英语国家文化与社会文化入门Unit2.pptVIP

1.The Location of Ancient Rome Italy Rome City the Apennines Peninsula 亚平宁半岛 the Mediterranean Sea 地中海 weather resources products The people of ancient Rome Ligurians 里古里亚人 Illyrians 伊利里亚人 Etruscans伊特鲁利亚人 Greeks Gauls Germanic tribes The Historical Development of Ancient Rome Seven-Hill Ally and the Tale Period The Roman Kingdom The Roman Republic (753BC-509BC ) （509BC-27BC） The Roman Empire （27BC—395） Text Study _III_1.2 Main Ideas Text Study Main Ideas (3) Prose Writers 57 speeches and about 900 letters. Brutus, Orator, On the Crown and De Optimo Genere Oratorum. a famous orator and statesman Cicero Commentaries on the Gallic War, The Civil War An eminent politician, commander and poet. His two works were written in unadorned, straightforward and detached style. Gaius Julius Caesar Works Character Name Text Study _III_1.2 Main Ideas Text Study Main Ideas History The History of Rome consisted of 142 volumes, covering the whole history of Roman society. Octavian’s contemporary Livy The History recorded the rapid and dramatic rise of Roman supremacy in the Mediterranean, from the beginning of the 2nd Punic war to the end of the 3rd Macedonian war. a Greek aristocrat and Roman historian Polybius Works Character Name Text Study _III_1.2 Main Ideas Text Study Main Ideas The Histories dealt with the reigns of the emperors from Galba to Domitian. The Annals dealt with the earlier period from the accession of Tiberius to the death of Nero. Style: narrative governor of a minor province, consul of the empire, famous historian Tacitus 塔西佗 Works Character Name Text Study _III_1.2 Main Ideas Text Study Main Ideas Philosophy Roman philosophy was greatly influenced by the Greek philosophers,