Response Paper 4: Roman Civilization
Please choose a topic from below, or choose one of your own.
- Choose
one of the Roman gods or goddesses and compare him or her with his or her
Greek counterpart. What differences do you see? For a list of gods/goddesses
see page 105 of our text.
- Shakespeare
adapted Plautus’ comedy The Menaechmi into his famous play The
Comedy of Errors. What social similarities existed in Roman times and
Elizabethan times that would make Plautus’ play relevant to a later
audience?
- Do
some research on Pompeii and respond first as a scholar, then from a
personal viewpoint.
- From
Stoicism came the idea of Natural Law. What is Natural Law, and where do
we see it today?
- Compare
any aspect of Roman art to an earlier period. What continuities do you
notice? What glaring differences?
- Do
some research on the status of women in Roman society, and respond first
as a scholar, then from a personal viewpoint.