PPT-Roman Laughter Week 1 Theories, taxonomies, terminologies: joking ancient and modern

we shall not aim at imprisoning the comic spirit within a definition We regard it above all as a living thing However trivial it may be we shall treat it with the respect due to life We shall confine ourselves to watching it grow and expand. The Romans used great public projects to make their empire the most advanced of the ancient world. . The Romans particularly excelled at building roads. The roads made it easier the Romans to travel, move troops, collect taxes and trade with faraway provinces. The expression, “All Roads Lead To Rome” refers to . by Brendan McLeod. www.brendanmcleod.com. hello. exhibit A: a good dog. a tiny dog and a big yellow dog. Why keep animals in the first place?. What kind of pets did people keep?. What’s some really . Period 5.  .                 The Police. BEAT HIS ASS MOTHA F-ER. - There was no professional  police force in Rome which is often recognized as one of the reasons that the Roman republic collapsed. Ancient Rome. Hayley Kennedy. What role did music play in their life?. Who were the famous Roman poets?. What contributions did the Romans make to language development?. How did the Romans express themselves visually?. What is graffiti?. Is this art?. What is the difference between a mural and a tag?. Is graffiti illegal if the artist gets paid?. Is public art important? Why?. How does public art make you feel?. So, why make it public???. The Regal Period to the Early Republic (753 BC – 509 BC). The Rape of the Sabine Women. Ovid, . Ars. . Amatoria. . I.87-132. It was you, Romulus, who first mingled the cares of love with public games, that far-off day when the rape of the Sabine women gave wives to your warriors who had waited for them so long. No curtains then hung in the marble theatre, nor was the stage made red with liquid saffron. In those days branches from the woods of the Palatine were the only adornment of our simple stage. The people sat on seats of turf, their heads canopied with boughs.. G. eography. Ancient Rome began in the eighth century B.C., it 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.. The Romans used great public projects to make their empire the most advanced of the ancient world. . The Romans particularly excelled at building roads. The roads made it easier the Romans to travel, move troops, collect taxes and trade with faraway provinces. The expression, “All Roads Lead To Rome” refers to . and. . THE ROMAN . EMPIRE. Essential Question. :. What were the lasting characteristics of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire? . In addition to Greece, another significant . ‘Laughter must answer to certain requirements of life in common. It must have a . social . signification.’ (p12). The ‘birth of Latin literature’. In 240BCE, . Livius. Andronicus . stages one of his plays as part of the . ‘Laughter must answer to certain requirements of life in common. It must have a . social . signification.’ (p12). The ‘birth of Latin literature’. In 240BCE, . Livius. Andronicus . stages one of his plays as part of the . What made the Romans LOL?. ‘Laughter appears to stand in need of an echo. Listen to it carefully: it is not an articulate, clear, well-defined sound; it is something which would fain be prolonged by reverberating from one to another, something beginning with a crash, to continue in successive rumblings, like thunder in a mountain.’ (p11). 1Ancient Greek andRoman StudiesBachelor of Arts BAAncient Greek and Roman Studies AGRS is an interdisciplinary areastudies major It provides students with the opportunity to explore therich diversity Chapter 37. Essential Questions. What defines a legacy?. In what ways has the legacy of the ancient Roman Empire impacted the development of the modern world?. A legacy is something we inherit that impacts our life.