MANHATTANVILLE COLLEGE

 

History 3056/5056                                       Spring, 2004

The Roman Empire                                       Mr. Bowling

 

 

Requirements:

1.   Attendance.

2.   Participation.

3.   Readings.

4.   Successful completion of two examinations.

5.   A critical paper, c. 15 pp. (c. 25 pp. for graduate students), on a

     topic chosen in consultation with the instructor, a complete,

     typewritten draft of which is due on March 22nd.

 

 

Books to be purchased:

Karl Galinsky, Augustan Culture; An Introduction

          (Princeton, 1998).

Alison Futrell, Blood in the Arena; The Spectacle of Roman

          Power (Austin, 2000).

Diane Favro, The Urban Image of Augustan Rome

            (Cambridge, 1998).

Peter S. Wells, The Barbarians Speak; How the Conquered

          Peoples Shaped Roman Europe (Princeton, 2001).

Neville Morley, Metropolis & Hinterland; The City of Rome

          & the Italian Economy, 200 B.C.—A.D. 200

            (Cambridge, 2002).

Yann Le Bohec, The Imperial Roman Army (New York,

            2000).

Mary T. Boatwright, Hadrian & the Cities of the Roman

            Empire (Princeton, 2003).

John R. Curran, Pagan City and Christian Capital; Rome in

            the Fourth Century (New York, 2002).

A. M. Keith, Engendering Rome; Women in Latin Epic

          (Cambridge, 2000).

David Johnston, Roman Law in Context (Cambridge, 2000).

Rabun Taylor, Roman Builders; A Study in Architectural

            Process (Cambridge, 2003).

Virgil, The Aeneid, tr. Robert Fitzgerald (New York, 1990).

 

 

Schedule:

 

Jan. 26                 Introduction

 

Feb. 2                  In the Age of Caesar Augustus

                                      Reading: Galinsky

 

Feb. 9                  At the Arena

                                      Reading:  Futrell

 

Feb. 16                The Roman City

                                      Reading: Favro

 

Feb. 18                Roman Imperialism: The Other Side

                                      Reading: Wells

 

Feb. 23                The Place of Rome in Economic Life

                                      Reading: Morley

 

Mar. 1                  M I D T E R M   E X A M I N A T I O N

 

Mar. 8                  S P R I N G   B R E A K

 

Mar. 15                The Roman Legions

                                      Reading: Le Bohec

 

 

Mar. 22                Emperor Hadrian

                                      Reading: Boatwright

 

                                      C O M P L E T E,  T Y P E W R I T T E N

                                         D R A F T   O F   P A P E R   D U E

 

Mar. 29                Pagan vs. Christian

                                      Reading: Curran

 

Apr. 5                  The Roman Woman in Literature

                                      Reading: Keith

 

Apr. 12                The Legal Tradition

                                      Reading: Johnston 

 

Apr. 19                The Builders

                                      Reading: Taylor

 

Apr. 26                The Classic of All Europe

                                      Reading: Virgil