Author Bio: Strabo was a Greek historian, geographer, and philosopher. Strabo was known for his travels around the known world. His travels took him from Tuscany to Ethiopia. After his travels he then moved to Rome One of Strabo's major work is almost completely lost to time but is referenced by himself and other classical authors. Historians assume that he died around 24 AD.
Date/Context: While Strabo was in Rome he could of had time to learn and understand the Roman architecture allowing him to write these paragraphs in this article.
Summary: This article was mostly written about the Roman architecture. A lot of the article was based around the idea of the Romans creating rode that allowed safe travel for merchants and transportation. He then talk about how the past generations did not take there time to make Rome beautiful but the current and near generation did. By the end of this article he talks about a Mausoleum built for Augustus and his family.
Key Quotation: "--each successive work causing you speedily to forget that which you have seen before" (Strabo 235) This statement show to me that everything in Rome to a well traveled man was more beautiful then the last and the beauty of Roman architecture never stopped.
Well don Kyle, I enjoyed reading your summary and you included a lot of the main details. Some things I wish you would have mentioned is explaining how good the Romans had it in their city. For example mentioning that the city was fortunate enough to have a plentiful supply of water from the aqueducts, paved roads, and houses with their own water pipes. Also, going into detail about the other luxuries they were enjoying like temples, amphitheaters, and arenas. Having said that, I think you did an excellent job talking about Strabo's bio.
ReplyDelete