| Prof. Michael Arnush | Ladd 209 x5462 |
| marnush@skidmore.edu | Hours: W 9.00 Th 8.30 F 10.30 |
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| DECEMBER |
| DATE | TOPIC | READINGS |
| 3 | Rise
of Christianity Jewish settlements ca. 100 Christianity' reach, 200-400 |
RE
ch. 10 pp. 261-278; LR 2.162, 164-5, 167-8, 170, 172,
173, 182, 184-5 Nicene Creed |
| 4 | Dinner & Homerathon 2001 | Dinner, 5.30, Ladd 205; Homerathon, 6.30, Emerson |
| 5 | Marcus
Aurelius to Diocletian Tetrarchs, St. Mark's, Venice Severan family tree Timeline of 3rd C. emperors |
RE
pp. 236-243 and ch. 11; LR 2.104-107,
109-110, 119-121,
123, 125, 128, 133-4 Diocletian price edict: preamble Diocletian's palace at Split (Yugoslavia) |
| 7 | Debate: Imagine you live in the Roman world ca. 300 AD. What would you choose as the best form of government? | Polybius
6.1-9, 11-18, 56-57 = HAR pp. 47-59 Cicero Laws 3.3-4 = LR 1.148 "Powers of the Emperor" = LR 2.4 (online) Roles |
| 10 | Triumph of Christianity and the Decline of Paganism | LR 2.174-181, 187-190 |
| 11 | CC290
Meeting: LADD 206 Gladiator |
CC290, 4.00, Ladd 206; Gladiator, 7.00, Gannett |
| 12 | End
of Empire Debate: What contributed to the collapse of the Roman empire? |
LR
2.191-194 C. Starr, "The Final Test (A.D. 370-476)," in The Roman Empire 27 B.C.-A.D. 476 (Oxford, 1982), 162-181 (handout). The End: Lord Byron, Childe Harold's Pilgrimage IV.78 |
