Nov. 1: Octavius, Antony and Cleopatra

READ: IM ch. 6 pp. 195-217

IN-CLASS QUESTIONS:

WHAT ARE SOME OF THE EFFECTIVE TECHNIQUES CICERO EMPLOYS IN HIS ATTACK ON ANTONY? WHICH ONES FALL FLAT, AND WHY?

WHAT IMPACT WOULD A VICTORY BY CLEOPATRA AND ANTONY AT ACTIUM HAVE HAD ON THE MEDITERRANEAN WORLD?

5: The Roman Family

READ: IM pp. 75-77, 96-97, 208-209, 403-408; LR II.91-92, 94-95, 100, 102-103, 184-185
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CHATROOM QUESTION:

WHAT OPPORTUNITIES WERE AVAILABLE TO WOMEN IN THE ROMAN WORLD?

7: Augustus and the Golden Age

READ: LR I. 194-197, 206-207, 210

CHATROOM QUESTION:

PICK ANY ONE OF AUGUSTUS' POLICIES AND CRITIQUE IT IN THE CONTEXT OF WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED ABOUT ROMAN SOCIAL AND POLITICAL CUSTOMS. WAS THIS POLICY SOUND? WAS ITS EFFECTIVENESS GUARANTEED?

10-12, 17: The Immense Majesty: The Heritage of Augustus

READ: IM ch. 7 pp. 218-235; Suet. Caligula; Tac. pp. 31-34, 104-128, 157-197, 284-319, 360-367; LR II.2, 4, 95-96, 98; Petronius' Dinner with Trimalchio
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Sample Midterm Short Answer
Images from Pompeii
CLASSROOM QUESTION:

WHAT DO THE LIVES OF TRIMALCHIO AND HIS COMPANIONS, AND THE TEXTS ABOUT SUPERSTITIOUS/RELIGIOUS PRACTICES, TELL YOU ABOUT LIFE IN THE ROMAN WORLD IN THE FIRST CENTURY A.D.?

19: The "Golden Age" of Rome and Bodies and Souls
Augustus and Vespasian

READ: IM ch. 7 pp. 235-283; LR II.7, 37, 161-165

21-24: A Kingdom of Iron and Rust

NOV. 21
READ: IM ch. 8 pp. 284-314; LR II.104-107, 111-112, 120-121, 123, 125, 177

NOV. 24
READ: IM ch. 8 pp. 314-324; LR II.163-165
Eastern Religious Cults and Rome
NOTE: SUBMIT IN CLASS TODAY THE THESIS STATEMENT AND LIST OF TEXTS (LR, REFERENCE, ET AL.) YOU WILL CONSULT FOR ESSAY #3. ESSAY DUE DEC. 12