MWF 1.25-2.20 (Ladd 307)
| Prof. Michael Arnush | Ladd 209 x5462 |
| marnush@skidmore.edu | Hours: TuW 11 |
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| DATE | TOPIC | READINGS |
| 1 | Rome's Conquest of Italy | RVE ch. 3 pp. 86-96; terms of surrender (deditio in fidem); map of s. Italy |
| 4 | Beginnings of empire: the 1st Punic War | RVE ch. 4 pp. 97-112; HAR Polybius 1.6-14; 2.1-2, 7-12; 3.1, 4, 6-31 (21pp.); map of Mediterranean ca. 240 BCE |
| 6 | The 2nd Punic War: Defeat of Carthage | RVE ch. 4 pp. 114-135; HAR Livy 21.1-2, 20-48; 22.3-7, 44-51; 30.28-37 (47pp.)
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| 8 | No class | |
| 11 | Conquest of the Mediterranean | RVE ch. 5 pp. 136-141; map of Roman conquest of Mediterranean, 264-133 BCE |
| 13 | Rome
and her allies Sample midterm i.d. |
RVE ch. 5 pp. 141-156 |
| 15 | The Gracchi | RVE ch. 5 pp. 156-165; HAR Appian 1.1-26 (15pp). |
| 18 | The Rise of the Individual Imperator: Marius | RVE ch. 6 pp. 166-175 |
| 20 | The Social War and the career of Sulla | RVE ch. 6 pp. 176-192; RVE ch. 7 pp. 193-204 |
| 22 | STUDY DAY | |
| 25 | MIDTERM | |
| 27 | Crassus, Pompey, and the revolt of Spartacus | RVE ch. 7 pp. 204-219 |
| 29 | Case study: Cicero and the conspiracy of Catiline | RVE ch. 7 pp. 219-224; HAR Sallust Catilinarian Conspiracy 1-61; Cicero First Oration against Catiline (pp. 81-128) |
