DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY

DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY	412: AGE OF ALEXANDER
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON	NICOLS

TECHNICAL INFORMATION:

LECTURES: TuTh: 12:30-13:50
CLASSROOM: 307 DEADY
CRN:
FINAL EXAMINATION
OFFICE HOURS:
- J. NICOLS: TuTh: 10-12 in 305 PLC
- M. NICOLS: Fr. 9-10 in 114 Friendly (or drop-in anytime except Tu a.m. or We p.m. Call 63902 to confirm availability)

TEXTS:

DAC = J. K. Davies: DEMOCRACY AND CLASSICAL GREECE, HarvardUP, 1993, ISBN: 0674196074
AG = J. R. Hamilton: ALEXANDER THE GREAT, Univ of Pittsburgh Pr, 1974, ISBN: 0822960842
AA = P. Green: ALEXANDER TO ACTIUM, CalUP, 1993, ISBN: 0520083490
HW = M. M. Austin: THE HELLENISTIC WORLD, CambridgeUP, 1982, ISBN: 0521296668
R. Morkot, THE PENGUIN HISTORICAL ATLAS OF ANCIENT GREECE, Penguin, 1997, ISBN: 0140513353
Links to other sources will be provided via in internet in the syllabus and at the relevant lecture.

LECTURES AND ASSIGNMENTS: (unless otherwise noted, the numbers refer to chapters or sections, not to pages)

First Week

TU	31 March	Introduction: Problems, sources. Geography. The Cast of Characters. The situation in Greece in ca. 350 BCE. [jn &msn]
		No assignment
TH	2 April	Macedonian Expansion: Philip and the young Alexander to 336 BCE [jn]
		DAC Ch. 12 AG Preface, Ch 1-5 AA Preface HW sect. 1, 2b

Second Week

TU	7 April	Alexander and the Conquest of Asia to the Battle of Gaugemela [jn]
	l	AG Ch. 6 through p. 133 HW sect. 3b, 4-7a, 8-12
TH	9 April	Alexander: Babylon to the Indus and back to Babylon (323 BCE) [jn]
		AA Introduction AG p. 133 to end.

Third Week

TU	14 April	The Age of the Successors: The achievement of Antigonus "One-eyed" to about 300 BCE [msn]
		AA Chs. 1-3 HW 22-36; 39, 42
TH	l6 April	The Passing of the "old order"; theory and practice of monarchy in the Hellenistic Age [jn; msn]
		AA Ch. 8 HW 43-47 Plut. Demetrius

Fourth Week

TU	21 April	Macedonia and Greece in the 3rd Century [msn]
		AA Ch. 9 Plut. Aratus (section)
TH	23 April	Ptolemaic Egypt in the Hellenistic Age [msn]
		AA Chs. 6 and 9 HW 217-226; 238; 240-43; 249-52; 263-5; 267-70; 274-78

Fifth Week

TU	28 April	Seleucid Syria in the Hellenistic Age [msn]
		AA 12 HW sect. 138-152; 174; 180; 183; 185-90
TH	30 April	Midterm Examination

Sixth Week

TU	5 May	Federalism and the Polis; the case of Sparta. Greece in the late 3rd and 2nd centuries, BCE
		AA 16 HW 51-59; 63 Plut. Agis, Cleomenes, Aratus Polybius II 37-71
TH	7 May	The Hellenistic Economy
		AA 19; 21; 22 HW 88-96; 100-103; 108-112; 116; 236; 238; 244; 253; 256

Seventh Week

TU	12 May	Science, Technology and Philosophy I
		AA 26-28; 4; 34-36 Supplementary sources
TH	14 May	Science, Technology and Philosophy II
		AA 26-28; 4; 34-36 Supplementary sources

Eighth Week

TU	19 May	Hellenistic Society and Culture; Courtly Literature and Learning
		AA Chs 6; 10; 11; 13; 15 HW sect. 262 Theocritus, Idylls (selections) Callimachus, Epigrams (selections)
TH	21 May	Hellenistic Culture: New Comedy
		AA Chs. 5; 7; 20 Menander (selections)AA 26-28; 4; 34-36

Nineth Week

TU	26 May	Religion in the Hellenistic Age. Ruler cult; native cults. The reaction [jn]
		AA Chs 22; 23; 29; 33 HW 32; 34; 35; 39b; 130; 131; 143; 175; 177; 261; 267
TH	28 May	Rome and Hellenistic Monarchies. Rome's Involvement in the East
		AA 24 HW 62; 64-80; 152-155; 157; 159-161; 164; 165 Polybius II 2-12; III 16; 18-19;101-105; VII 9 Plut. Aratus (second half of text)

Tenth Week

TU	2 June	Rome, Greece and Asia Minor in the late 2nd and 1st Centuries, BCE
		AA Chs. 25; 31; 32 HW 193-216 Polybius, XXXI 11-15
TH	4 June	Caesar and Cleopatra. Review
		AA Chs. 30 and 37 Supplementary sources

FINAL EXAMINATION: