3Roma_Culture罗马文化.ppt

Lecture 3 History and Culture of Roman Empire Content 1.From Greeks to Roman 2.Roman History 3.Latin Literature a. Prose b. Poetry 4.Architecture,Painting and Sculpture 1.From Greeks to Roman  a.Greek Culture Summarizing 1. Greek Culture is one of the three bases of Western Culture. 2. Greek people established the world first democratic system in the city state of Athens. 3. Greek ‘s achievement in science and technology is remarkable, certain basic fields lay the foundations of modern science. 4. Greek’s philosophy opens the path of logical thinking and scientic reasoning. 5. In arts and architecture, Greeks reache its peak of their time. In the long periods of history, few country can be so brilliant as ancient Greece. Her traditional cultural influence is still there even to present time. Greek Empire fell apart b. Greek and Rome Greek ‘s achievement is attained mostly in its golden age of the city-state period. Greek’s decline started from its peak when the Macedonia empire collapsed it was soon annexed by Rome. 1. similarities Both peoples had traditions rooted in the idea of the citizen-assembly,hostile to monarchy and to servility (奴性). Theirs religious were alike. (multi-gods) Language—Rome:Latin —Geece:Greek 2. The differences The Roman built up a vast Empire. And it lasted over one thousand years. But the Greeks s expansion to the east is short-lived. It didn’t build a real empire. Roman conquest of Greeks happened in 146 B.C.. From this time on, Latin was the language of the western half of the Roman Empire, Greek that of the eastern half. Romans still admired the Greek culture, they copied much from Greeks. They have made certain things of their own particularly in law and admin