Back to syllabus | Week 8 |
Thursday, March 19
7a - Marius 7b - Sulla 7c - Pompey and Cicero 7d - Caesar
READ ALL OF THE FOLLOWING:
XV. Personal Ambitions: The Failure of Sulla’s Optimate Oligarchy | Ward184–199 |
XVI. Caesar Wins and Is Lost | Ward200–216 |
READ AT LEAST ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:
SALLUST / Pompey’s Letter to the Senate | Reader60 |
CICERO / Against Catiline | Reader61 |
APPIAN / Pompey’s Conquest of the East | Reader65 |
ASCONIUS / The Murder of Clodius | Reader66 |
SUETONIUS / On Julius Caesar | Reader71 |
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.
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.