HIST 414: Ancient Rome:  The Empire -- Spring, 2007

John Nicols -- nic@uoregon.edu -- (541)346-4817
Gaby Thompson: gthomps3@uoregon.edu...541.346.4834 / Office hours: Tuesdays, 12:00 to 1:00p.
Andy Jenson: ajenson@uoregon.edu ...541.346.4834 / Office hours: Wednesdays, 12:00 to 1:30p.

Syllabus for spring, 2009.

• Mo. 30 Mar.  Introduction; Roman Institutions / Imperial Affairs
• We. 1 Apr. Roman Institutions (continues)/ Caesar and Octavian 
• Mo. 6 Apr.  Octavian and the 2nd Triumvirate / Constitutional Reform;
• Classroom report on the rise of Octavian.
• We. 8 Apr. A military monarchy/ the national program.
  
• Mo. 13 Apr. Continue with the national program. Report on National Program
• We. 15 Apr. Augustan reform in art and the monuments ..Mary Jaeger [here is a link to her presentation] will be guest for the first hour; then there will be a classroom exercise on Augutus; a link to the tool is below on this page: The Romans believed (as Horace states so directly) that the civil wars of the late republic were consequence of moral turpitude and neglect of the gods. How did Augustus respond to the demand for moral renewal? How did his actions in this respect serve to legitimize his position?
• Mo. 20 Apr. Midterm Examination
• We. 22 Apr. The Problem of Succession/ the Julio - Claudian Period. Opposition
• Classroom Exercise on the Opposition
• Mo. 27 Apr. The Army. Public and private life.
• We. 29 Apr. High Culture: Pliny and Tacitus
• Understanding your midterm grade.
• Classroom exercise: military monarchy
• Mo. 4 May The case for the Romans; Imperial Administration; the structure of the the imperial state; Romanization
• We. 6 May Romanization (continues); Classroom exercise on Romanization
• Mo. 11 May Imperial Government: "...when mankind was happiest..."
• We. 13 May Economic and Social Structure
• Mo. 18 May Crisis in the 3rd Century; Classroom exercise on the Crisis
• We. 20 May The Reforms of Diocletian and Constantine
• Mo. 25 May Memorial Day
• We. 27 May Science and Religion in the Roman Empire
• Mo. 1 June Christianity; classroom exercise on Christianity
• We. 3 June Roman Law and The 'Fall' and Legacy of the Rome

Class Reporting Tool.

Final Examination for Spring Term, 2009

Monday, 8 June 2009, at 10:15 (Bend)

Wednesday, 10 June 2009, at 10:15 (Eugene)