Publicola Resources Page
The resources on this page go with The Annotated Plutarch: Publicola Guide by A Charlotte Mason Plenary.
The Plutarch Picture Study for Publicola takes this Resources Page one-step further with:
- High-resolution images printed on 8.5″ x 11″ premium cardstock
- Detailed background information about each painting
- How the painting ties in with the Publicola text
- Discussion questions for students
Lesson #1: Who was Publicola
The theme is revolt against tyranny. It is about liberty and self-governance. This is the underlying message throughout Plutarch’s Life of Publicola.
The Tragedy of Lucretia by Sandro Botticelli
This incident sparked the overthrow of a monarchy and ushered in a new government dedicated to liberty. No, it isn’t the American Revolution, it’s the ancient Roman Republic, founded in 509 B.C.E. But the two events have more in common than you might think!
Shakespeare’s poem: Rape of Lucrece
Lesson #2: The Republic
See two paintings about The Rape of the Sabine Women
Read more about Tarquinius Superbus here
Lesson #3: A Plot Against the Republic
The Roman Forum at Khan Academy
Lesson #4: Treason
Jacques-Louis David painting: The Lictors Returning to Brutus the Bodies of His Sons
Read more about Romulus and Remus here or here
Lesson #5: The Battle of Silva Arsia
Information about Lictors with Fasces
Roman Triumphs
Lesson #6: Publicola Enacts New Laws
Charon and Psyche (detail) by John Roddam Spencer Stanhope (1883)
Read more about Charon, the Greek God of the Underworld, at Theoi
Read more about Charon’s Obol on Wikipedia
Temple of Saturn – picture of the ruins in Rome
Lesson #7: Dedicating the Temple
Temple of Jupiter Olympius at Wikipedia
Read more about Midas in Bulfinch’s Mythology or Wikipedia
Lesson #8: Horatius at the Bridge
Horatius Cocles Defending the Bridge by Charles Le Brun
Poem Horatius at the Bridge by Thomas Babington Macauley
Read more about Vulcan in the Introduction of Bulfinch’s Mythology
Lesson #9: The Siege
View several paintings about Mucius Scaevola
Cloelia Crossing the Tiber by Giulio Bonasone
Picture Book: Brave Cloelia by Jane Curry
The Sacred Way Roman Road at Wikipedia
Lesson #10: The Sabines Invade
Erythraean Sibyl by Michelangelo
The Sibylline Books at Ancient Pages
Lesson #11: Publicola Outsmarts the Enemy
Quadran coins
Lesson #12: The Federalist Papers and Publicola
The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton
Liberty’s Blueprint by Michael Meyerson
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