HST 210 Final questions well answered
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Why is it problematic to translate fides, pietas, religio with 'faith', 'piety', 'religion'? - correct
answer ✔✔Faith, piety, and religion are not the correct meanings of those words
Fides = loyalty to the cult
Pietas = adherence to the the cult
Religio = participating in the correct practice of the cult
Who were Archimedes, Zeno, Epicurus? What is their historical significance? - correct answer
✔✔Archimedes - Most famous mathematician and inventor in ancient Greece. Especially
important for discovering the relationship between the surface and volume of a sphere and its
circumscribing cylinder.
Greek thought math was greatest philosophy - closer to God, more diverse from human reality
Zeno - pre-Socratic Greek philosopher. Founder of the (Stoic School of philosophy) in Athens
which taught that the Logos was the greatest good in life and living in accordance with reason
was the purpose of human life.
Founder of Stoicism
Stoicism lead to the founding of Christianity
Freewill on one hand and on the other hand God controls everything
Epicurus - Ancient Greek Philosopher and founder of the school of philosophy called
Epicureanism
-No believe in afterlife, didn't believe Gods interfered with the lifes
, Who was the counterpart to Alexander in Plutarch's Parallel Lives? Why did he combine them? -
correct answer ✔✔Caesar is the counterpart to Alexander
He combined them because of their similar stories. Both of these people are put in similar
situations. Plutarch wanted to combine them due to their common moral virtues or failings. It
was very common for him to alter lives of Romans and Greeks.
They were great dictators
In the efforts to make sense of alexander's death, used caesar to better understand his death
How did the Egyptian Kingdom come to an end? - correct answer ✔✔In the New Kingdom,
corruption and economic inequity helped aid to the fall.
Imperial expansion strained resources from the region
Population increase strained productivity of the land
Egypt was invaded by Persians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Greeks, and Romans.
Caesar concurred it - many instances ran into trouble with Alexander the Great
Overthrow of Government and finally the civil war within Egypt, eliminating the last legitimate
throne life
What does 'Defensive Aggression' mean in the context of Roman History? - correct answer
✔✔Romans would sometimes preemptively attack neighbors whom they felt were becoming
potential threats.
Across the whole empire, not just like right next to. Expanding the whole empire.
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Why is it problematic to translate fides, pietas, religio with 'faith', 'piety', 'religion'? - correct
answer ✔✔Faith, piety, and religion are not the correct meanings of those words
Fides = loyalty to the cult
Pietas = adherence to the the cult
Religio = participating in the correct practice of the cult
Who were Archimedes, Zeno, Epicurus? What is their historical significance? - correct answer
✔✔Archimedes - Most famous mathematician and inventor in ancient Greece. Especially
important for discovering the relationship between the surface and volume of a sphere and its
circumscribing cylinder.
Greek thought math was greatest philosophy - closer to God, more diverse from human reality
Zeno - pre-Socratic Greek philosopher. Founder of the (Stoic School of philosophy) in Athens
which taught that the Logos was the greatest good in life and living in accordance with reason
was the purpose of human life.
Founder of Stoicism
Stoicism lead to the founding of Christianity
Freewill on one hand and on the other hand God controls everything
Epicurus - Ancient Greek Philosopher and founder of the school of philosophy called
Epicureanism
-No believe in afterlife, didn't believe Gods interfered with the lifes
, Who was the counterpart to Alexander in Plutarch's Parallel Lives? Why did he combine them? -
correct answer ✔✔Caesar is the counterpart to Alexander
He combined them because of their similar stories. Both of these people are put in similar
situations. Plutarch wanted to combine them due to their common moral virtues or failings. It
was very common for him to alter lives of Romans and Greeks.
They were great dictators
In the efforts to make sense of alexander's death, used caesar to better understand his death
How did the Egyptian Kingdom come to an end? - correct answer ✔✔In the New Kingdom,
corruption and economic inequity helped aid to the fall.
Imperial expansion strained resources from the region
Population increase strained productivity of the land
Egypt was invaded by Persians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Greeks, and Romans.
Caesar concurred it - many instances ran into trouble with Alexander the Great
Overthrow of Government and finally the civil war within Egypt, eliminating the last legitimate
throne life
What does 'Defensive Aggression' mean in the context of Roman History? - correct answer
✔✔Romans would sometimes preemptively attack neighbors whom they felt were becoming
potential threats.
Across the whole empire, not just like right next to. Expanding the whole empire.
