1. Classical Age Art, Laws, and Religion Greek and Roman Examples

2. Greek Doric Column

3. Greek Ionic Column

4. Greek Corinthian Column

5. Where have you seen examples of these columns present in our society today?

6. Doric Column NYC Customs House

7. Ionic University of Virginia

8. Corinthian University of Virginia

9. Roman Colosseum

10. Aerial View of the Colosseum

11. Pantheon

12. Pantheon Interior

16. Roman Baths

17. Discobolos (The Discuss Thrower) Greek Sculpture

18. Roman statues

19. Greek law Oligarchy- Rule of the few Democracy- Rule of the many (Athens) Sparta- Set up like a military camp

20. Roman Law Roman Republic- Elected representatives Patricians- made up the Senate Plebians- made up the Army Two consuls were chosen every year. They ran the government and the army. The praetor was in charge of civil law. Law of the twelve tables- Laws written down so everyone could understand them. Council of Plebians- Veto (I forbid) The Romans later developed a dictatorship and then emperors ruled the empire.

21. Triumvirates 1 st Triumvirate Julius Caesar, Pompey, Crassus 2 nd Triumvirate Octavian, Marc Antony, Lepidus

22. Greek Philosophers Socrates- sentenced to death for corrupting the minds of the youth. Plato- Wrote “The Republic” a utopian government Aristotle- Wrote Politics, Taught Alexander the Great

23. Socrates Plato Aristotle

24. Greek Historians Herodotus- Father of History ( We love Herodotus) Wrote about the Persian War Thucydides- Wrote about the Peloponnesian War

25. Herodotus Thucydides

26. Greek Scientist Euclid- Invented Geometry Pythagoras- A2 + B2 = C2 Archimedes- Worked with volume Hippocrates- Father of medicine

27. Euclid Pythagoras

28. Archimedes Hippocrates

29. Greek Playwrights Aeschylus- Father of Tragedy Sophocles- Oedipus Rex Aristophanes- Wrote Comedy

30. Aeschylus Sophocles Aristophanes

31. Famous Romans Julius Caesar Murdered by the Senate on March 15 44 BC 1 st Roman Dictator Augustus Caesar 1 st Roman Emperor

32. Julius Caesar Augustus Caesar

33. Greek and Roman Religion Greeks were polytheistic. The Greeks used mythology to explain things. The Romans were taught the Greek Gods by the Etruscans. The Romans used the same Gods but gave them different names. As the Roman Empire declined, Christianity became the official religion.