| Prof. Michael Arnush | Ladd 209 x5462 |
| marnush@skidmore.edu | Hours: W 9.00 Th 8.30 F 10.30 |
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| CC290 | ||||
| Web Resources |
| OCTOBER |
| DATE | TOPIC | READINGS |
| 1 | Second
Punic War Flash map of war; static map |
RR ch. 5 pp. 50-56; HAR Polybius 3.1, 4, 6-17, 20-30; Livy 21.1-48, 52-63; 22.3-7, 44-51; 30.28-37 |
| 3 | Conquest of the East and the Consequences of Empire | RR chs. 6-7 |
| 5 | Rome: The Imperial Power | RR ch. 8 pp. 80-90 |
| 8 | The
Gracchi |
RR chs. 8-10; HAR Appian 1.1-26; LR 1.96-98, 101-102 |
| 9 | CC290
Meeting: LADD 206 Essay assignment |
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| 10 | Marius | RR chs. 11-12 |
| 12 | Project 3: Panel Discussions |
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| 15 | Sulla Essay due |
L&R
1.81, 83, 103-104 |
| 17 | Gravediggers
of the Republic Grading |
RR ch. 14 pp. 154-162; Cicero Against Verres I |
| 19 | 133-70
BC discussion Midterm prep: timeline |
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| 22 | Study
Day |
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| 23 | CC290 Meeting: LADD 206 | |
| 24 | Midterm | |
| 26 | Case
Study: Catilinarian Conspiracy Cicero: A Life |
RR
ch. 14 pp. 162-169; HAR Sallust
Catilinarian Conspiracy Questions for the chatroom |
| 29 | Antony,
Caesar & Cicero Cicero: A Life For Monday, do the common readings and then the reading to which you have been assigned. Come to class prepared to discuss the question related to your reading. |
RR
ch. 15; LR 1.108-110 1. Cicero Second Philippic against Antony (Jeff, Sierra, Chris, Sanna, Nils, Joe) Question: What does this speech reveal about the relationships among Caesar, Antony and Cicero? 2. HAR Julius Caesar Commentary on the Gallic War 1 (Adam, Sara, John, Patrick, Gill, Ed) Question: What does Caesar's views on his conquest of the Gauls reveal about his/Roman attitudes towards other cultures? 3. Cicero Correspondence (Katie, Naomi, Natalka, Nick, Tom, Kari) Question: What are Cicero's innermost thoughts towards the struggle for the soul of the Republic? |
| 30 | CC290 Meeting: LADD 206 | |
| 31 | Octavian, Antony & Cleopatra | RR Epilogue; RE ch. 1 |
