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Week 10: Succession and Empire
Thursday, April 23
(1) Video lectures on Youtube
10a - After Augustus (Part 1) 10b - After Augustus (Part 2) 10c - The Flavian Principate Quiz 6 Recap
(2) Do the readings
READ ALL OF THE FOLLOWING:
| XXII. The First Two Julio–Claudian Emperors: Tiberius and Gaius | Ward294–305 |
| XXIII. Claudius, Nero, and the End of the Julio–Claudians | Ward306–316 |
| XXIV. The Crisis of the Principate and Recovery under the Flavians | Ward317–326 |
READ AT LEAST ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:
| CLAUDIUS / A Speech on Incorporating the Gauls | Reader90 |
| SENECA / The Pumpkiniļ¬cation of Claudius | Reader91 |
| TACITUS / The Principle of Adoption | Reader95 |
| TACITUS / The Legions Proclaim Vespasian Emperor | Reader96 |
| JOSEPHUS / The Roman Army in the First Century CE | Reader97 |
| LEGAL TEXT / Law Concerning the Power of Vespasian | Reader99 |
| PLINY THE YOUNGER / Panegyric Addressed to the Emperor Trajan | Reader102 |
| PLINY THE YOUNGER / Correspondence of a Governor and the Emperor | Reader103 |
| SUETONIUS / How Domitian Attempted to Amuse the Populace | Reader107 |
(3) Post in the comments below
(4) Submit your Representations & Images Essay (email to professor)
Discussion and Presentations
Respond to and discuss the readings and lecture. Also try to react to what other students are saying. This is where we get at what these readings and ideas are all about, so discussing and interacting here is absolutely vital.
- Your comments should include your reactions to the arguments made in the readings, both specific points made by the writers and their overall claims, assumptions, and biases, as well as responses to comments made by other students.
- Your participation grade will be derive not only from the fact that you have posted, but on how well you contribute to the discussion of that day’s topic.
Make sure to also include a question that arose from you from today's readings or lecture. It can be any kind of question, but ideally something that provokes some discussion.
Important: Please treat this as an in-class discussion, not like an internet comment board. What I'm asking for is reaction, discussion, and real questions about the material, as a part of your weekly participation in the course.