HI361F Age of Augustus Syllabus, Spring '99

HI361F: AGE OF AUGUSTUS
LIB 213, TuTh 2:10-3:30PM

Statue of Prima Porta Augustus (detail), ca. 15 AD
Vatican Museums, Rome

Prof. Michael Arnush, x5462, Harder Hall 208A, Office hours M2-3 W1-2

"I found Rome a city of bricks, and I leave it clothed in marble." These are the words of Rome's first Emperor, Gaius Octavian Augustus, who ruled an empire stretching from Spain to Syria, from Britain to Egypt. Students in this seminar will explore the social, artistic, literary and political successes and failures of this "golden age" of Rome's past. In addition, each student will select a topic from the Augustan age—such as Vergil's Aeneid, the Imperial Forum of Augustus, art as propaganda, the creation of empire, or the role of women in the Empire—and assess it within the context of Augustan ideology and history.

Course Objectives:

Goals

to understand the sources - literary, historical, archaeological, art historical - for the study of Augustus and his age
to assess scholarship that draws upon these sources
to gain a comprehensive perspective on Rome's golden age, on the author of that age, and the legacy he established

Skills

to communicate in classroom discussion and in a digital chatroom
to conduct research by traditional and digital methods
to develop critical thinking abilities and learn to articulate them orally and in written form
to write a literary, historical, art historical, philosophical or archaeological analysis supported by primary and secondary sources

COURSE SPECIFICS

REQUIRED TEXTS	COURSE REQUIREMENTS	SCHEDULE
WEBSITES OF INTEREST
REPORTS ON GALINSKY MARK MUCHA (2/4) JERRY SIMATOS (2/9) DOUG GILMOUR (2/11) BOB HORSMAN (2/16) JILL MARIANI (2/18) TIM BALL (2/25) EMILY LEVY (2/25) JUSTIN WEBER (3/4) DAN WARE (3/11) (alt.)	MINI-REPORTS DAN WARE (2/18) DOUG GILMOUR (2/18) BOB HORSMAN (2/25) MARK MUCHA (3/2) JILL MARIANI (3/2) JUSTIN WEBER (3/4) JERRY SIMATOS (3/4) TIM BALL (3/11) EMILY LEVY (3/11)	RESEARCH PAPERS TIM BALL DOUGLAS GILMOUR ROBERT HORSMAN EMILY LEVY JILL MARIANI MARK MUCHA JERRY SIMATOS DANIEL WARE

DISCUSSION GROUP