HIST 414: Ancient Rome:  The Republic -- Winter, 2009

John Nicols -- nic@uoregon.edu -- 541.346.4817

Classroom Assistant: Andy Jenson

Syllabus for student in Eugene

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• 6 Jan.  Introduction; Geography of Italy and the Mediterranean
• 8 Jan.  Archaeology and Tradition of Early Roman History.
• Classroom Report: Evidence
• 13 Jan.  Regal Rome: society and institutions
• 15 Jan.  The Unification of Italy
• Classroom Report: Roman expansion in Italy
• 20 Jan.  Structure of the Roman state:  constitution and society. Link to the video of the lecture; caution you may need to view the outline in another browser window.
• 22 Jan.  Rome's Entry into the Mederranean World
• 27 Jan. The 1st Punic War.
• 29 Jan. Professsor Jaeger on Roman culture in the early republic; 2nd Punic War and its implications.
• Classroom Report: Constitutional change and Roman Expansion in Italy.
• 3 Feb.  The Conquest of the Mediterranean
• 5 Feb. Roman imperialism and administration
• Classroom Report: Imperialism
• 10 Feb. Roman politics in theory and in practice
• 12 Feb. Discussion and Review
• 17 Feb.Midterm for Winter 09
• 19 Feb.  The Gracchi
• Classroom Report: The Gracchi
• 24 Feb.  Political Issues in the Late Republic;
• 26 Feb.  Citizenship, the provinces, chronology 122-70
• Classroom Report: Citizenship
• 2Mar. Understanding your midterm grade.
• 3 Mar.  Literature and Culture.
• 5 Mar.  Caesar and the Civil War.
• 10 Mar.  Old (?) Problems and New (?) Solutions.
• 12 Mar.  Post-mortem on the Republic. Material Culture of the Late Republic (archaological material); review.
• Classroom Report: Post mortem on the Republic
• IDs for the Final Exam. One and Two

Final Examination: 8:00 Wednesday, March 18