Note: Reading
Assignments in "Ramage" refer to The British Museum Concise Introduction
to Ancient Rome by Nancy H. Ramage and Andrew Ramage.
Readings in "Johnston" refer to
The Private Life
of the Romans by Harold Whetstone Johnston |
Jan. 14
Introductions
http://www.pbs.org/empires/romans/index.html
http://www.pbs.org/empires/romans/empire/life.html
Major Classical Authors
(Roman)
Roman Writing (Powerpoint) /
Powerpoint on Twelve Tables /
Law of the Twelve
Tables (Latin
text)
Another version /
Another version with notes /
On the Twelve Tables
Twelve Tables in Ephesus
Roman Inscriptions (Powerpoint)
Dura Europa
Shield Map
Vases Apollinaires (CIL
XI.1 3284 /
transcription)
Rudge Cup (Map) |
Jan. 16 Overview of Roman History and
Geography
Read Ramage: Introduction, Chapter 9 (Sources and Evidence,
Guilford Puteal) and Chapter 10
(The Legacy of Ancient Rome)
Timelines: Timeline of Roman
History (Powerpoint)
http://department.monm.edu/classics/Courses/Chronology.htm
http://www.pbs.org/empires/romans/special/timeline_01.html
http://courses.wcupa.edu/jones/his101/web/t-roman.htm
Timeline of Roman History
Morey's Outline of Roman History:
Early Kings /
Etruscan Kings
http://department.monm.edu/classics/Courses/timelines_for_ancient_societies.htm |
Jan. 21
Urban Life and The City of Rome
Read:
The
City of Rome
Rome: The City (Powerpoint)
Ramage: Chapter 1 (City and Citizenship)
Martial pp. 1-16 plus link: Martial |
 |
Jan. 23
Geography of the
Roman Empire (Powerpoint)
Maps of the Roman Empire:
http://intranet.dalton.org/groups/rome/RMaps.html /
http://mappinghistory.uoregon.edu/english/EU/eu.html
Map of Mediterranean
and List of Important Places
(for
Map/Geography Quiz
postponed until on Jan. 30)
Ancient Roman Geography
Johnston (Chapters 13, Town Life) and (Chapter
17, Water Supply)
Baths /
Roman Baths /
More on Roman Baths
/
Water Supply in Ancient Rome /
Roman Aqueducts
Read Martial pp. 17-70 |
Jan. 28
Roman Citizenship and
Municipal Government
Read Johnston (Chapter 2, Roman Names)
Pompeii Interactive /
Pompeii Forum Project /
Forum of Pompeii
/ Plan
of Forum
Census figures:
http://mappinghistory.uoregon.edu/english/EU/EU02-02.html
http://mappinghistory.uoregon.edu/english/EU/EU02-01.html
|http://mappinghistory.uoregon.edu/english/EU/EU01-01.html
Roman Citizenship /
Civitas / Cursus
Honorum
How Generous Were the Romans in Granting Citizenship?
Martial cont. (Readings 71-109) |
Jan. 30 The Army at Home and Abroad
Read Ramage Chapter 2 (Study Questions) and Johnston (Chapter 10)
Roman Army (Powerpoint)
Military Life /
Roman Soldier
Roman Army
Bibliography |
Feb. 4 Trajan's Column
Trajan's Column
/ Trajan's Column in
Rome / http://www.stoa.org/trajan/
/ Inscription /
Daily Life on Trajan's Column
Richmond. I. A. "Trajan's
Army on Trajan's Column" Papers of the
British School at Rome 13 (1935):
1-40
http://www.jstor.org/stable/40310440
Vindolanda Tablet: Claudia Severa
Map/Geography Quiz
today! |
Feb. 6 Industry,
Agriculture and Communications
Read Ramage, Chapter 3 (Study Questions)
Roman Roads Case Study:
http://mappinghistory.uoregon.edu/english/EU/EU01-03.html
Roads in Ancient Rome /
Roman Roads /
Tabula Peutingeriana
/ Roman
Transportation /
Roman Agriculture and Food Production /
Cato's De Re Agri Cultura /
Varro's De Re Rustica (see especially 1.17) /
Bronze Double Action Water
Pump
Martial cont. (Readings 113-151) |
Feb. 11 Coinage and Commerce
Read Ramage, Chapter 4 (Study Questions) and Johnston (Chapter 11)
Roman
Economy /
Bread for Rome /
Ancient Roman Wine
Ostia: Public and Commercial
Buildings (Powerpoint)
Trajan's Market /
Plans and Models /
Trajan's
Market / video
Martial cont. (Readings 155-196) |
Feb. 13 Spectacle and Entertainment
Cont.
