Throughout this essay I will compare the main goals of Aeneas, Enclopius, and Terentia as well as which perspective of Roman Culture these characters missions suggests that they have, and what each of these characters is trying to achieve and how each of these goals shows a different image of Rome. I will also look at how Terentia’s goals and strategies challenged the stable and just view of Rome that Aeneas sets up. Next, I will also examine how Encolpius’ quest in the Satyricon challenges the image of the early Roman Empire that was orderly and functional, and where does Enclopius stand on the terms of the Penetration Model, what does this his standing on the suggest about his ability for meaningful political action? Last, what do the readings and lectures from this class suggest about the social and economic position of Romes middle class citizens in the Augustan period to ca.160 CE.
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Also in this last section I will discuss the status of the Freedman that we met in the Dinner Party that Trimalchio set up and what status they would eventually hold in Roman Society and how this status challenged the pessimistic view of the early imperial Rome.
The first topic I will discuss is the comparison of the main goals of Aeneas, Enclopius, and Terentia and which perspective of Roman culture each of the missions of these characters suggest that they have, and last what each of these characters is trying to achieve through their goals and how they show different images of Rome. The main goal of Aeneas throughout the book Aeneid by Virgil, is to continue to be fully devoted to the plan that fate and destiny has laid out for him, and at all costs to help Rome reach her pinnacle. Next, Enclopius’ goal in the book Satyricon by Petronius is to only fulfill his own lustful and selfish desires, which is to regain his virility. On the other hand the primary goal of Terentia was to help her family gain power since she is one of the only people left in the gens Fulvia. Each of these characters proposes a different image of Rome, Aeneas proposes that Rome is a positive place, and just like Aeneas’s goal in the book Aeneid, Rome can be a glorious place and a place of justice. Enclopius on the other hand proposes an entirely different idea of the image of Rome. Throughout the book Satyricon, Enclopius seems to suggest that Rome is not such a positive place as Aeneas suggested but leaning more toward a negative place. Since the book Satyricon is based more on satire of Rome, we see Enclopius suggest point out the negative things about Rome that are anything but glorious. Such as, when some of the characters portray their over indulging and luxurious appetites. While this might seem like something very un-roman, it is in fact something very Roman. Last, Terentia seems to propose an image that is more in the middle. That Rome is sometimes the glorious and positive place that Aeneas says it is. She also sometimes seems to propose that Rome is more of the negative Rome that Enclopius suggests, I feel that she does think that Rome can be the glorious and positive place that Aeneas suggests. Next, Terentia’s goals and strategies challenge the view that the Rome established by Aeneas, and culminating in Augustus, is stable and just because of the fact that it seems that throughout Arc three of Saeculum Terentia has to go behind peoples backs to get the things done that she know are right. For example, when she has to help the other Vestal Virgin get her brother out of trouble, she has to do this in a way that could quite possibly get her in trouble. She also has to go behind Augustus’s back to try and save her family name. Another example is when she hires the assassin to attack Augustus at the dedication of the new Pax Romana and at his wife’s birthday, and then save his life just so that she can get Augustus to listen to her and so that she can get things accomplished. Also, Enclopius’ quest to regain his virility also challenges the view of early imperial
Also in this last section I will discuss the status of the Freedman that we met in the Dinner Party that Trimalchio set up and what status they would eventually hold in Roman Society and how this status challenged the pessimistic view of the early imperial Rome.
The first topic I will discuss is the comparison of the main goals of Aeneas, Enclopius, and Terentia and which perspective of Roman culture each of the missions of these characters suggest that they have, and last what each of these characters is trying to achieve through their goals and how they show different images of Rome. The main goal of Aeneas throughout the book Aeneid by Virgil, is to continue to be fully devoted to the plan that fate and destiny has laid out for him, and at all costs to help Rome reach her pinnacle. Next, Enclopius’ goal in the book Satyricon by Petronius is to only fulfill his own lustful and selfish desires, which is to regain his virility. On the other hand the primary goal of Terentia was to help her family gain power since she is one of the only people left in the gens Fulvia. Each of these characters proposes a different image of Rome, Aeneas proposes that Rome is a positive place, and just like Aeneas’s goal in the book Aeneid, Rome can be a glorious place and a place of justice. Enclopius on the other hand proposes an entirely different idea of the image of Rome. Throughout the book Satyricon, Enclopius seems to suggest that Rome is not such a positive place as Aeneas suggested but leaning more toward a negative place. Since the book Satyricon is based more on satire of Rome, we see Enclopius suggest point out the negative things about Rome that are anything but glorious. Such as, when some of the characters portray their over indulging and luxurious appetites. While this might seem like something very un-roman, it is in fact something very Roman. Last, Terentia seems to propose an image that is more in the middle. That Rome is sometimes the glorious and positive place that Aeneas says it is. She also sometimes seems to propose that Rome is more of the negative Rome that Enclopius suggests, I feel that she does think that Rome can be the glorious and positive place that Aeneas suggests. Next, Terentia’s goals and strategies challenge the view that the Rome established by Aeneas, and culminating in Augustus, is stable and just because of the fact that it seems that throughout Arc three of Saeculum Terentia has to go behind peoples backs to get the things done that she know are right. For example, when she has to help the other Vestal Virgin get her brother out of trouble, she has to do this in a way that could quite possibly get her in trouble. She also has to go behind Augustus’s back to try and save her family name. Another example is when she hires the assassin to attack Augustus at the dedication of the new Pax Romana and at his wife’s birthday, and then save his life just so that she can get Augustus to listen to her and so that she can get things accomplished. Also, Enclopius’ quest to regain his virility also challenges the view of early imperial