History of Ancient Rome

Schedule of Readings and Assignments

For each meeting, please come into class having read and thought about the readings assigned for that class. To prepare for each meeting, you need to read:

  • All of the listed sections from the textbook (Ward et al.), and
  • At least one of the primary source readings from the Reader, De Roma.

Note on textbook readings: Ward writes short chapters around specific topics. I’ve kept the readings about the same from week to week.

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1 Introduction and Themes

Thursday, February 3

2 Tribes and Kings

Thursday, February 10

3 Patrician and Plebeian

Thursday, February 17

4 Conquering the West

Thursday, February 24

5 Acquisition of Empire

Thursday, March 3

6 Optimates and Populares

Thursday, March 10

7 Crossing the Rubicon

Thursday, March 17

8 End of the Republic

Thursday, March 24

9 Augustus, Princeps, Imperator

Thursday, March 31

10 Succession and Empire

Thursday, April 7

11 The Roman Peace

Thursday, April 14

No Meeting (Spring Recess)

Thursday, April 21

12 Third Century Crisis

Thursday, April 28

13 The New Empire

Thursday, May 5

14 The End of Antiquity

Thursday, May 12

Final Exam (6:00–8:00 p.m.)

Thursday, May 19