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 York University

Vanier College

Programme in Classical Studies

History 3130

The Roman Revolution

 

Paul Swarney

244Vanier College

416-736-2100  Extention 66984

pswarney@yorku.ca

 

Fall Term 2002

Required Texts:

 

1.   Naphtali Lewis and Meyer Reinhart, Roman Civilization I: The Republic. 3rd edition, 

Columbua University Press ISBN 0-231-0713-0

2. Plautus, Four Comedies, translated by Erich Segal, Oxford ISBN 0-19-283896-2

3.Terence: The Comedies, translated by Betty Radice, Penguin Books ISBN 0-14-044324-X

4. Plutarch: The Makers of Rome, translated by Ian Scott-Kilvert, Penguin Books

ISBN 0-14-044158-1

5. Plutarch: The Fall of the Roman Republic, translated by Rex Warner, Penguin Books

                  ISBN 0-14-044084-4

6. Cicero: Murder Trials, translated by Michael Grant, Penguin Books ISBN 0-14-044288-X

7. The Poems of Catullus, translated by Guy Lee, Oxford  ISBN 0-19-282850-9

8. Vergil, Aeneid,translated by L.R. Lind,  University of Indiana Press ISBN 0-253-20045-8

9. Suetonius, The Twelve Caesars, Translated by Robert Graves and revised by Michael Grant,  

                                          Penguin Books ISBN 0-14-044072-0

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LECTURES AND ASSIGNMENTS: FALL TERM

 

September    10   The End: XVII PR. KAL. SEPTEMBRES, SEX.POMPEIO, SEX. APPULEIO COS.

12   res gestae divi Augusti

 


                17   res gestae divi Augusti

19   M. Porcius Cato I : Just a  Little Guy from Tuscullum

Plutarch, Cato maior

 

24   M. Porcius Cato II: Property and Society

                26  Cato III: Keeping up with Scipio

 

October      1    Mothers-in-Law

Terence, Hecyra

3    servi et domini

Terence, Hecyra

 

                8     clientes et patroni

Plutarch, Ti. Gracchus

10   The munera of Scipo's nepotes

Plutarch, Ti. Gracchus

Essay 1

 

 

15   A funny thing happened on the way to the forum!

Plautus, Menechmi

17   Sources Literary and Documentary

                      Lewis and Reinhold I-49

 

22   The XII TABVLAE,

Lewis and Reinhold 1, 107-116            

24   First Test 08:30-09:30 1152 Vari Hall

 

29   XII TABVLAE

                     31   The fasti , cultus  and  ritus

                      Lewis and Reinhold 1, 52-98

 

November   5    magistrati Romani

                      Lewis and Reinhold 1, 98-107;116-135

7    The munera of the pro magistrates

                      Lewis and Reinhold 1, 331-365

                      Mediterranean Social-Political Vocabulary  

                      Central and Eastern Mediterranean   

 

                12   The obligations of imperium

                      Lewis and Reinhold 1, 366-409 (You may omit passages from Cicero.)

                14   personae: C. Gracchus    

                      Plutarch, C. Gracchus

Notice of your text for your first essay due at 08:30

     

19   personae: Phormio

                      Terence, Phormio

                21   C. Marius

Plutarch, Marius

 

26   A women from Andros

Terence, Andria

28   How to Murder a Roman I

Cicero, pro Roscio

 

December   6    Second Examination 08:30 Curtis Lecture Hall C

               

                13     First Essay Due 12:30 244 Vanier College

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                      Some useful terms

 


imperium    cliens              clientela        amica           amicus          amicitia

imperator    triumphator      consul          praetor         Pontifex         tribunus

tribus         comitium         comitia         centuria        centuriata      tributa

curiata       curia              aediles          quaestor        quaestores     ager

ager publics contio             orator          munus          munera         matrona

pater          patronus          servus          rex              pax              res gestae

acta           numus            pecunia         potestas        forum           miles

tribunus militum                deus             lar, lares       Capitolium     Senatus

senator       senex              adulescens     censor          dignitas         fides

socius        creditum          magistratus    magister        dominus        dominatio

factio         provincia         classis          ordo            officium         honos

familia

 

 

ESSAYS AND EXAMINATIONS: FALL TERM 2002

 

ESSAY

 

One  essay, not exceeding six double spaced typewritten pages in length, due on 3 December. Performance in essay will constitute 50% of the term  evaluation.

 

PLEASE NOTE THAT ESSAYS ARE DUE IN CLASS ON THE ASSIGNED DATE. ANY ESSAY HANDED IN AFTER THE DUE DATE WILL HAVE ONE GRADE SUBTRACTED FROM ITS EVALUATION FOR EACH CLASS BY WHICH IT IS OVERDUE; e.g AN A ESSAY HANDED IN ONE CLASS LATE WILL BE GRADED B  ETC.

 

EXAMINATIONS: FALL TERM

 

Two   examinations on the assigned material and the topics covered in class and discussion will be set at the start of class on Thursday 24 October in 1152 Vari Hall and in the December examination period. Performance in examination will constitute 50% of the term evaluation.

 

PARTICIPATION

 

From -3 to +3 points.

 

FORMAT

 

The class will meet twice weekly on Tuesday and Thursday  from 08:30-09:50 in 1152 Vari Hall. The activities at each meeting will vary, but will generally comprise analysis and explanation of assigned readings and source material, and discussion of the topics, events and methodology which form the foundation of the course.  Each meeting will focus on a specific topic and text and will be the locus of discussion about essays and other matters in the course.

 

The potential litigiousness of a small minority of the undergraduate population and the precise facts about student attendance demanded by Faculties at York require that attendance records be kept for each session. Students should note that par­ticipation in the discussions of topics and analysis of assigned readings is obligatory, and that reading and preliminary analysis of assigned material should be completed in advance of the session in which the material is to be employed.

      

Participation in the course will add between  ‑3 points to +3 points to the term evaluation. It should be noted that students who habitually absent themselves from lectures and discussions generally find it impossible to participate in sessions which they do not attend!

 

ACADEMIC STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS

 

The rules and regulations concerning plagiarism and other forms of  academic dishonesty governing the course are those of the University and Faculty of Arts. Students will be expected to have acquainted themselves with these regulations and will be reminded of disciplinary procedures and penalties should occasion  for such procedures present themselves.  Please review pages 446-449 of the 2002 Undergraduate Calendar.

 

Rule # 24 You may no longer eat or drink in class.  You must either have breakfast before the lecture or starve.  This is a matter of courtesy to your fellow students and a matter of necessity for the professor.

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