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You should do all assigned reading before each lecture. Be AWARE that there are complicated readings assigned each week. This task is not daunting if you ACTIVELY read the assignment before each class (1-1.5 hrs). Most readings for this course derive from the textbook, but additional primary, ancient texts can be found in the Course Reader (CR) available through Blackboard.
- REQUIRED • PURCHASE
- Romans
- M. T Boatwright, D. J. Gargola, N. Lenski, and R. J. A. Talbert. 2011. Romans: From Village to Empire.Oxford: Oxford University Press. [ISBN 978-0199730575]
- • textbook for the course – ca.$65.00
- FT & DC points
- • three round trip bus fares – ca.$15.00
- REQUIRED • ON-LINE
- CR
- Course Reader
- • posted weekly on Blackboard, with links in the extended outline
- Apul.Met. (Metamorphoses)
- L. Apuleius. The Golden Ass. A.S. Kline, translator.
- poetryintranslation.com
- Juv.
- Dec. Iunius Iuvenalis. Satires. G. G. Ramsay, translator.
- tertullian.org
- Liv.A.U.C. (Ab urbe condita, or From the Foundation of the City)
- T. Livius (Livy). Rise of Rome.
- perseus.org
- Plaut.Poen. (Poenulus, or Towelhead) &
Plaut.Pers. (Persa, or Iran Man)
- T. Macchius Plautus. Rome and the Mysterious Orient: Three Plays.
- pdf
- Tac.Agr. (Agricola) & Tac.Germ. (Germania)
- P. Cornelius Tacitus. Agricola. A. J. Church & W. J. Brodribb, translators.
- perseus.org
- – – – Germany. A. J. Church & W. J. Brodribb, translators.
- perseus.org
- Potter
- D. Potter. 2009. Ancient Rome: A New History. London: Thames & Hudson.
- pdf
- STYLE GUIDES
- Hacker Pocket Style Manual
- see also her related list of resources specific to Classical Studies
- The Economist
- Chicago Manual of Style
- COURSE READER • SOURCES
The primary source course reader (CR) will be posted on-line weekly, collated from the following and other various sites, all of which have further resources:
- A. J. Atsma • Theoi
- R. Bagnall et al. • Pleiades
- S. Benner and S. Kershaw • Oremus Bible Browser
- G. R. Crane et al. • The Perseus Project
- P. Hallsal • Internet Ancient History Sourcebook
- J. Lindering • Livius: Sources on Ancient History
- R. Scaife et al. • Stoa Consortium
- A. Smith • Attalus
- W. Thayer • Lacus Curtius
- In addition, an archive of the PowerPoint slides shown in lecture will be posted on this website, with notes on the readings.
- DIGITAL RESOURCES
Please avail yourself of the following whenever possible:
- H. Cancik and H. Schneider, eds. (2002- ) Brills New Pauly
- S. Hornblower and A. Spawforth, eds. (1996) Oxford Classical Dictionary
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