MANHATTANVILLE COLLEGE

History 3056/5056                                         Spring, 2006

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:

Charles Freeman, Egypt, Greece, & Rome; Civilizations of the Ancient
            Mediterranean, 2nd ed. (Oxford, 2004).

Karl Galinsky, ed., The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Augustine
            (Cambridge, 2005).

Pliny the Younger, The Letters of the Younger Pliny (New York, 1963).

Adrian Goldsworthy, Roman Warfare (New York, 2000).

Gillian Clark, Christianity & Roman Society (Cambridge, 2004).

Noel Lenski, ed., The Cambridge Companion to the Age
             of Constantine (Cambridge, 2005).

Michael Maas, The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Justinian
            (Cambridge, 2004).

Virgil, The Aeneid, tr. David West (New York, 1990).

 

Schedule:

Jan. 18              Introduction

Jan. 25              The Rise of Rome in the Ancient World
                                Reading: Freeman, early chapters

Feb. 1 & 8         In the Age of Caesar Augustus
                                Reading:  Galinsky

Feb. 15              The Last Days of Pompeii &c
                                Reading: Pliny

Feb. 22              The Legions
                                Reading: Goldsworthy

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             Pagan vs. Christian
                                Reading: Clark

Mar. 22             The Age of Constantine
                                Reading: Lenski, first half

                                  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             The Age of Constantine, II
                                Reading: Lenski, second half

Apr. 5                The Empire at its Zenith, & its Decline
                                Reading: Freeman, later chapters

Apr. 12 & 19     The Age of Justinian
                                Reading: Maas 

Apr. 26              The Classic of All Europe
                                Reading: Virgil