Syllabus
September
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IM chapters 6 (from p. 195) - 8Assignments
HAR pp. 355-392, 416-477, 493-512: excerpts from Augustus' Res Gestae Divi Augusti (complete), Suetonius' Life of Gaius Caligula (complete), Tacitus' Annals, and the Life of Hadrian (complete)
Cicero, Second Philippic against Antony; Correspondence
Petronius' Satyricon (complete)
Seneca's Apocolocyntosis
L&R excerpts (handouts)
Chatroom questions
Essay #2 (due November 15)
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| DATE | TOPIC | READINGS |
| 1 | Group I: Antony
Group: Burns, Cavaliere, Fisher, Garrett, Hardy, Hitchens, Hohmann |
IM chap. 6 pp. 187-195; Cicero Second Philippic against Antony; L&R 1.109-110 |
| 1 | Group II: Caesar
Group: Meinking, Mroszczyk-McDonald, Reidy, Renzi, Roehrig, Tully, Varkala |
IM chap. 6 pp. 187-195; HAR Julius Caesar Commentaries on the Gallic War 1; 6.11-28; L&R 1.109-110 |
| 1 | Group II: Cicero
Group: Hurley, Johnson, Koransky, McKenzie, Weber, Whitney, Wisell |
IM chap. 6 pp. 187-195; Cicero Correspondence; L&R 1.109-110 |
| 3 | Octavian, Antony and Cleopatra
Chronology: 63-43BCE Chronology: 44-29BCE Essay #2 (due November 15) |
IM chap. 6 pp. 195-217 |
| 5 | Augustus and the Golden Age | HAR Augustus' Res Gestae Divi Augusti; LR 1.194, 197, 206-207, 210 |
| 8 | The Heritage of Augustus: The Succession | IM chap. 7 pp. 218-226; HAR Tacitus Annals 1.1-15; LR 2.2, 4, 95, 96 |
| 10 | The Roman Family | IM pp. 75-77, 96-97, 208-209, 403-408; LR 2.91-92, 94-95, 100, 102-103, 184-185; Lefkowitz & Fant, Women's Life in Greece and Rome (an on-line text with a rich collection of translated documents; go to the search engine, search for "Rome or Roman" and look at tsome of these documents) |
| 10 | "Patria Potestas and the Roman Family," Prof. Myles McDonnell, Bowdoin College, Pohndorff Room, Scribner Library, 5.30 pm | --to be announced-- |
| 12 | The Julio-Claudians: Tiberius | IM chap. 7 pp. 226-228; HAR Tacitus' Annals 1.33-53; 2.69-73; 3.1-18; 4.1-12, 32-35; 6.50-51 |
| 15 | Daily Life in Ancient Rome
Essay #2 Due |
--no readings-- |
| 17 | The Julio-Claudians: Caligula and Claudius | IM chap. 7 pp. 228-231;HAR Suetonius' Caligula; Seneca's Apocolocyntosis; Tacitus' Annals 11.23-38; 12.65-69 |
| 19 | The Julio-Claudians: Nero
Final Paper Topics |
IM chap. 7 pp. 231-235; Petronius' Satyricon; HAR Tacitus' Annals 13.1-5; 14.1-11; 15.37-44, 60-64; 16.18-19 |
| 22 | The "Golden Age" of Rome
Selection of Paper Topic Due Economic Resources of the Empire Powers of the Emperor (L&R 4) |
IM chap. 7 pp. 235-262; HAR Writers of Augustan History Life of Hadrian; LR 2.7, 37, 161-162 |
| 29 | Bodies and Souls | IM chap. 7 pp. 262-283; LR 2.104-107, 111-112, 120-121, 123, 125, 177 |