Imperial Rome: Bread & Circuses –––––––––––––––––––– The Medieval City: City Air Makes One Free The Culture of Cities Monday, January 23/2006 SOSC 2730

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Quiz Monday, January 30 (next Monday)Monday, January 30 (next Monday) Hellenistic urbanization; Rome;& the medieval cityHellenistic urbanization; Rome;& the medieval city Textbook (Mumford)Textbook (Mumford) –Chapter 7 (Hellenistic Culture) –Chapter 8 (Rome) –Chapter 9 (Medieval Europe) VideosVideos –“Rome: The Ultimate Empire” –“The City & Its Region” (Mumford)

Reading MumfordMumford –Chapter 8 (Rome) –Chapter 9 (Medieval Europe)

Selected Civilizations

Gladiatorial Combat gladiatorial gamesgladiatorial games –animals, humans –executions criminals, ethnic/religious minoritiescriminals, ethnic/religious minorities –brutality of Roman culture

aristocracy aristocracy men about women men about women no real ‘rights’ no real ‘rights’ role as child bearers role as child bearers role as child rearers role as child rearers higher status higher status Athenian women Athenian women

Pompeii elections Pompeii elections baths baths dinner parties dinner parties religious festivals religious festivals circus circus gladiatorial events gladiatorial events

theatre theatre not sequestered not sequestered education education lower classes lower classes small businesses small businesses dressmakers dressmakers salespeople salespeople

impact on society impact on society few personal freedoms few personal freedoms adultery ––> death adultery ––> death slavery slavery custody of children custody of children property property citizen without vote citizen without vote

family structure family structure head of household head of household no nuclear family no nuclear family

industrial production industrial production pottery pottery luxury production luxury production ports: Ostia, Genoa, Ravenna ports: Ostia, Genoa, Ravenna consumption site consumption site luxury goods, army luxury goods, army

slavery slavery from 200 BCE from 200 BCE servants servants miners, farmers, potters miners, farmers, potters public works public works bureaucrats bureaucrats private firms private firms less important after 250 less important after 250

Pax Romanum ends Pax Romanum ends empire comes apart empire comes apart many hypotheses many hypotheses agricultural production agricultural production pressures from outside pressures from outside failure of culture failure of culture emergence of a new culture emergence of a new culture built on old built on old reflected Christian values reflected Christian values

The Medieval City: City Air Makes One Free

role of the Church role of the Church values values preservation & transmission preservation & transmission