CLASSICSCHAPTER 1:Parricide: Roman; to kill a parent or grandparent-punishemnt was to be sewn into a leather sack with a dog, cock, wiper and apeand cast into running waterMalleolus: condemned for killing his mother-had head wrapped in wolf skin, wooden soles bound to feet and taken to prison-wooden soles to stop the feet from touching and infecting Roman soil-had people come and write his will for him, then the parricide penalty wasimposed-tried in a courtroom on water, judge on land so they don't contaminate the land-tied in a leather sack to prevent contamination of the water-eventually outlawed, the punishment no longer had meaning but still used asspectacle sometimesCHAPTER 2:Dates: BC (before Christ), AD (during/after christ), BCE (before common era),CE (common era)-BCE counts down to 1, no 0, then CE counts up-BC, BCE, CE written after year, AD written before-first evidence of agriculture and domestication an Franchthi Cave was 6000BCE -people lived there for 14 thousand years before developing agriculture -development of technology appears the accelerate: -we have more detail about more recent events (fabricates accelerateion) -development of technology accelerates the pace -agriculture developed 3 separate times, spread through world 2000 BCE: evidence of destruction in Greece, new culture emerged -Indo-European: similarities between language of ancient India and Europe -they developed from same language -Minoan language isn't Indo-European, and after the destruction Indo-European was the language -must have been the Indo-Europeans that destroyed area before moving in 2000-1600 BCE: Minoan’s in Crete influenced Mycenaean civilization -Greek mythology developed -15th and 14th centuries: nearly all Minoan centres were destroyed by fire-palace at Cnossus was rebuilt, language changed to Mycenaean Greek -Mycenaean culture absorbed Minoan culture` -Aagean times: Mycenean civilization lasted 1400-1100 BCE -Trojan war occurred, between Greece and Persia -east of Aegean sea was all Asia, west was Europe -9 levels of Troy: Troy 6 especially impressive, but destroyed by earthquake in 1250 BCE -Troy 7a destryoed by invasion in 1150 BCE (this was Troy of Homer) -during Trojan war, Mycenaean civilization collapsed -1200 BCE: cities were destroyed by fire all over eastern mediterranean (Hittite Empire to Sicily) -1100- 900 BCE (early dark ages): communities were small and simple -Myceneans would pick up the community and move to completely new area to start new city -around 900, started to grown -900-750 BCE (late dark ages): legends about Trojan War took shape -700 BCE: lots of change, first Olympic games, Homeric epics written -formation of polis: city with its own government -Greeks sent colonies around the Mediterranean and Black seas, population was increasing -people were leaving to start their own colonies -more land being devoted to crop, allowed rapid growth -hoplite phalanx introduced: institutionalized warfare between the Greek poles -military strategy, long spears that break formation of opponent -reduces number of casualties (full suits of armour and shields)
