MWF 1.25-2.20 (Ladd 307)
| Prof. Michael Arnush | Ladd 209 x5462 |
| marnush@skidmore.edu | Hours: TuW 11 |
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| NOVEMBER | ||
| DATE | TOPIC | READINGS |
| 1 | End of the Res Publica: 1st Triumvirate | RVE ch. 7 pp. 225-239; HAR Cicero's Letters pp. 128-129; map of the late Republic |
| 3 | Caesar's Gallic Campaigns; Civil War | RVE ch. 8 pp. 238-254; HAR Cicero's Letters p. 130; Caesar's Commentaries on the Gallic Wars pp. 135-136 + 1.1-54 (26pp: skim), 6.11-28 (7pp.) |
| 5 | Women in Republican Rome | ARD
ch. 13, "Women in Roman Society," pp.
288-306 Final project |
| 8 | The fall of Caesar and the rise of Octavian: the 2nd Triumvirate | RVE ch. 9 pp. 254-279; HAR p.320 + Suetonius Life of Augustus chs. 1-11, 62-101 (27pp.) |
| 10 | Octavian, Antony and Cleopatra: Civil War redux | RVE ch. 9 pp. 279-295; HAR Suetonius Life of Augustus chs. 12-22 (5pp.) |
| 12 | Augustus and the pax
romana The Empire under Augustus |
RVE
ch. 9 pp. 296-316; HAR Suetonius
Life of Augustus chs. 23-61 (18pp.) + Augustus Achievements
of the Deified Augustus pp. 322-330 Ara Pacis (1, 2, 3); Gemma Augustea; Prima Porta Augustus (1, 2); Mausoleum Augusti; Gaius or Lucius Caesar; Livia |
| 15 | The Julio-Claudians: Tiberius, Caligula | RVE ch. 10 pp. 317-328; HAR Tacitus pp. 427-428, Annals 1.1-5.51 (pp. 451-490 - read selections) |
| 17 | The
Julio-Claudians: Claudius, Nero & Civil War Class discussion |
RVE ch. 10 pp. 328-337; HAR Tacitus Annals 11.23-16.19, Histories 1.1-3.72 (pp. 490-530 - read selections) |
| 19 | The Flavian principate | RVE
ch. 11 pp. 353-364; HAR Josephus
Jewish War pp. 331-345; Pliny Letters pp. 531-536 Masada (camp; aerial); Jerusalem: Wailing Wall; Arch of Titus (general; detail); Pompeii (thumbnails); Flavian Amphitheater (exterior; interior; cages; reconstruction); Flavian woman; Cancelleria Reliefs: A; B (Domitian; Nerva) |
| 22 | 1st Century Rome: Petronius' Satyricon | SAT "Dinner at Trimalchio's House" chs. 27-78 (pp. 22-73) |
| 29 | Panel: The Family and the City |
Marriage
and Women: Drew, Jill, Amelia, Joanna, Renda |
