CSTU 101 Liberty University -CTSU 101- Quiz 4- Chp 10 correctly answered

CTSU 101- Quiz 4- Chp 103 qualities that shaped the Romans Worldview: - correct answer 1) Imperialism 2) Eclecticism 3) Practicality Roman Imperialists - correct answer The term captures the belief in the superiority of one's own culture and then the belief that one should even take and impose that culture and its values on other people, even by force, if necessary. Romans continued: - correct answer Romans believed they were a people of destiny -had a mission in the world -fulfilled this mission by establishing the Roman way of life and enforcing the Roman rule of law clearest example of this is in the epic by Virgil called "The Aeneid" (31 B.C) - correct answer the story of Aeneas, the mythical founder of the republic who was a man marked out by the gods for that destiny and mission; the gods favor Aeneas as he pursues that destiny and faces various challenges. -history of Rome itself Virgil's poem affirms two things - correct answer 1) the poem affirms the right of the Romans to rule the world. 2) not only is Rome chosen to rule the world, but this man, Augustus, is chosen to rule Rome. ~most scholars view Virgil's "Aeneid" conveying political messages of imperialism, divine right, and destiny. Contrast to Greek empire - correct answer Greeks could conquer other people, but they couldn't rule them. -Greeks weren't talented imperialists