1-3: The Path of Empire

READ: IM ch. 4

4: "Letters from Home: Traveling the Internet to Ancient Rome"

CHATROOM TOPIC:

WRITE A LETTER TO YOUR GRANDCHILD HIGHLIGHTING WHAT MIGHT LIE AHEAD IN HIS OR HER ROMAN LIFE.

6: The Path of Empire (cont.)

READ: LR I.13, 18, 59-67, 76, 79-80
ROME AND CARTHAGE, 284-202 BC
ROME AND THE MEDITERRANEAN, 202-133 BC

CHATROOM QUESTION:

HOW DID ROME DEAL WITH OVERSEAS POWERS SUCH AS THE CARTHAGINIANS? HOW HAD HER DEALINGS WITH ITALIAN COMMUNITIES PREPARED HER FOR SUCH RELATIONSHIPS? HOW HAVE HER ASPIRATIONS SHIFTED?

8: Senatorial Oligarchy, Imperial Administration, Social Developments

READ: IM ch. 5 pp. 142-154; LR I. 94-95, 146, 149, 155, 165, 166, 168, 170, 175-176, 178, 185-186, 191

CLASSROOM QUESTIONS:

GROUP 1: WHAT DID ROME LEARN FROM HER INTERACTIONS WITH MEDITERRANEAN POWERS BETWEEN 284 AND 133 BC? HOW DID THE STATE ADAPT TO THE CHANGING GEO-POLITICAL CONDITIONS OF THE DAY?

OR

GROUP 2: WHAT WAS THE NATURE OF POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS? WHAT ATTRACTED ELIGIBLE MEN TO RUN FOR OFFICE? HOW HAVE THE IDEALS OF THE EARLY REPUBLIC CHANGED BY THIS PERIOD?

OR

GROUP 3: WHAT SOCIAL THREATS DID SOME PERCEIVE COULD WREAK HAVOC UPON THE ROMAN STATE? WERE THE RESPONSES BY ROME APPROPRIATE? ADEQUATE? WHAT ELEMENTS OF ROMAN SOCIETY DID THE STATE ATTEMPT TO PRESERVE?

10: The Gracchi

READ: IM ch. 5 pp. 154-161; LR I.96-98, 101-102
The Gracchi, 133-122 BC

CHATROOM QUESTION:

HOW DOES THIS STRUGGLE COMPARE WITH THAT OF THE "ORDERS" IN THE EARLY REPUBLIC? ARE THERE DIFFERENT ISSSUES AT STAKE? DO THE PARTICIPANTS REPSOND DIFFERENTLY, OR IS THEIR BEHAVIOR PREDICTABLE?

13: Marius and Sulla

READ: IM ch. 5 pp. 161-171; Plut. Sulla; LR I. 81, 83, 103-104

CHATROOM QUESTION, OCT. 13:

WHAT COULD MARIUS AND SULLA OFFER TO THE CITIZENRY THAT MADE THEM SO APPEALING? WHY DID OTHERS FEAR THE RISING INFLUENCES OF SUCH INDIVIDUALS?

15: The Old Order Passes: Gravediggers of the Republic

READ: IM ch. 6 pp. 172-187; Plut. Cicero
Marius, Sulla, and the Republic's Death Knell, 100-67 BC

READ THE CASE STUDY ON THE CATILINARIAN CONSPIRACY. COME PREPARED TO ROLE-PLAY! YOU MIGHT BE CICERO, CATILINE, OR A MEMBER OF THE SENATE. WHAT WILL YOU DO IN SUCH CIRCUMSTANCES?

17: The Catilinarian Conspiracy: A Case Study

READ: Cic. Against Lucius Sergius Catilina; LR I.105

View of Forum
Plan of Forum
Reconstruction of Roman Forum
Reconstruction of Rostra
45 Days In 63 BC

20: Cicero, Man of Letters

READ: Cic. On Duties (pp. 157-212)

22: Guest Lecture, Prof. Fred Winter, Univ. of Maryland - Combined Caesarea Maritime Expedition

NOTE: Prof. Winter will speak about the excavations at Caesarea this evening. Attendance is required.
NOTE: Midterm Essay Question (ESSAY DUE OCT. 29)

24, 29: The Caesareans

OCT. 24
READ: Cicero Selected Letters (pp. 58-100); IM ch. 6 pp. 187-195

IN-CLASS ASSIGNMENT:

WORKING IN PAIRS, COMPOSE A LETTER FROM CICERO TO HIS FRIEND BRUTUS, FOLLOWED BY AN APPROPRIATE REPSONSE, ON THE TOPIC OF CAESAR AND HIS DICTATORSHIP. SET THE LETTER IN JANUARY OF 44 BC.


OCT. 27
STUDY DAY -- NO CLASS

OCT. 29
MIDTERM ESSAY QUESTION DUE
IN-CLASS MIDTERM (SHORT ANSWERS): 25 MINUTES

31: Caesar and Antony

READ LR I.109-110; Cic. Second Philippic against Antony
Roman Perseus Introduction to the Philippics
On-line English translation of the 2nd Philippic
On-line Latin 2nd Philippic

IN-CLASS QUESTION:

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

Nov. 1: Octavius, Antony and Cleopatra

READ: IM ch. 6 pp. 195-217

CHATROOM QUESTION:

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