UTC https://padlet.com/rgargano2/9ap3jtffo0erassn/wish/2326190272 rgargano2 https://padlet.com/rgargano2/9ap3jtffo0erassn/wish/2326198075 The Romans primarily ate cereals and legumes, usually with sides of vegetables, cheese, or meat and covered with sauces made out of fermented fish, vinegar, honey, and various herbs and spices. While they had some refrigeration, much of their diet depended on which foods were locally and seasonally available.]]> 2022-10-04 17:40:28 UTC https://padlet.com/rgargano2/9ap3jtffo0erassn/wish/2326198075