AncRom: Republic Syllabus


	DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY
	414/514: Ancient Rome, The Republic
	John Nicols: Contact Information
	Winter Term, 2007
	Schedule of Lectures
	GTF: David Orique - dorique@uoregon.edu Classroom and Project Assistant: Anika Copp - acopp@uoregon.edu

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

This course examines Roman history from the foundation of the City until the death of Julius Caesar in 44BC. In particular, we will be looking at the development of Roman national myth, the ideals and reality of the much admired system of republican government, the art and archaeology of ancient Italy, Roman expansion first through Italy and then to include the whole Mediterranean world. We will devote considerable attention to the various forms of evidence literary and archaeological.
Each class meeting will consist of about 50 minutes of lecture followed by an additional 30 to 40 minutes reserved for the discussion of the problems and of the sources.

TECHNICAL INFORMATION:

LECTURES: TuTh: 12:00 to 13:50
CLASSROOM: 41 Library
CRN for 414: 26750; for 514: 26751
FINAL EXAMINATION: Monday, 19 March at 08:00
OFFICE HOURS: Fr: 11:00 to 14:00 and by appointment in 385 McKenzie Hall
COURSE internet site with links to lecture notes

MULTI-CULTURAL REQUIREMENT: This course meets the Multi-Cultural requirement in the group Identity-Pluralism-Tolerance. The underlying idea here is that Roman identity and Roman expansion were predicated on the readiness to absorb and to be influenced by a variety of different cultures.

TEXTS:

TR = Mary T. BOATWRIGHT, Daniel J. GARGOLA, Richard J. A. Talbert: THE ROMANS, Oxford UP, 2004 .
RC = Naphtali LEWIS & Meyer REINHOLD: ROMAN CIVILIZATION: THE REPUBLIC AND THE AUGUSTAN AGE, Vol. 1, 3rd Edition. Columbia UP. 0-231-07131-0
Links to other sources and archaeological material will be provided via links to the internet in the respective lectures in the syllabus and at the relevant lecture.

GRADING: Grading based on midterm (20%); participation (10%); project (20%) and final (50%).

PROJECTS: Students are expected to complete a digital project on some element of the history of this period. The projects may be cartographic (e.g., a depiction of a Roman campaign or battle), archaeologial (the archaeology of a Roman colonial foundation); chronological (a timeline for Roman involvement in Spain); cultural (birthplaces of Latin authors in the republic by time); religious (procedures in Roman sacrifice), etc. The projects may be done by individual students or in groups of no more than three students. Presentations of the projects will be during the last two weeks of the term. I will say more about the projects at the beginning of the second week of class.

Graduate students enrolled in HIST 514: We will meet every other week to discuss additional reading in the sources. The reading list will be set at our first session.

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

First Week

TU	9 Jan	Introduction to the course. Course requirements including exams and books. On the use of source materials, the major themes of the course. The geography of Italy and of the Mediterranean
		The Romans, 1
TH	11 Jan	The leading ideas in the study of Roman history; geography of Italy; legends and myths of early Rome; Etruscans and Greeks
		The Romans 2 ; RC pp. 1-49; §§ 1-7

Second Week

TU	16 Jan	The Foundation of Rome, the Regal Period --society and institutions
		The Romans 3; RC 8-12; 46-50; 54-6 On the Projects...
TH	18 Jan	The Social Organization of Rome; The Conflict of the Orders; Constitution and Law in Early Rome
		RC 23-45

Third Week

TU	23 Jan	The Unification of Italy
		The Romans 4; RC 13-17; 19-22; 51
TH	25 Jan	Culture in the Hellenistic World (323-200 B.C.); Carthage and Pyrrhus; Rome's Entry into Mediterranean Politics
		RC 13; 18; 53

Fourth Week

TU	30 Jan	Early Latin Literature; The 1st Punic War and the Unsettled Peace
		The Romans 5; RC 57-8
TH	1 Feb	The 2nd Punic War and its Implications. Prospectus for Project due (no more that 250 words).
		RC 59-67; 92

Fifth Week

TU	6 Feb	Rome and the Conquest of the Mediterranean (264-146)
		The Romans 6; RC 68-80; 91; 126-30; 168
		Imperialism and the Organization of the Provinces
TH	8 Feb	RC 88-90; 94-5; 119-129; 133-4; 136-47; 163-4; 169; 174; 184.

Sixth Week

TU	13 Feb	Roman Politics in Theory and in Practice
		The Romans 7; RC 148-9; 155-6; 173
TH	15 Feb	Discusion and Review

Seventh Week

TU	20 Feb	Midterm Examination
TH	22 Feb	The Reforms of the Gracchi
		RC 96-100; 102

Eighth Week

TU	27 Feb	Political Concepts: the "optimates" and the "populares", the tributante and the army.
		The Romans 8 to page 238; RC 81-83; 104; 106; 101; 154-59; 173
TH	1 Mar	Muncipalities and Citizenship; the 1st triumvirate
		RC 84-7; 103; 105-107; 150-3; 162

Nineth Week

TU	6 Mar	Latin Literature and Hellenistic Culture
		RC 53; 185-7 Presentation of Projects
TH	8 Mar	New Formulae and New Imperialism
		RC 109; 130; 136-47; 169; Presentation of Projects

Tenth Week

TU	13 Mar	Caesar and the Civil War 50-42 B.C.
		The Romans 8, 239 to end; RC 108; 110-15; 160-1 Presentation of Projects
TH	15 Mar	Society and Culture in the Late Republic; Review
		RC 165-72; 175-83; 188-93 Presentation of Projects

FINAL EXAMINATION: Monday, 19 March at 8:00 am