Required Texts:

Recommended Text (required for students who have not studied Roman history previously):
M. LeGlay, J.-L. Voisin, Y. LeBohec. A History of Rome. Second Edition (= HR)

Calendar and Assignments

Note: The reading assignments are liable to change from time to time. Be sure to check both here and on the weekly assignment page

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Roman Names with a list of abbreviations used for first names

19 Rome in Latium; Kings; Social Structure; Religion
HR ch. 2

22 Conflicts of the Orders
HR ch. 3, Livy Book 21
Study Guide for Livy

24 The Latins and Other Italians; The Gauls
Livy Book 22

26 Rome Ascendant; Pyrrhus
HR ch. 4; Livy Book 23

29 The First Punic War
Livy Books 24-25

31 The Second Punic War
Livy Books 26-27
Polybius on causes

February
2 The Second Punic War
Livy Book 28

5 The Second Punic War
Livy Books 29-30
Resources for the Punic Wars: (Observations about these on-line resources)
http://history.idbsu.edu/westciv/punicwar/
http://www.dl.ket.org/latin2/historia/republic/punic1.htm
http://campus.northpark.edu/history//WebChron/Mediterranean/2ndPunic.html

7 Expansion East and West
HR ch. 5

9 Second-Century Rome; the Gracchi
Study sessions at 10:10-11:00 and 12:20-1:10
10:10 in room 207, 481 Main Street (Classics and Religion building)
12:20 in 427 Waterman

Study Guide for Test
What the Test will look like

Scullard Ch. 1-2; Plutarch Lives of Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus

12 Test I

Lists of Roman Consuls and Censors

14 Marius and the Army
HR ch. 6; Scullard ch. 3; Plutarch Life of Marius

16 The Social War; Sulla
Scullard ch. 4; Plutarch Life of Sulla

19 Presidents' Day Holiday

21 First-Century Rome
Scullard ch. 9; Cicero Against Verres (Works)
Dramatis Personae

23 Pompey, Lucullus, Crassus
Scullard ch. 5; Cicero On the Command of Cn. Pompeius (Speeches)

26 Cicero
Scullard ch. 6; Cicero Against L. Sergius Catilina (Speeches), Works pp. 61-69

28 Humanities
Scullard ch. 10; Cicero In Defence of Archias (Speeches), On Old Age (Works); Catullus, Poems 28, 49, 51-53, 63, 65, 67, 76, 77, 83-88, 92-95, 113; 29, 54, 57, 79, 91, 114-116
See also Poems of Catullus (in prose translation)

March
2 Power Politics
Cicero In Defence of Caelius, In Defence of Milo (Speeches)

5 Caesar
Scullard ch. 7 pp. 126-134; Cicero Works pp. 69-77; Caesar Civil War Book 1

7 Civil War (I)
Scullard ch. 7 pp. 134-143; Caesar Civil War Book 3; Cicero Works pp. 78-84

9 Caesar Dictator Perpetuus
Scullard ch. 7. pp. 143-153; Cicero In Support of Marcellus (Speeches), Works pp. 85-90, On Duties III (Works)

12 Civil War (II)
Scullard ch. 8; Cicero First Philippic (Speeches), Second Philippic (Works), Works pp. 90-98

14 Test II
Study Sheet for Test II
What the test will look like

16 No class; CANE meeting

19-23 Spring Break

26 The Augustan Settlement
HR pp. 146-150, ch. 7; Scullard ch. 11; Tacitus Annals Book 1

28 Augustus and Tiberius
HR ch. 8; Scullard ch. 12-13; Tacitus Annals Books 2.82-88, 3.18-36, 3.49-76, 4.1-36

30 The Julio-Claudians
HR ch. 9; Scullard ch. 14; Tacitus Annals Books 11-12

April
2 The First Century CE
Scullard ch. 15-16; Tacitus Annals Books 13-14

4 Stoic Opposition
Tacitus Annals Books 15-16

6 The Year of Four Emperors
HR ch. 10 pp. 239-242; Tacitus Histories Book 1

List of Roman Emperors from Augustus to Heraclius

9 The Flavians
Tacitus Histories Books 3.59-86, 4.1-52, 5.1-13, Agricola
HR ch. 10 pp. 242-266

11 The Best of Emperors
Tacitus Dialogus
HR ch. 11 pp. 267-277

13 Hadrian and the Antonines
HR ch. 11. pp. 278-300

16 Test III
Study Sheet for Test III
What the test will look like

18 The Second Century CE
HR ch. 11 pp. 301-337; ch. 13

20 The Severi
HR ch. 12

23 The Third Century CE
HR pp. 370-373, ch. 14
Research project due

25 The Tetrarchy; Constantine
HR ch. 15-16; Ammianus Book 14

27 The Heirs of Constantine
HR ch. 17-18; Ammianus Books 15-16

30 Christians and Pagans
HR ch. 19; Ammianus Books 21-22, 25.4

May
2 The Late Roman Empire
Ammianus Books 26.1-5, 10 (= pp. 313-320, 331-333), 27.1-11, 28.3-4, 29.1, 3 (= pp. 369-376, 381-382), 31.1, 12-15 (= pp. 410-11, 432-441)

Study Sheet for Final
What the final will look like

Tuesday 8 May Final Examination at 4:00 p.m.
413 Waterman

There are three 50-minute examinations and a final examination.

No makeup examinations or alternative dates for examinations. A (= one [1]) missed 50-minute examination may be excused, if a student presents a good cause, in which case other components of the grade will be adjusted proportionately.

There will be one research project (not paper), due 23 April, consisting of an annotated bibliography and a thesis statement. The bibliography must contain both primary and secondary sources and an assessment of those sources. Preliminary drafts are strongly encouraged. Late projects cost five percentage points per weekday (weekends free).

Link to information on research projects