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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