CC 302/347 INTRO TO ANCIENT ROME

Syllabus

Instructor: Andrew Zissos
Department of Classics,
Waggener Hall 111
University of Texas at Austin
Phone: 512-471-5742
Email: zissos@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu

Office Hours: MW 1:00-2:00 or by appointment

Course Index

Course Description

Lecture Outlines

Paper Topics & Bibliography

CLASS SCHEDULE

Note: assigned reading should be done before the class in question.

Week 1

1/19

Organizational

No Reading

n/a

1/21

1) Historical Overview (i) Rise of Rome

Kamm 1-12; Virgil I-II (pp. 3-55)

Outline 1

Week 2

1/24

** Class cancelled **

ibid.

n/a

1/26

2) Historical Overview (ii) The Expansion of Roman Power

Kamm 13-30; Virgil IV (pp. 80-103)

Outline 2

1/28

3) Historical Overview (iii) The Later Republic & Hellenization

Kamm 30-39

Outline 3

Week 3

1/31

4) Historical Overview (iv) From Republic to Empire

Kamm 40-75; Virgil VI (pp. 132-161)

Outline 4

2/2

5) The Roman Army (i)

Kamm 171-180

Outline 5

2/4

6) The Roman Army (ii)

ibid.

Outline 6

Week 4

2/7

7) Citizenry & Class-Structure (i)

Petronius chap. 9 and chap. 10

Outline 7

2/9

8) Citizenry & Class Structure (ii)

ibid.

Outline 8

2/11

9) Patriarchy, Family and Power

Virgil X (pp. 241-271)

Outline 9

Week 5

2/14

** Quiz 1 **

Try the Sample Quiz

n/a

2/16

10) Constructions of Sex & Gender (i)

Juvenal Satire 6

Outline 10-11

2/18

11) Constructions of Sex & Gender (ii)

Catullus poem 5, poem 16

Outline 10-11

Week 6

2/21

12) Slavery (i)

Plautus, Pseudolus

Outline 12

2/23

13) Slavery (ii)

ibid.

Outline 13

2/25

14) Slavery (iii)

ibid.

Outline 14

Week 7

2/28

15) The Roman City (i)

Kamm 102-127

Outline 15

3/1

16) The Roman City (ii)

ibid.

Outline 16

3/3

17) Rome: the good, the bad, and the ugly

Juvenal Satire 3

Outline 17

Week 8

3/6

** Class cancelled **

n/a

n/a

3/8

18) Entertainment & ideologies (i): Chariot Racing

Apuleius X (pp. 191-217)

Outline 18

3/10

** Midterm **

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n/a

(Break)

3/13

Spring Break

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n/a

3/15

Spring Break

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n/a

3/17

Spring Break

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n/a

Week 9

3/20

19) Entertainment & ideologies (ii): Amphitheater

n/a

Outline 19

3/22

20) Entertainment & ideologies (iii): Theater

Apuleius IX (pp. 161-190)

Outline 20

3/24

21) Occupations

Cicero For Caelius 1 - 5

Outline 21

Week 10

3/27

22) Literature (i) Greek models, Roman innovations

Kamm 144-70

Outline 22

3/29

23) Literature (ii) Epic and Ideology

Virgil XII (pp. 302-332)

Outline 23

3/31

24) Literature (iii) Overview of Periods; Petronius

Apuleius I (pp. 1-17)

Outline 24

Week 11

4/3

25) Superstition, Witchcraft

Apuleius II-III (pp. 18-57)

Outline 25

4/5

26) Roman Religion (i) State Religion

Kamm 76-101

Outline 26

4/7

27) Roman Religion (ii) Mystery Religions

Catullus Poem 63

Outline 27

Week 12

4/10

28) Roman Religion (iii) Christianity

Apuleius XI (pp. 218-240)

Outline 28

4/12

** Quiz 2 **

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n/a

4/14

29) Upper Class Women

Tacitus Annals 12

Outline 29

Week 13

4/17

30) Bad Emperors/Problems of Empire

Tacitus Annals 13

Outline 30

4/19

31) The evolution of imperial culture

n/a

Outline 31

4/21

32) Review of Historical Developments

n/a

n/a

Week 14

4/24

33) The Fall of Rome (i) Empire in Crisis

Kamm 181-191

Outline 33

4/26

34) The Fall of Rome (ii) Constantine

Kamm 191-201

Outline 34

4/28

35) Roman Architecture

Kamm 128-143

Outline 35

Week 15

5/1

36) The Roman Legacy (i) Medieval Culture

n/a

Outline 36

5/3

37) The Roman Legacy (ii) Modern Appropriations

n/a

Outline 37

5/5

38) Review & Preparation for Final Exam

n/a

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