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Numa
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It is the happy fate of all good and just men to be praised more after they are dead than when they lived
Plutarch, Life of Numa 22
Parallel - Lycurgus
Important People
- Pythagoras - the Greek philosopher and mystic mathematician who lived on the southern Italian peninsula and started a school of philosophy obsessed with simple living, observation of the created universe, piety to the gods, and justice to all men.
- Egeria - the second (and supernatural) wife of Numa, a nymph who taught him much about the simple life and seeking justice
- Romulus – First king of the Romans, rules before Numa
- Tullus Hostilius – Third king of the Romans, warlike, he lives up to his name (Hostilius = hostile)
Important Places
- Rome
- Capitoline Hill
- Temple of Vesta - hearth of Rome; secret-keepers
- Temple of Janus - doors closed in times of peace
Outline
- Records unclear, hard to trace Numa’s genealogy
- Romulus taken away
- People grow tired of Senators ruling seriatim, want a king
- Numa moves to the country
- @ 40 years old, ambassadors come to offer him kingship
- His father convinces him
- Numa accepts
- Religion as a tool to tame the spirit (Pythagorean parallels)
- Pontifices
- More on the Vestal Virgins
- Temple of Vesta
- Funerals and Burial
- Salii - Plague and Falling Shields
- Rest and Quiet as Essential for Worship
- Romans grow superstitious under Numa
- Fides and Terminus - Rome's Trust and Limits
- Dividing the people by trade/craft
- The Calendar Revised
- More months!
- January – Janus (two-faces, brought man from beast to social animal) - transition
- February – februa (and Lupercalia) – rituals of purification (see Life of Romulus)
- March - Mars
- April – from Aphrodite (or aperīre – to open)
- May – Maïa, mother of Mercury
- June – Juno
- Maiores from May and juniors from June?
- July – Quintilis – Fifth (re-named under Augustus's reign after Julius Caesar)
- August – Sextilis – Sixth (re-named after Augustus's death after Augustus)
- September – Seventh
- October – Eighth
- November – Ninth
- December – Tenth
- Janus’s temple - Proof that Numa is the philosopher-king
- Numa’s wives and children
- Numa dies of old age
- Numa’s funeral
- Allies and friends pour into the city
- The whole city mourns
- Senators carry the litter
- Priests following in procession
- All the people, wailing and mourning
- The kings after Numa (none of whom get their own biography)
- Last one dies in exile
- Three of the other four were assassinated
- Tullus Hostilius, who reigned right after Numa, was his opposite, loving war and “mocking most of the fine things Numa had done”
- Struck down by a bolt of lightning (cf. Lycurgus’s tomb hit by lightning)
Helpful External Links
English Translation of Numa Online
Pythagoras Podcast in the History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
41集单集
Manage episode 287101280 series 2871272
内容由Tom Cox - grammaticus提供。所有播客内容(包括剧集、图形和播客描述)均由 Tom Cox - grammaticus 或其播客平台合作伙伴直接上传和提供。如果您认为有人在未经您许可的情况下使用您的受版权保护的作品,您可以按照此处概述的流程进行操作https://zh.player.fm/legal。
It is the happy fate of all good and just men to be praised more after they are dead than when they lived
Plutarch, Life of Numa 22
Parallel - Lycurgus
Important People
- Pythagoras - the Greek philosopher and mystic mathematician who lived on the southern Italian peninsula and started a school of philosophy obsessed with simple living, observation of the created universe, piety to the gods, and justice to all men.
- Egeria - the second (and supernatural) wife of Numa, a nymph who taught him much about the simple life and seeking justice
- Romulus – First king of the Romans, rules before Numa
- Tullus Hostilius – Third king of the Romans, warlike, he lives up to his name (Hostilius = hostile)
Important Places
- Rome
- Capitoline Hill
- Temple of Vesta - hearth of Rome; secret-keepers
- Temple of Janus - doors closed in times of peace
Outline
- Records unclear, hard to trace Numa’s genealogy
- Romulus taken away
- People grow tired of Senators ruling seriatim, want a king
- Numa moves to the country
- @ 40 years old, ambassadors come to offer him kingship
- His father convinces him
- Numa accepts
- Religion as a tool to tame the spirit (Pythagorean parallels)
- Pontifices
- More on the Vestal Virgins
- Temple of Vesta
- Funerals and Burial
- Salii - Plague and Falling Shields
- Rest and Quiet as Essential for Worship
- Romans grow superstitious under Numa
- Fides and Terminus - Rome's Trust and Limits
- Dividing the people by trade/craft
- The Calendar Revised
- More months!
- January – Janus (two-faces, brought man from beast to social animal) - transition
- February – februa (and Lupercalia) – rituals of purification (see Life of Romulus)
- March - Mars
- April – from Aphrodite (or aperīre – to open)
- May – Maïa, mother of Mercury
- June – Juno
- Maiores from May and juniors from June?
- July – Quintilis – Fifth (re-named under Augustus's reign after Julius Caesar)
- August – Sextilis – Sixth (re-named after Augustus's death after Augustus)
- September – Seventh
- October – Eighth
- November – Ninth
- December – Tenth
- Janus’s temple - Proof that Numa is the philosopher-king
- Numa’s wives and children
- Numa dies of old age
- Numa’s funeral
- Allies and friends pour into the city
- The whole city mourns
- Senators carry the litter
- Priests following in procession
- All the people, wailing and mourning
- The kings after Numa (none of whom get their own biography)
- Last one dies in exile
- Three of the other four were assassinated
- Tullus Hostilius, who reigned right after Numa, was his opposite, loving war and “mocking most of the fine things Numa had done”
- Struck down by a bolt of lightning (cf. Lycurgus’s tomb hit by lightning)
Helpful External Links
English Translation of Numa Online
Pythagoras Podcast in the History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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