A/S HUMA 2105: Roman Literature and Culture

Fall/Winter 2008-9

Sept. 15/08                        Origins of Rome

Livy, The Early History of Rome, Book 1, ‘Rome under the Kings’

Sallust, Catiline’s War, ch. 1, ‘Preface’

VIEWS OF ROME

The Roman Empire

Model of Archaic Rome

EARLY ROME

“Etruscan “ She-Wolf with Romulus and Remus

Etruscan Aeneas, 4th c BCE

The physical topography of Rome

Romulus in a fresco from Pompeii

Aeneas in a fresco from Pompeii

The Intervention of the Sabine Women, J-L Davide

The Story of Lucretia, A. Botticelli

Lucretia, Raimondi