question archive 1-What larger political events serve as a backdrop to Laudatio Turiae 'Eulogy for a Wife: In Praise of Turia' (source 5
1-What larger political events serve as a backdrop to Laudatio Turiae 'Eulogy for a Wife: In Praise of Turia' (source 5
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1-What larger political events serve as a backdrop to Laudatio Turiae 'Eulogy for a Wife: In Praise of Turia' (source 5.4)? How do the put the Laudatio Turiae into historical context?
2-Livy, 'Battle of Cannae' (source 5.1) reports that when the news of the defeat at Cannae reached Rome, 'never before ... had there been such excitement or panic within its walls.' Which members of Roman society were singled out for punishment as a result of the defeat?
3-How is 'Virgil, The Aeneid' (source 5.3) grafting Roman history onto the story of the Trojan War and why?
4-How does the Laudatio Turiae 'Eulogy for a Wife: In Praise of Turia' (source 5.4) offer insight into gender and family roes in Roman society? What virtues does Turia's husband extol the most?
5-Why and how are the opening lines of the Iliad invoked by 'Virgil, The Aeneid' (source 5.3)?
