Roman people lived by an extremely important set of virtues

Roman people lived by an extremely important set of virtues

Roman people lived by an extremely important set of virtues. The word virtue comes from the Latin, virtus, which meant “manliness.” We can also infer that it meant toughness, courage, and stamina. The key virtues I want you to consider using specific examples from Roman history are the most important ones for them: Iustia (the sense of justice); Pietas (filial piety, family honor and ancestor worship); dignitas (one’s integrity) and gravitas (one’s combined weight in society owing to one’s accomplishments in meeting the previous virtues and one’s sense of responsibility). How did Romans live up to their virtues? It would be best here perhaps to rely on discussions of specific Romans.How has opinion changed over time as to the benefit of many Roman values?

Choose one of the several topics below making sure NOT to choose an exact topic selected by another student, for instance, if one student chose to write about the Roman Revolution, you ought to write about the spread of Roman culture or how Roman values either were or were not followed in light of Roman history. My point is that more than one of you may write about the Roman Revolution, but make certain that your choose different reformers to discuss and different events as your evidence. If you have a question about this let me know.

Each discussion should have at least five historic examples that support your assertion about the topic (you are welcome to use the chronology that I emailed to you on this exercise). Your answer should thus be about 3-4 paragraphs long.

Your discussions should use concrete examples from the online content (cite as Unit 5 Online Content), our textbooks, and Internet sources. Each post should have well developed points. Be sure to cite sources.

Consider these questions: