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textbook by Moreland & Fleischer is divided into 18 units (or
chapters). We will complete 10 or 11 units this semester, and so will
devote approximately one week to each unit. |
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Our
work in each unit will usually unfold in the same way:
| Day |
In-class
Topics |
Homework
assignment |
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| 1 |
Introduction
of new morphologies, grammatical concepts and vocabulary |
Morphology/vocabulary
review w. LatinVocab & Flash; translation of phrases and
simple sentences |
| 2 |
Introduction
of remaining grammatical concepts
In-class
vocabulary quiz
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Translation
of more complex sentences |
| 3 |
Review
of translations
Literary and historical context |
Translation
of end-of-chapter passage (see table below) |
| 4 |
Review
of passage translation
Discussion of cultural material
Chapter
quiz
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Read
following chapter |
Roman
civilization has been extinct for 1500 years, and so we tend to
access it through academic, intellectual means and rarely via any
life experiences. In this course, you will have the opportunity
to have more direct experience with the life of ancient Romans.
As you come to this course as a foreigner, an "other,"
so you will adopt the role of an "other" for this course
- the role of a slave (servus-masc., serva-fem., servi-plural).
As a servus or serva, you will see how the Roman world
was perceived by outsiders drawn into Roman lifestyles, both through
the language & literature, but as well by studying cultural
issues in which the language and literature are/were embedded. The
following table identifies the cultural topics that we will address
for each chapter, keyed to the passage (left-hand column) at the
end of each chapter. These cultural topics include religion, death,
Rome' relationship to Greece, the tumultuous first century BCE,
love, slavery, family, oratory and values.
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M&F ch./psg. |
Literary
context |
Historical
context |
Activities
for servi |
Electronic
tools |
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Introduction:
Roman Culture
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1.
Nauta/regina |
Bio.
of Vergil |
Augustan
age |
Receive
names & biographies |
Images
of Dido & Aeneas; mss. |
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Roman
Religion
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2.
Dido/Aeneas |
Vergil
Aen. 4 |
Roman
religion |
Prayer
and worship |
Images
of temples, altars, gods |
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Roman
Notions of Death
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3.
Aeneas ŕ Orcus |
Vergil
Aen. 6 |
Sibyl
and Cumae |
Foreign
gods:Bacchus, Baal; syncretism |
Images
of Pluto, Dis, Proserpina; d.m. inscrr. |
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Rome’s
Debt to Greece
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4.
Trojan War |
Vergil
Aen. 1 |
Bronze
Age Troy |
Aeneas
in Troy |
Images
of Trojan War |
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Augustan
Age
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5.
End of Aeneid |
Vergil
Aen. 12 |
Pax
Augustana |
Life
in Rome |
Ara
Pacis Augustae |
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Republic
and Revolution
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6.
Cic. In Cat. 1 |
Career
of Cicero |
Catilinarian
revolt |
Slaves
& rebellion: farm- vs. city-life |
Cicero
webpage
Images of Cic/Cat |
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Roman
Notions of Love
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7.
Martial/ Catullus |
Biographies
of Martial & Catullus |
Patronage
and poetry |
Expressions
of love |
Graffiti |
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Slaves
and Freedmen
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8.
Petr. Satyricon |
Trimalchio excerpts |
Lives
of slaves & freedmen |
Manumission |
Manumission
decrees |
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Roman
Family: Marriage and Children
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9.
Pliny:Fundanus’ daughter |
Roman
family readings |
Roman
daily life |
Tombstone
Marriage contract |
Tombstones;
marriage contract |
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Roman
Oratory
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10.Seneca:
clemency & tyranny |
Examples
of declamationes |
Oratory
in schools, etc. |
Orations |
Basilicas,
abecedaria |
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Conclusion:
Roman Values
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11.Cic./Mart./Verg. |
Readings
on pietas, fides, dignitas |
Proper
roles for men & women, slave/free |
Values
to a freedman/woman |
Sculpture
& wall paintings |
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Under
"Activities for Servi" are the topics you will
write about briefly in Latin in an electronic bulletin board, the
Forum.
Over the course of the semester, you will create and maintain in
the Forum
a journal of the life of a slave. Your entries will include
- sentences
composed weekly by you as a slave on the chapter-cultural themes,
drawing upon the morphological forms and vocabularies from the
current and previous chapters
- biographical
data: original name and place of origin, slave name, details of
homeland, new sights and sounds in Rome
- daily
life of a slave
- work
on the farms
- work
in the domus or
villa
- education
- visits
to the arena, circus, baths
- dining
You
will each maintain a thread in the Forum
where all of your persona's material will reside. In addition, you
will want to maintain a separate written journal of morphological
forms (declensions and conjugations: paradigms and other like nouns,
adjectives and verbs) and grammatical concepts that you can utilize
weekly for study and review.
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