HIEU 204: THE HISTORY OF ROME (Spring, 1998)
HIEU 2041: ROMAN REPUBLIC AND EMPIRE (Spring, 2017)
MW 11:00-11:50 and a discussion section; Gibson 211
not for CR/NC
Instructor: Elizabeth Meyer, 495 Nau (eam2n@virginia.edu; 4-6411)
office hours: W 1:15-3:15 and by appointment
Assistant: Tyler Creer (tac4pr@virginia.edu)
office hours: M 12:00-1:00 and by appointment, 396 Nau
This course surveys the history of Rome from its founding to its fall.
REQUIREMENTS: GRADING:
lecture and section attendance are required. You must choose one
section, stick with it, and attend it.
assigned reading is to be done before the class meetings indicated. The
reading averages 133 pp./week and is substantially heavier in the
week of February 6 and the week of March 27.
participation in discussion....................................... 10%
preparation for, and informed contribution to, discussion.
quizzes in discussion............................................. 10%
two map quizzes, one in the week of January 30 and one in the week
of March 27; plus several other unannounced quizzes on the week's
reading. The lowest quiz grade is dropped; missed quizzes cannot
be made up.
a midterm......................................................... 20%
includes: identification and discussion of people, places, and
things from reading and lectures; of passages from primary-source
readings; and general thematic essays. Exams in this course are
closed-book and proctored.
a final........................................................... 30%
same as the midterm, but longer; covers materials after the
midterm. The final exam for this course is Monday, May 8, 9-12
a.m. If you cannot take the exam on this date, do not take the
course.
and a 7-page paper................................................ 30%
on all of Livy's Early History of Rome or all of Tacitus's Annals.
Livy papers are due on Wednesday, February 15, at the beginning of
class; Tacitus papers are due on Monday, April 17, at the
beginning of class. Paper topics will be handed out two weeks
before the papers are due. Both papers may be written, for extra
credit, usually calculated as the higher of the two paper grades
plus a supplement if the second paper is better.
the above not withstanding, to pass the course it is necessary to take
the midterm and final examinations, to submit an acceptable paper
on an approved topic, and to attend discussion regularly. Late
papers are penalized, and no work will be accepted after the date
of the final examination. Laptops may not be used in lecture or
for exams.
one final note: students requesting SDAC accommodations for any aspect
of this course must do so to Professor Meyer at least fourteen
days or more before the exam or assignment for which accommodation
is requested, and the necessary SDAC paperwork must be presented
by that deadline.
REQUIRED BOOKS:
W. G. Sinnegan and A. R. Boak, A History of Rome (6th ed.):
photocopied and available at NK Print and Design, on Elliewood
Avenue [S&B in syllabus]
Livy, The Early History of Rome (trans. A. de Selincourt)
Plutarch, Makers of Rome (trans. I. Scott-Kilvert)
Suetonius, Lives of the Caesars (trans. C. Edwards)
Tacitus, Annals (trans. A. J. Woodman)
Apuleius, The Golden Ass (trans. J. Lindsay)
R. MacMullen, Roman Social Relations (Yale, 1976)
A xerox packet at NK Print and Design, on Elliewood Avenue,
with further readings (these are marked with an *asterisk below).
One copy of each of the books and a copy of the packet are also on reserve at Clemons; note also the splendid Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World in the Alderman Reference Room, G1033.B3 2000.
SCHEDULE OF LECTURES AND READINGS:
1/18 M Introduction: An Agricultural Society
Reading: S&B 3-7
NO DISCUSSION THIS WEEK
1/23 M Myth and History: the Regal Period
1/25 W Neighbors
Reading: S&B 21-29
Discussion 1: Livy and the Early History of Rome
Reading: S&B 33-44
Livy, The Early History of Rome 1-2.40 (=pp. 29-156)
1/30 M Consensus and Noble Values
Reading: S&B 85-95
2/1 W Expansion and Consolidation in Italy
Reading: S&B 46-65
Discussion 2: The Roman Constitution
Reading: S&B 66-84
*Polybius, Histories 6.1-58 [41 pages: for packet material I
give the length of the reading in this fashion]
*chart of assemblies (from L. R. Taylor)
**FIRST MAP QUIZ IN SECTION THIS WEEK**
2/6 M Expansion, West and East: Curiosities and Problems
Reading: S&B 96-132
2/8 W The Internal Consequences of Success
Discussion 3: Expansion and Imperialism
Reading: S&B 133-164
*Livy, The War with Hannibal Bk. 22 [73 pp.]
