WEEK 1
Mon Sept 2 Introduction of course and course material.
Geographical and historical background.
Wed Sept 4 Italy in the Early Iron Age and the origins of Rome
textbook, ch. 1
J. Clackson, A Companion to Latin Language, Wiley 2011, 48-52 (on the Etruscan origins of the Latin alphabet); 246-248 (on the Indoeuropean origins of Latin), available as an E-book through Frohring library, please read the section in reverse order.
WEEK 2
Mon Sept 9 Legendary traditions on the origins of Rome
Livy, selected passages
Wed Sept 11 Rome's First Centuries
textbook, ch. 2
WEEK 3
Mon Sept 16 Rome and Italy in the Fourth Century
textbook, ch. 3
Wed Sept 18 Rome and Carthage
E.J. Wolters, “Carthage and Its People”, Classical Antiquity, 47, 1952, Jstor
Visit the exhibit “Carthage and its myth” opening on Sept 27 in the Archaeological Park of the Colosseum
WEEK 4
Mon Sept 23 1st in class quiz
Wed Sept 25 The Beginnings of a Mediterranean Empire
textbook, ch. 4
WEEK 5
Mon Sept 30 Italy and Empire
textbook, ch. 5
Wed Oct 2 Italy Threatened, Enfranchised, Divided
textbook, ch. 6
WEEK 6
Mon Oct 7 The domination of Sulla
textbook, ch. 7
AThein, “Sulla the weak tyrant”, in Ancient Tyranny, Edinburgh 2006, Press, 2006. doi:10.3366/edinburgh/9780748621255.003.0055 available as ebook through the Frohring library
Wed Oct 9 End of the Republic: Caesar's dictatorship
textbook, ch. 8
WEEK 7
Mon Oct 14 2nd in class quiz
Wed Oct 16 in class discussion of the research paper
Paper due
WEEK 8
Mon Oct 21 Augustus and the transformation of the Roman world
textbook, ch 9
S. Grebe, “Augustus’Divine Authority and Vergil’s Aeneid”, in Vergilius 50, 2004, 35-62
Wed Oct 23 The Julio Claudian
textbook, ch. 10
Barrett, Anthony, Elaine Fantham, and John Yardley, eds. The Emperor Nero: A Guide to the Ancient Sources. Princeton, 2016, pp. 149-170
WEEK 9
Mon Oct 28 The Flavians
textbook, ch. 11 (up to p. 227)
Wed Oct 30 Nerva, Trajan
textbook, ch. 11 (up to p. 234)
WEEK 10
Mon Nov 4 3rd in class quiz
Wed Nov 6 Hadrian, Antoninus Pius
text book ch. 11 (up to the end) and ch. 12 (up to p. 256)
WEEK 12
Mon Nov 11 Marcus Aurelius, Commodus
textbook ch. 12 (up to p. 256)
Wed Nov 13 The Severan dynasty
textbook, ch. 12 (up to the end)
Watch the UNESCO video on Lepcis (link available on MyJCU)
WEEK 13
Mon Nov 18 The third century crisis and Diocletian
textbook ch. 13 (to p. 283)
Wed 7 Wed Nov 20 Constantine and the Advent of Christianity
textbook ch. 13 (from p. 284 to the end)
WEEK 14
Mon Nov 25
The fall of Roman Western empire and other (his)tories
AK. Goldsworthy, How Rome Fell: Death of a Superpower, Yale University Press, 2009. 405-424. (ebook available through Frohring library)
Wed Nov 27 4th in class quiz
WEEK 15
Mon Dec 2 Wrap up session
Wed Dec 4 Review for the final