SCHEDULE
Week 1 FOUNDINGS
Assigned Readings: History of Rome (Introduction, Chapters 1-2)
LIVY (Book 1)
Mon. 5/27 < class will not meet (on-site in Week 3) >
Tues. 5/28 Outline of Roman History from Kingship to Republic
Wed. 5/29 Founding the Kingship: Romulus & Numa [Livy Bk 1, Chs. 1-33]
Thur. 5/30 Re-Founding the Kingship: Tarquin & Servius [Livy Bk 1, Chs. 34-48]
Week 2 REVOLUTIONS
Assigned Readings: History of Rome (Chapters 3-4)
LIVY (Book 2)
Mon. 6/3 Revolution: The Tyranny of Tarquin ‘Superbus’ [Livy Bk 1, Chs. 49-60]
Tues. 6/4 Founding the Republic: Brutus & Publicola [Livy Bk 2, Chs. 1-17]
Wed. 6/5 < class will not meet (on-site in Week 4) >
Thur. 6/6 Struggle of the Orders: Secession of the Plebs [Livy Bk 2, Chs. 18-44]
Week 3 CONQUESTS, CONSPIRACIES, CIVIL WARS
Assigned Readings: History of Rome (Chapters 5-6) & POLYBIUS (handout)
CICERO (On the Command of Pompeius, Against Catilina I-IV)
Mon. 6/10 Roman War Machine: The Punic Wars
Tues. 6/11 Burdens and Temptations of Empire: Pompeius ‘Magnus’
Wed. 6/12 ESSAY 1 due // Crisis of the Republic, I: Cicero versus Catilina
Thur. 6/13 Crisis of the Republic, II: Pompey versus Caesar
Week 4 COLLAPSE OF THE ROMAN REPUBLIC
Assigned Readings: History of Rome (Chapters 7-9)
CICERO (In Support of Marcellus) & VIRGIL (handout)
Mon. 6/17 Crisis of the Republic, III: ‘Caesar’
Tues. 6/18 The Age of Augustus: Visual Rhetoric of Imperial Peace
Wed. 6/19 Imperial Consolidation and Expansion
Thur. 6/20 Imperial Mis-Rule: The Julio-Claudians
Week 5 RE-FOUNDINGS OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE
Assigned Readings: History of Rome (Chapters 10-11)
Mon. 6/24 Imperial Re-Founding: The Adoptive Emperors
Tues. 6/25 Conversion of Imperial Rome: Constantine
Wed. 6/26 ESSAY 2 due // Review
Thur. 6/27 EXAM