Plutarch, Cato the Elder (Makers pp. 119-151)
2/13 M The Gracchi: an in-class debate
Reading: S&B 165-176
Plutarch, Tiberius Gracchus (=Makers pp. 153-174)
Gaius Gracchus (=Makers pp. 175-194)
2/15 W Populares and Optimates: the New Politics
Discussion 4: Marius and Sulla
Reading: S&B 176-194
*Appian, Civil Wars 1.20-107 [40 pages]
**LIVY PAPERS ARE DUE AT THE BEGINNING OF CLASS**
2/20 M Pompey 'the Great' and his Predecessors
Reading: S&B 195-208
2/22 W Dinosaurs: the 'First Triumvirate'
Discussion 5: The Conspiracy of Catiline
Reading: *Cicero, Against Catiline 1 [pp. 71-93]
*Sallust, The Conspiracy of Catiline [pp. 175-233]
2/27 M Pompey, Caesar, and Civil War--and Julius Caesar, Supreme
Reading: S&B 209-228
3/1 W From the First to the Second Triumvirate
Reading: S&B 229-249
Discussion 6: Did Julius Caesar Deserve to Die?
Reading: Suetonius, The Deified Julius Caesar (pp. 3-42)
Plutarch, Brutus (=Makers of Rome pp. 223-270)
SPRING BREAK
3/13 M The Founding of the Roman Empire
Reading: S&B 253-282
3/15 W MIDTERM
Discussion 7: Augustus
*Augustus, Res Gestae [11 pages]
Suetonius, The Deified Augustus (pp. 43-97)
3/20 M The Julio-Claudians and their Women: Honor Revisited
Reading: S&B 283-295
3/22 W Nero, and the End of the Julio-Claudian Dynasty
Reading: S&B 295-306
Discussion 8: Claudius
Reading: Tacitus, Annals 1.1-15, 11.1-12.69 (pp. 1-11, 195-244)
Suetonius, The Deified Claudius (pp. 168-194)
3/27 M Provincial Administration and Social Hierarchy
Reading: S&B 336-358
3/29 W Economy and Romanization
Reading: S&B 359-367
Discussion 9: How Did Things Really Get Done?
Reading: R. MacMullen, Roman Social Relations [127 pages]
**SECOND MAP QUIZ IN SECTION THIS WEEK**
4/3 M Five Good Emperors: the Pax Romana
Reading: S&B 307-335
4/5 W The Third-Century Crisis
Discussion 10: Life in the Provinces
Reading: S&B 375-378, 383-404
Apuleius, The Golden Ass pp. 31-234
4/10 M Christians and Romans
Reading: S&B 378-383, 397-398
4/12 W New Culture Heroes
Reading: S&B 367-375, 487-488
Discussion 11: Paganism and Christianity
Reading: Apuleius, The Golden Ass pp. 235-255
*Rules of the Athenian Society of the Iobacchi [3 pages]
*The Acts of the Apostles [78 pages]
*Pliny, Letters 10.96 and 97 [3 pages]
*The Martyrdom of Saints Perpetua & Felicitas [13 pages]
4/17 M Diocletian
Reading: S&B 407-413, 431-450
**TACITUS PAPERS ARE DUE AT THE BEGINNING OF CLASS**
4/19 W Constantine
Reading: S&B 413-419
Discussion 12: Constantine and the Latin Panegyrics
Reading: S&B 478-487
*Panegyric of Constantine (Pan. Lat. 6) [35 pages]
*Speech of Thanks to Constantine (Pan. Lat. 5)[42 pages]
*Panegyric of Constantine Augustus (Pan. Lat. 12)[39 pages]
*Eusebius, Ecclesiastical History 9.9.2-10 and Life of Constantine 1.26-40 [3 pages]
*Lactantius, On the Deaths of the Persecutors 44.1-11 [2
pages]
4/24 M The Fall: Political and Military Definitions
Reading: S&B 419-430
4/26 W The Fall: Social and Economic Explanations
Reading: S&B 451-456
Discussion 13: The Fall of Rome
Reading: S&B 498-501
*Amm. Marcellinus, History 14.11.1-15.3.11 (Gallus);
15.5.1-35 (Silvanus the Frank); 20.8.1-9.9, 21.3.1-
5.13, 22.4.1-9 (Julian's revolt); 28.1.5-57 (Maximinus
the judge); 27.9.1, 28.6.1-29 (Romanus of Africa);
30.4.1-22 (legal matters) [92 pp.]
*Libanius, Oration 47 (on patronage systems) [21 pp.]
5/2 M Retrospective: What Was Rome?
5/8 M FINAL (9-12 a.m.)
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