THE ROMAN WORLD
SCHEDULE OF TOPICS & READING ASSIGNMENTS
Orientation and Introduction
Geography of Italy & the Roman World
Text, chpt. 1, 1-25
The Etruscans & Greeks in Italy
Text, chpt. 1, 25-31
The Latins & their Culture Down to the End of the Monarchy
Text, chp. 2, 32-57
The Constitution of the Early Republic and the "Struggle of the Orders"
Text, chpt. 3, 58-75, 94-95
The Young Republic and its Neighbors
Text, chpt. 3, 58-59, 75-86
Society & Religion in the Early Republic
Text, chpt. 4, 97-104
Roman Expansion in Italy and the Wars with Carthage
Text, chpt. 3, 86-95, chpt. 4, 104-119
Conquest of the Greek Eastern Mediterranean
Text, chpt. 4, 119-134
"Slavery" from P. Veyne, "A History of Private Life from Pagan Rome to Byzantium" PDF
Crisis of Roman Expansion: Republic and Empire?
Text, chpt. 5, 136-153
The Roman Revolution Begins: The Gracchi
Text, chpt. 5, 153-165
Marius, Sulla and the Crisis of Republican Rome
Text, chpt. 6, 166-191, Text, chpt. 7, 192-203
Pompey the Great & the First Triumvirate
Text, chpt. 7, 203-221, 223-238
Julius Caesar
Text, chpt. 8, 238-263
The Death of the Republic: Marcus Antonius & Octavian
Text, chpt. 9, 264-283
Augustus & the Establishment of the Principate
Text, chpt. 9, 283-313
Graves, Suetonius-- The 12 Caesars, "Augustus"
Search for Stability: Julio-Claudians & the Flavians
Text, chpt. 10, 314-361
Graves, Suetonius-- The 12 Caesars, "Tiberius" through "Nero"
Let the Games Begin: Roman Spectacles & Blood sports
Text, chpt. 11, 375-388
D. Kyle, "Spectacles of Death," chpt 2 "the Phenomenon" PDF
The "Good Emperors" and Roman Government in the Early Empire
Text, chpt. 11, 361-375, chpt 12, 389-401
"Pax Romana": Roman Foreign Policy, Provincial Administration and Society
Text, chpt. 12, 401 -420
The "Civilizing Mission" of the Roman Empire, Life in the Provinces
The "Pagan" Religions of the Roman Empire and the Rise of Christianity
Text, chpt. 12, 420-425
D. Kyle, "Spectacles of Death," Chapter 8 "Christians: Persecutions and Disposal" PDF
"What are We Going to Do About these Christians?": From Persecution to Toleration
Correspondence of Pliny & Trajan
Bahrt Erman, Lost Christianities.
The Crisis of the Empire during the Third Century
Text, chpt. 13, 426-452
The "Fall" of the Roman Empire?