[1] Stefan Stelzenmueller,

• topic: is the Battle of Canae and the Battle of Zama and the tactics used therein.
• advisor: Nicols)
• Preliminar Bibliog.
  • Ross Leckie "Hannibal"
  • Barry Strauss "Battle of Salamis"
  • Robert O'Connell "Ghosts of Cannae"
  • Gregory Daly "Cannae: the experience of battle in the second punic war"
  • Adrien Goldsworthy "Cannae"
  • I have read a couple of reviews of sources to check their credibility, but not much on the actual events yet. I plan to start with Polybius' take on Cannae, as I've read that he is the main primary source for everything we know about that battle. I expect that I will need to look at a few maps of the battle locations as well to see how geography affects the battles.

[2] Paige Hackney

• Topic: Peace treaties and why they directly lead to the next great war, specifically the peace treaties of the punic wars, and the treaty of Versailles. Though I wanted to talk to you and see if there were other peace treaties to add in your office hours Tuesday.
• Advisor: Nicols and Andrade. After talking to Nate, we agreed that it would be more prudent if you were my main advisor for the project, as you gave me a more specific route for my paper, and Nate says it's not really his expertise as much. Though Nate and I have also agreed to keep in contact about the paper as well.
• Preliminary Bibliog. Thus far I have been more focused on the treaty of Versailles, this is because we haven't covered the punic wars in class yet. Once we have covered those, and the peace treaty, I will have more information to go on for my paper in that regard. For the treaty of Versailles I am using the following sources:
  • Campbell, Claude A. Economic Errors of the Treaty of Versailles. Vol. 23. Southwestern Social Science Quarterly, 1942.
  • Cline, Catherine Ann. British Historians and the Treaty of Versailles. Vol. 20. Albion: Albion: A Quarterly Journal Concerned with British Studies, 1988. 43-58.
  • M. De Sanchez, J.A. Certain Barriers to a Revision of the Treaty of Versailles. Vol. 108. Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 1923.
  • Wendt, BJ. German Foreign-policy in the Shadow of Versailles, 1918-1920 - on the Policies Pursued by the Foreign Ministry from the End of the World-war-1 and the November Revolution to the Taking Effect of the Treaty of Versailles - Grupp,p. Vol. 24. Cambridge: PHILOSOPHY AND HISTORY, 1991.
  • Nic notes: Paige so far, as you realize, this is very much focused on the WW1 case, make sure that your discussion is balanced and perhaps leaning toward the Punic War treaties.

[3] Annie Black

• Topic: Is defensive imperialism the cause of Roman expansion?
• Advisor: Nicols and Blum
• Preliminary Bibliog.:
  • Badain-Roman Imperialism in the Late Republic
  • Harris-War and Imperialism in Republican Rome
  • Cambridge editions of Ancient History Roman Civilization-the book we use in class
  • I have not gotten through the Cambridge editions yet, I am making my way through Badain and Harris, I would like to break the paper up into 3 parts as to discuss each argument from the modern authors and then draw my own conclusion supported with primary sources. Does this sound like I am going in the right direction? I know that there is no clear cut answer and that doesn't bother me whatsoever, I don't want to spoil it but I am finding Harris' pro imperialism argument more convincing but that is not to fault the ancient Romans-they were only doing what people do and they did it very well!

[4] James Benson

• Topic: Roman and American Imperialism
• Advisor: Nicols
• Preliminary Biblio: I have the two books that you suggested (Roman imperialism in the late republic and From wealth to power) and will have them finished by class Tuesday. I will try and come to your office hours on Wednesday.

[5] Brenna Drumm

• Topic: War Guilt
• Advisor: Nicols & Blum
• Preliminary Biblio I have notes and excerpts from last term on the topic of war guilt as discussed regarding to Ancient Rome, but am still looking into exact documents pertaining to specifically war guilt in pre-WWII Britain. -
  • Roman Civilization (some important clauses about war guilt as the Carthaginians and Romans perceived it) -
  • Heathorn, Stephen. THE MNEMONIC TURN IN THE CULTURAL HISTORIOGRAPHY OF BRITAINS GREAT WAR. The Historical Journal, 2005, Vol.48(4), pp.1103-1124 (speaks about the connections between war, society and culture and how WWI affected British views of what war guilt was) -
  • Denys P Myers (Denys Peter). The Treaty of Versailles and after annotations of the text of the treaty. United States. Department of State.; Washington : U.S. G.P.O.; 1947 (The Treaty, along with some ideas regarding the treaty from post-WWII) -
  • Taylor, David. From Fighting the War to Writing the War: From Glory to Guilt Contemporary British History, Sep 2009, Vol.23(3), pp.293-313 (talks about war guilt not only on the country's level, but also on the personal level of some British soldiers).

[6] Claire Sabitt

• Topic: Coinage immediately following the First Punic War. Specifically, this project will focus on a group of silver issues from Campania as an ostentatious method of distributing plunder after the Roman victory over Carthage. A few different bronze issues from the same time period will also be examined as a part of this discussion in order to better understand the issuing of silver coinage.
• Advisor: Nicols & Blum
• Biliography:
  • Crawford, Michael H. Coinage and Money Under the Roman Republic:Italy and the Mediterranean Economy. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1985.
  • Crawford, Michael H. Roman Republican Coinage. Volume II. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1974.
  • Kent, J.P. C. Roman Coins. London: Thames and Hudson Ltd., 1978.
  • Sutherland, C.H.V. Roman Coins. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1974.
  • Thomsen, Rudi. Early Roman Coinage. Copenhagen: København Nationalmuseet, 1957-1961. West, L.C. Gold and Silver Coin Standards in the Roman Empire. New York: American Numismatic Society, 1941

[7] Tiffany Schwalm

• Topic
• Advisor: Jaeger