Readings

Shelton: Power and Patronage: pp. 4-9 (nos. 2, 3, 4); pp. 11-13 (nos.7, 8); p.125 (no. 163); pp.16-17 (nos. 15, 16); Government: pp.203-213 (nos. 251-259); pp. 221-226 (nos. 264-66); Law: pp. 236-242 (nos.277-290)

Livy, The Early History of Rome, Book 2.1-42 (pp.107-160); Book 3.26-58(pp. 226-264)

Oct. 6/08 Comedy and Religion

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Shelton: Religion: Pp. 359- 386 (nos. 402-428); pp. 391-400 (nos. 434-438)

Plautus, Casina (D. Christenson)

Plautus, Persa (A. Richlin)

Oct. 20/08 Romans at War, or, How the Romans Killed Other People

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Plautus, Poenulus (Richlin)

Shelton: The Roman Army: pp. 243-252 (nos. 291-293); Provincial Administration: pp. 268-284 (nos.317-321)

Selections from Livy, Book 21 : Section One, Section Two, Section Three

Oct. 27/08 Slaves in the Republic

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Plautus, Captivi (Christenson)

Shelton: Slavery in the Republic: pp.148-56 (nos. 187-189); pp.163-180 (198-200; 204-210; 215-216; 219)

Feb. 2/09 Civil Wars I , or, How the Romans Killed Each Other

Reintroduction and Review

Sallust, Catiline’s War

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Feb. 9/09 Rhetoric and Romanitas

Cicero, ‘Against Lucius Sergius Catilina I, II’ in Selected Political Speeches, pp. 71-109

Cicero, ‘In Defence of Marcus Caelius Rufus,’ in Selected Political Speeches, pp.165-214

Recommended: Cicero, ‘Against Lucius Sergius Catilina III and IV,’ in Selected Political Speeches, 109-145.

Recommended: Shelton: Political Campaigns: pp.215-221 (nos. 262-263)

Feb. 18/09 Romans in Love

Selections from Catullus

Shelton: The Roles of Women: pp.291-298 (nos.329-335); pp. 303-305 (nos.341-345); p. 90 (no.118); Good and Bad Wives: pp. 45-47 (nos. 61-66);

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Mar. 9/09 Civil Wars II: Caesar and the End of the Republic

Test #2 (Take Home): Due today in Lecture.

Cicero, ’Correspondence,’ in Selected Works, pp. 58-90;

Suetonius, ‘Divus Julius’ in The Twelve Caesars, pp. 1-42.

Recommended: Cicero, ‘In Support of Claudius Marcellus,’ in Selected Political Speeches, pp.279-294

Mar. 16/09 Civil Wars III: After Caesar

Cicero, ‘Correspondence,’ in Selected Works, pp. 90-100

Cicero, ‘The Second Philippic against Marcus Antonius,’ in Selected Works, pp. 101-153

Recommended: Cicero, ‘The First Philippic against Marcus Antonius,’ in Selected Political Speeches, pp. 295-318

Recommended: Suetonius, pp. 43-52 of ‘Divus Augustus,’ in The Twelve Caesars

Mar. 23/09 Pax Romana: The Beginning of Augustus’ Reign

*Pick up Essay # 1 topics today

Shelton: Imperial Government: pp. 226-230 (nos. 267-268); p.236 (no. 276)

Recommended: Shelton pp. 231-235 (nos. 269-275)

Virgil, The Aeneid, Books 1 and 4

Recommended: The Aeneid, Books 2 and 3

Mar. 30 /09 Virgil’s Aeneid: Rome’s Epic

Virgil, The Aeneid, Books 4-8

Apr. 6/09 Virgil’s Aeneid: Rome’s Triumph and Tragedy

Virgil, The Aeneid, Books 9 and 12

Recommended: The Aeneid, Books 10 and 11

Apr. 13/09 History and Biography: Augustus and the New Rome

ESSAY # 1 is due in class TODAY

Suetonius, ‘Divus Augustus’ in The Twelve Caesars, pp. 43-103.

Tacitus, ‘Chapter One: From Augustus to Tiberius,’ in The Annals of Imperial Rome, pp.31-42.

Shelton: Emperor Cult: pp: 386-389 (nos. 429-432).

Apr. 20/09 Ovid’s Metamorphoses: Epic Changes I

Essay # 2 Topics

Ovid, Metamorphoses, Books 1, 3, 6

Recommended: Ovid, Metamorphoses, Books 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9

Apr. 27/09 Ovid’s Metamorphoses: Epic Changes II

Outline for Essay # 2 is due today

Ovid Metamorphoses, Books 10, 14, 15

Recommended: Ovid, Metamorphoses, Books 11, 12, 13

May 4/09 After Augustus: Imperial Intrigue and Excess

Tacitus, Selections from The Annals. Please read the following chapters:

Ch. 8: The Reign of Terror;

Ch. 9: The Fall of Messalina;

Ch. 10, ‘The Mother of Nero,’

Ch. 11, ‘The Fall of Agrippina,’

Suetonius, ‘Gaius Caligula’; ‘Divus Claudius,’ in The Twelve Caesars pp. 145-206. Recommended: Seneca, The Apocolocyntosis (found in the same book as Petronius’ Satyricon)