Read Ramage, Chapter 5 (Study Questions) and Johnston (Chapter 9)
Circus and Amphitheatre
/ Gladiators' Private Lives
Martial's "On Spectacles" (handout)
The rest of this is
optional (for further reading!):
Gladiators: The
Gladiator Site / Gladiator
Homepage / Gladiator
Cast of Characters / Gladiator
List of Scenes / The
Roman Gladiator / Gladiator
The Colosseum: Colosseum
/ Great
Buildings: The Colosseum / The
Colosseum.net / The
Flavian Amphitheatre
The Circus Maximus: Roman
Chariot Racing / Rome
Guide: The Circus Maximus / The Roman
Hippodrome / Eggers'
on Circus Maximus / The Circus
Maximus / Encyclopedia
Romana / Rome's
Astrodome / Circus
and the Circus Maximus /
Chariot
Races
Gladiators
The
Gladiator Site
The Colosseum and
Circus Maximus
Roman Sport
/ Obelisks of Rome
/ Christians and Roman Sports
/ Female Gladiators
/
Gladiatrix (Discover) /
Prof. Tuck: Death in the Arena (Discover Magazine)
/ Female
Gladiators in the Ancient Roman World
Theatres:
http://mappinghistory.uoregon.edu/english/EU/EU01-02.html
|
| Feb. 18
Visit to Shields Collection
UPDATED:
Important Terms |
Feb. 20
Overview of the Roman Gods: The Pantheon
Religion in Ancient Rome
Roman Pantheon
/ The Major Gods
Roman Temples
Roman Gods and
Temples (Powerpoint)
Roman
Worship
Mythology / Roman Spirits
Religions, Near and Far
Read Ramage, Chapter 6 (Study Questions) and Johnston (Chapter 15) |
Feb. 25 The Roman Family
and House
Read Ramage, Chapter 7, the Household (Study
Questions) and Johnston (Chapter 1, the Family)
and (Chapter 6, the House and Furniture)
Pompeii:
http://www.roman-empire.net/society/soc-house.html
http://www.vroma.org/~bmcmanus/house.html
Hypocausts: Heating Homes In Ancient Rome
House of the Faun
http://archaeology.about.com/od/archaeologicalsi3/ss/pompeii_faun.htm
http://sights.seindal.dk/sight/1097_House_of_the_Faun.html
http://wings.buffalo.edu/AandL/Maecenas/italy_except_rome_and_sicily/pompeii/thumbnails_contents.html
http://www.jhauser.us/pictures/history/Romans/Pompeii/index.html
Roman
Clothing
Roman Society
Home Life
Family Life |
Feb. 27 Roman Women and
Children, Roman Marriage and Education
Read Johnston (Chapter 3, Marriage and Women) and (Chapter 4, Children and
Education)
Worlds of Roman
Women /
Women's Daily Life in Ancient Rome /
Weddings
Marriage, Divorce
Funerary Inscriptions
http://www.stoa.org/diotima/anthology/wlgr/wlgr-privatelife.shtml |
March 4 Health, Death and
the Afterlife
Read Ramage Chapter 8 (Study Questions) and Johnston (Chapter 14, Funeral Customs)
Roman Medicine (Powerpoint)
http://www.stoa.org/diotima/anthology/wlgr/wlgr-medicine.shtml |
March 6 Slavery
Read Johnston (Chapter 5, Slaves and Dependents)
J.
Madden: "Slavery in the Roman Empire: Numbers and Origins"
Seneca: An
Overview /
Seneca on Slavery (Epistle 47)
Seneca (Powerpoint)
Spartacus:
Historical Background /
Spartacus
Behind the Myth |
| March 7
Test |
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