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Augustus responds to Greek cultural dominance by sponsoring a Roman culture and history distinct from and more powerful than Greece.
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Roman culture
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...greek culture right so he wanted to replace it with the roman culture and so he can like he talks bad about the odyssey..."
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Jiang cautiously presents a cultural explanation in which southern Europe's Roman inheritance inclines it toward Catholic obedience, hierarchy, and tradition.
diagnosis
The Holy Roman Empire was not truly Roman because the Catholic Church imitated Roman bureaucracy and Senate-like legitimacy, but Jiang says Roman culture had already died, beginning with universal citizenship in 212.
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"Okay? And he's really considered the first Roman emperor. But what's really important for us to understand is... At this point in history, the..."
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"At this time in history, the Greeks were culturally dominant. And he was afraid that over time, all Romans would just become Greeks. So..."
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"So this is called the Peace of Westphalia. Okay, so now let's summarize, and let's discuss the evidence for my argument that the Protestant..."
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"...Europe, countries of Spain, France, and Italy, were heavily influenced by Roman culture. That's where the Roman Empire was based, right? The Roman Empire..."
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"...mean are those Proto -Indo -Europeans that never really assimilated into Roman culture, all right? So what are their values? Well, they believe in..."
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"So it's not holy. Everyone pretends the church is in charge but it's not really. Okay? Roman. So the authority of the Catholic Church..."
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"...greek culture right so he wanted to replace it with the roman culture and so he can like he talks bad about the odyssey..."
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"The Roman culture, the Greek culture, and the Jewish culture. Okay? So remember, the Jewish culture is the Bible. And what Paul tells us..."
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"...major culture that is the most important, of course, is the Roman culture. So the Roman social structure is called the paterfamilias. Okay? And..."
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"...all right? And in America today, we have a very similar Roman culture as well. This is American football, of course, and it is..."
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"...be a lot of fun. Okay, all right, so that is Roman culture. So Rome becomes the dominant empire at this time. And it..."
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"...I mean, it's not perfect, all right? But this suggests that Roman culture had a tremendous influence on development of the Catholic Church. Now,..."
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A source-grounded reading of Jiang's Roman lecture: Rome begins as a poor borderland war machine, invents a liberty of obedience, uses Greek historians and Augustan poets to launder violence, and reaches its deepest secret...
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