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York University

Programme in Classical Studies

History 3131

 

Rome and Empire

 

Paul Swarney

244 Vanier College

416 736 5123  pswarney@yorku.ca

 

Winter Term 2004

Required Texts:

 

 

1.           Naphtali Lewis and Meyer Reinhold, Roman Civilization Volume I, Columbia University Press, ISBN 0-231-07131-0

2.          Naphtali Lewis and Meyer Reinhold, Roman Civilization Volume II, Columbia University Press, ISBN 0-231-07133-7

3.         Josephus, The Jewish War,  translated by G.A. Williamson

(and revised by Mary Smallwood,) Penguin,  ISBN 0-14-044420-3

4.         Apuleius, The Golden Ass, translated by P. G. Walsh, Oxford University Press,

ISBN 0-19-28242-9

5.         Tacitus, Complete Works of Tacitus, translated by  Alfred John Church and William Jackson Brodribb, Modern Library College Edition (McGraw-Hill), ISBN:0-07-553639-0

6.         Caesar, The Gallic War,  translated Carolyn Hammond, Oxford University Press,

ISBN 0-19-28358282-3

7.         Suetonius, The Twelve Casars, translated by Robert Graves, Penguin,

            ISBN 0-14-044072-0

8.         Pliny,  The Letters of the Younger Pliny, translated by Betty Radice, Penguin

            ISBN 0-14-044127-1

9.         Livy, The War with Hannibal, translated by Aubrey De Sélincourt, Penguin

 ISBN 0-14-044145-X

10.       Juvenal, The Satires, translated by Niall Rudd, Oxford University Press,

ISBN 0-19-28762-0

11.       Recommended: David Shotter, Rome and her Empire ,Longman, ISBN 0 582 32816 0

(Best buy = http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/- /0582328160 /qid= 1060696854/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/102-9916519-2344960?v=glance&s=books

 

ESSAYS: Winter Term 2004

 

Several essays and assignments will be set during the WinterTerm. Performance in essays and assignments will constitute 50% of the term’s evaluation.

 

PLEASE NOTE THAT ESSAYS AND ASSIGNMENTS 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.

TESTS: WINTER TERM   2004    

 

Two   tests on the assigned material and the topics covered in class and discussion will be set at the start of class on Thursday 12 February in Vari Hall 3006 and in the Spring 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 Vari Hall 3006. 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, discussions and presentations 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 relevant pages in the Undergraduate Calendar available at:http://calendars. registrar. yorku.ca/calendars/2002-2003/ ug/ pol/ ah.htm

 

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.


LECTURES AND ASSIGNMENTS: FALL TERM 2003     

                

January      6       annus nullus. (or three Ayatollahs from Bam)

                             Loukas (Luke) Book 1 chapters 1-2

                             Maththaios (Matthew)  chapter 1-2

                             Some usefull terms

                            

8         Social Structure and Social Satire 1

Juvenal, Satires 1-6

 

13       Juvenal  7-16

 

15      Society and Letters

Pliny,  Books 1-5

Assignment 1

20       Pliny,  7-10

22     Caesar and imperium Romanum

Lewis and Reinhold, pp 1-35

                                   First Assignment Due: 08:30 Vari Hall 3006       

                            

27       Lewis and Reinhold 35-75

29    imperium Romanum  and  oikonomia

        Lewis and Reinhold  76-107

 

February       3     Lewis and Reinhold 107-134

5         Society and Culture

Lewis and Reinhold 135-175

 

10    Lewis and Reinhold 176-230

Guide for Thursday’s Examination

Assignment 2 Due 12 February

Names and Topics

12Third Examination: 08:30 Vari Hall 3006

                       

24     Bureaucratic Nightmares

  Lewis and Reinhold  295-302

                       26  Where you stand in your final assignment         

               

March           2    Passion

                            Matthew

                            Mark

                            Luke

                            John

 

4        Carthage

Vergil, Aeneid 1-4

Augustine, Confessions

Apuleius,  Asinius Aureus

The inscriptions from Lewis and Reinhold that deal with Carthage are; 
 
Pp. 97-99.  Imperial Estates in Africa.
 
"The inscriptions of Ain-el-Jamala and Ain Wassel, A.D., 117-138"  and
"The Inscription of Suk-el-Khmis, A.D., 180-183"

 

Alexandria

P. Lond. 1910  Lewis and Reinhold II  pp. 285-288.

http://www.yorku.ca/pswarney/2100hum/p-lond

 

9         Ostia

Lewis and Reinhold II  page 110

 

11    Constantinopolis   

Hagia Sophia 1

Hagia Sophia 2

Hagia Sophia 3

 

Military ppt

Goldsworthy, Adrian.  Roman Warfare.  London: Cassell Wellington House, 2000.

Lewis, Naphtali.  Reinhold, Meyer.  Roman Civilzation: The Empire.  New York: Columbia University Press, 1990. ????

 

 

16       Ephesus

         Bithynia

         Pompeii

         Labyrinthos

        

         Pompeii

         Lewis and Reinhold Volume II pg 236-238: Election Notices

 

For our presentation, among other letter's of Plliny, we primarily used the letter's on pg 252 and 253 of Lewis and Reinhold.  The opening to that section on page 251 was also used.

 

 

18    Roman Women

        Murdia et al.

 

23   Circus Maximus

Circus

venationes

Chariots

CIL, vol. VI, no. 10,048 (= Dessau, no. 5,287) "Career of a Famous Charioteer" in Lewis & Reinhold Vol II, 3rd Edition: pg. 145-147
Roland Auguet, Cruelty and Civilization: The Roman Games New York: Routledge, 1994

 

 

25  AQVINCVM

Lewis and Reinhold pg. 38-40. “II The Danube Frontier”

1.      CIL, vol. XIV, no 3608

2.      Cassius Dio, Roman History LXXI. iii, I-2, xi. I-xii. 2; From LCL

3.      Specific translator: none found

 

 Sparta

 

                                   

           

April             11           Final Report: 08:30 244 Vanier College

 

28   Final Examination:  08:30   Curtis Lecture Hall H

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