Note: Anika Copp is the primary point person for the projects.
The basic idea with the project is to prepare a manuscript illustrating an aspect of the history of the Roman Republc. This project may be a visual representation of an important battle, a map illustrating the major and minor sanctuaries of the Italy; the layout of a Roman household, and many more. As you prepare the projects, bear in mind that the audience is the university undergraduate (that is, you cannot make too many assumptions about what the audience knows)
The project needs to be developed with two components. The first is the visual representation of the material, the second component presents the most relevant ancient evidence. The evidence may be archaeological (and summarized in map form) or literary (as for example the description of a battle or of the functioning of an instituition. You may use power point to assemble the material, but that is not necessary; the material may be hand-drawn and submitted on paper.
Where relevant, change over time needs to be represented.
The best projects may be professionally developed and made available to students here and elsewhere; that is you have a chance for digital publication.
Access to my collection of maps: http://klio.uoregon.edu/maps
Work in groups of 1 to 3;
Projects: Some preliminary suggestions. More information as we get closer to the term.
The Origins of Latin writers in the Republic
Plotting the Roman Foundation Myth
The Roman conquest of Spain.
The first Punic War.
The campaigns of Pompey the Great
The campaigns of Julius Caesar...in Gaul
Romans and Etruscans
Romans and Greeks of Southern Italy
The Macedonian Wars
Roman Voting Systems
Geographical factors Greek history: Cary, Geographical
Background to Greek and Roman History;
Mapping Trade and Commerce. Tenny Frank (ed), Economic Survey of the Roman Empire.
Construction of major buildings in