Rome

Examples of Rome in the following topics:

• Rome

  • Neoclassical Rome was also a time of political change.
  • Despite the political upheaval, 18th-century Rome remained a desirable destination.
  • Winners of the "Prix de Rome" (Rome Prize) were awarded a three-, four- or five-year scholarship to study at the prestigious institution.
  • Artists studying the classics in Rome would send back to Paris their "envois de Rome;" the results of the inspiration and technique they had acquired in the city.
  • Discuss the importance of Rome during the era of the Enlightenment.

• The Seven Kings

  • For these reasons, the kingdom of Rome is considered an absolute monarchy.
  • Romulus was Rome's legendary first king and the city's founder.
  • After founding and naming Rome, as the story goes, he permitted men of all classes to come to Rome as citizens, including slaves and freemen, without distinction.
  • He used the treasures Rome had acquired from conquests to build great monuments for Rome, including the Roman Forum, the temple to Jupiter on the Capitoline Hill, and the Circus Maximus.
  • Explain the significance of the Seven Kings of Rome to Roman culture.

• Rome and the Papal States

  • Rome was a center of Renaissance culture in the second half of the 15th century, and its Pope-Kings were important patrons of the arts.
  • In the latter half of the 15th century, the seat of the Italian Renaissance moved from Florence to Rome.
  • The Renaissance began in Rome under Pope Nicholas V, who became Pontiff on March 19, 1447.
  • Sixtus IV is considered the first Pope-King of Rome.
  • Rome lost some part its religious character over time, becoming increasingly a secular-humanist Renaissance city.

• Republican Wars and Conquest

  • One by one Rome defeated both the persistent Sabines and the nearby Etruscan and Latin cities.
  • With this success in hand they managed to bring together a coalition of several of Rome's enemies, but by 282 BCE, Rome finished off the last vestiges of Etruscan power in the region.
  • Rome steadfastly refused to negotiate with Pyrrhus as long as his army remained in Italy.
  • These conflicts with Pyrrhus would have a positive effect on Rome.
  • Rome quickly moved into southern Italia, subjugating and dividing the Greek colonies.

• The Founding of Rome

  • Myths surrounding the founding of Rome describe the city's origins through the lens of later figures and events.
  • The national epic of mythical Rome, the Aeneid by Virgil, tells the story of how the Trojan prince Aeneas came to Italy.
  • But Virgil took the disconnected tales of Aeneas’s wanderings and his vague association with the foundation of Rome and fashioned it into a compelling foundation myth or national epic that tied Rome to the legends of Troy, explained the Punic Wars, glorified traditional Roman virtues, and legitimized the Julio-Claudian dynasty as descendants of the founders, heroes, and gods of Rome and Troy.
  • The Aeneid also contains prophecies about Rome’s future, the deeds of Augustus, his ancestors, and other famous Romans.
  • Virgil wrote the Aeneid during a time of major political and social change in Rome, with the fall of the republic and the Final War of the Roman Republic tearing through society and causing many to question Rome’s inherent greatness.

• The Romans

  • Rome was founded in the mid-eighth century BCE by eight tribes who settled in Etruria and on the famous Seven Hills.
  • Oddly, both stories relate the founding of Rome and the origins of its people to brutal murders.
  • Roman historians used these mythical episodes as the reason for Rome's own bloody history and periods of civil war.
  • Romulus, whose name is believed to be the namesake of Rome, is credited for its founding.
  • The villages that would eventually merge to become Rome were descended from Italic tribes.

• The Romans After Constantine

  • Following Constantine's founding of a "New Rome" at the city called Constantinople, the prominence and importance of the city of Rome diminished.
  • Indeed, the city of Rome was sacked multiple times by invading armies, including the Ostrogoths and Visigoths, over the next century.
  • The multiple sackings of Rome did not help the monuments and arts of Rome to remain unscathed.
  • Today when touring Rome, you can easily spot spolia of ancient Roman columns, capitals, and bases used to build and decorate medieval Christian churches.
  • Rome once more regained significance just prior to and during the Renaissance, as the papal authority paid great attention to embellishing the city and renowned artists were hired to study, rebuild, and decorate the eternal city of Rome.

• The Establishment of the Roman Republic

  • Tarquinius was the son of the fifth king of Rome’s Seven Kings period, Lucius Tarquinius Priscus, and he was married to Tullia Minor, the daughter of the sixth king of Rome’s Seven Kings period, Servius Tullius.
  • Because her father was a chief magistrate of Rome, her pleas for justice and vengeance could not be ignored.
  • Lucius Junius Brutus, a leading citizen and the grandson of Rome’s fifth king Tarquinius Priscus, publicly opened a debate on the form of government Rome ought to have in place of the existing monarchy.
  • Tarquinius was subsequently refused entry into Rome and lived as an exile with his family.
  • Explain why and how Rome transitioned from a monarchy to a republic.

• Renaissance Architecture in Rome

  • Rome, the second Renaissance capital after Florence, was one of the most important architectural and cultural centers during this period.
  • However, patrons in Rome tended to be important officials of the Catholic Church, and buildings are generally religious or palatial in function.
  • Bramante was born in Urbino and first came to prominence as an architect in Milan before traveling to Rome.
  • Another primary example of Renaissance Roman architecture includes the Palazzo Farnese, one of the most important High Renaissance palaces in Rome.
  • The Palazzo Farnese in Rome demonstrates the Renaissance window's particular use of square lintels and triangular and segmental pediments used alternatively.

• Architecture under Constantine

  • Constantine seized sole power over Rome, establishing authority and stability.
  • He then moved the capital from Rome to Constantinople.
  • In Rome, the favorite was Maxentius, who seized who seized the title of emperor on 28 October 306.
  • As the sole emperor of an empire with new-found stability, Constantine was able to patronize large building projects in Rome.
  • Following Constantine's founding of a "New Rome" at Constantinople, the prominence and importance of the city of Rome diminished.