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Notes on video lecture:
Slavery and Freedom in Roman Corinth
Notes taken by Edward Tanguay on May 25, 2015 (go to class or lectures)
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ex, benefactors, oxen, Kenchreai, ownership, statue, slave, coalescing, Theodosius, leading, masters, Poseidon, Attica, Caesar, manifest, Mummius, women, ashes, children, Greek, Achaia, slavery, prostitution, veil, freedperson, women, Isthmian, price, Rome, destroyed
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slavery and freedom
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1 Corinthians 6:20
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"You were bought with a           "
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1 Corinthians 7:17, 21-24
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"For he who was called in the Lord as a slave is a                        of the Lord. Likewise s/he who was free when called is a slave of Christ. You were bought with a price, do not become slaves of humans."
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1 Corinthians 9:19
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"For though I am free from all, I have made myself            to all, in order that I might win the more."
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1 Corinthians 1:11
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"It's been reported to me by Chloe's people."
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Corinth
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146 BCE Corinth was                   
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Roman general                had been appointed to take command of the Achaean War
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all the men of Corinth were put to the sword, the women and children were sold into               , and the statues, paintings and works of art were seized and shipped to Rome
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Corinth was then reduced to           
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the Roman senate wanted to dispel a dangerous commercial rival
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44 BCE refounded as a Roman colony by Julius             
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then again emerged as a                city on the Peloponnese [Πελοπόννησος]
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became great again under Augustus
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became capital of senatorial Roman province             
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lay on trade route which connected ancient              to the Peloponnese
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ports Lechaion to north and                    to the south
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near town of Isthmia
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where                  Games were held
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since the games' inception, Corinth had always been in control of them
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after Caesar rebuilt Corinth in 44 BC, Corinth recovered                    of the Games between 7 BC and AD 3 AD
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the games continued until                      (347-395), the last emperor to rule over both the eastern and the western halves of the Roman Empire, and the emperor who establishes Christianity as Rome's State Religion
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to transfer ships from the Saronic Gulf to the Gulf of Corinth, ships had to deal with Corinth
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controlled a 7-meter paved roadway called the Diolkos
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allowed          to drag ships or cargo across
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lay between two ports
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1 Corinthians mention prostitution and women who were prophets
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some argue that the city was a metropolitan hotbed of urban sins
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archeological evidence doesn't indicate that Corinth was anything unusual
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no greater freedom for           
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no cultural constitution of                         
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some assume that the apostles came to correct or bleach out this culture context than to work within it
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was important to         
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official inscriptions were in Latin
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unofficial inscriptions were in           
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statue of Augustus
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may have been a              located in the Julian hall
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toga is pulled over Augustus' head like a         
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indicates that the emperor is offering a sacrifice
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right hand probably held a patera
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this motif of veiling was associated with Augustus' role of pontifex maximus
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a function he assumed in 12 BCE
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the statue may date from that year to the year 14 CE when he died
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reminds us of two things
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1. Roman power was                  in the Corinthian forum
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veiling of a man's head indicated his piety before the gods, his correct ritual practice
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2. in 1 Corinthians 11, Paul says that only            should be veiled when they pray or prophesy, while men should not be
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Roman Corinth
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repopulated not by military veterans, but by     -slaves
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coins from the first century CE that a mix of freed men and traders populated the city
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Caesar made exceptions for colonies he founded
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ex-slaves may have been very rich
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tied by a patronage system to their masters in Rome
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conducted business on their                behalf
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a place of potential social and upward mobility
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those of low status could attain status and wealth
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we find                        and gifts from free persons
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Gnaius Babbius Philinus
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pontifex, i.e. priest
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held important, governmental offices in Corinth
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at the time of the                      of the Corinthian Ecclesia
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benefactor of the fountain of                 
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Augustales
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two inscriptions include an "L", an abbreviation for "libertus", or freed men
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freed persons and their                  could advance socially

Vocabulary:

patera, n. a shallow ceramic or metal libation bowl used for the ritual pouring of a liquid as an offering to a god, often having a bulbous indentation in the center underside to facilitate holding it, and typically having no handles, and no feet ⇒ "A statue of Augustus has a toga pulled over his right shoulder which indicated he was offering a sacrifice, his right arm was probably holding a patera."
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