WESTERN CIVILIZATION 303 (48590)
http://www.utexas.edu/courses/rome/
INTRODUCTION TO THE ANCIENT WORLD: ROME
Fall 2008
TTH 12:30-2
WEL 1.316
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WESTERN CIVILIZATION 303 (48590) http://www.utexas.edu/courses/rome/ INTRODUCTION TO THE ANCIENT WORLD: ROME Fall 2008
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Instructor: Karl
Galinsky
Office Hrs.: TTh 11-11:30 and 2-3 in WAG 215
galinsky@mail.utexas.edu
TAs:
Jonathan Maclellan
Office Hrs.: M 2-4, F 8:30-9:30 in WAG 119
jmaclellan@mail.utexas.edu
Brooke Rich
Office Hrs.: M 12:30-1:30, T 11:15-12:15, W 11:30-12:30 in WAG 103
lbrich@mail.utexas.edu
REQUIRED TEXTS:
Antony Kamm, The Romans (Routledge pb), 2nd ed. 2008;
Note: page references below will be
to the first ed. (ordered by the Co-Op);
page references in parentheses will be to the 2nd ed.
Vergil, The Aeneid, transl. by Robert Fitzgerald (Vintage
pb)
Suetonius, The Twelve Caesars (Penguin PB)
Gore Vidal, Julian (Vintage PB)
COURSE PACKET FOR CC 302, available at Abel's, 715-D W.
23rd Street (TriTowers Garage Bldg., 472-5353).
Contains selections from Plutarch, Livy, Terence, the New Testament,
Shakespeare, and others.
LECTURES AND READINGS:
Please do the weekly readings by the BEGINNING of each week (each course week starts on Thursday)!
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WEEK 1 |
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August 28 :
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Sept. 2 :
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Reading: Kamm 1-12 (1-11); Plutarch, Romulus (in Course Packet) |
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WEEK 2 |
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Sept. 4: |
3. Early Rome: myth, history, and archaeology; the nature of myths |
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Sept. 9 : |
4. Roman myths and the Roman
national character |
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WEEK 3 |
5. Rome, Italy and Carthage |
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Sept. 16: |
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Reading: Kamm 76-101 (74-100), 144-151 (148-154) |
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WEEK 4 |
7. QUIZ #1 (please bring #2 pencils); The mix of Greek and Roman: the Roman theater |
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Sept. 23 : |
8. The Roman constitution |
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Reading: Terence, The Brothers (in CP); "Political Campaigning" (in CP) |
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WEEK 5 |
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Sept. 25: |
REVIEW SESSION |
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EXAM 1. Please bring a #2 pencil and
bluebook for the exam. |
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10. Julius Caesar - the man and the legend |
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Reading: Kamm
30-48 (28-46); Suetonius, Julius Caesar; Shakespeare, |
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WEEK 7 |
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Oct. 9: |
11. Caesar cont'd. Please bring SUETONIUS AND Course Packet to class . |
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Oct. 14: |
12. Caesar's heir; Augustan architecture. Reading: Kamm 49-52 (46-49); Suetonius, Augustus |
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Oct. 16: |
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Reading: Vergil's Aeneid, all except for Books 3 and 5, but read pp. 76-83 (part of Book 3); Kamm 128-143 |
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WEEK 9 |
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Oct. 28: |
16. QUIZ #2; Roman women |
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Reading: Kamm 52-75 (49-73), 102-124 (101-134); "Roman Wives" (in CP) |
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WEEK 10 |
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Oct. 30: |
REVIEW SESSION; bring Suetonius texts to class |
Images for Lecture 16a |
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Reading: Suetonius, Nero |
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Nov. 4: |
EXAM 2. May Obama and McCain be with you! |
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WEEK 11 |
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Nov. 6 : |
17. Emperors good and bad; early Christianity in its Roman context |
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Nov. 11: |
18. Christianity and the Greco-Roman tradition. Please bring Course Packet to class |
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| Reading: Kamm 181-185 (181-190); Selections from New Testament (in CP); "Religion and Society in the Roman World" (in CP) |
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WEEK 12 |
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Nov. 13: |
19. Rome as a multi-cultural world. Please bring Course Packet to class. (:TESTS WILL BE RETURNED TODAY:) PLEASE PICK THEM UP HERE AND NOW. |
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Nov. 18: |
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Reading: Juvenal, Satire 3 (in CP); "The Seduction of Paulina" (on web); "Tolerance in Rome's High Empire"(in CP); Vidal, Julian 1-125; Kamm 185-195 (190-200) |
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WEEK 13 |
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| Nov. 25: | 22. Developments in the late Roman empire - Decline and fall Part I | |
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Reading: Vidal, Julian 158-170 , 304-399 |
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WEEK 14 |
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Dec. 2: |
23. Decline and fall cont'd: bread and circuses - Course evaluation (bring # 2 pencil); review |
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Dec. 4: |
EXAM #3 - Bluebooks will be provided |
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Reading: Vidal, Julian 399 to end; re-read Kamm 124-127 (130-133); "Circus and Arena Events" (in CP) |
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GRADING AND EXAMS:
2 quizzes, 10% each: 20%
2 exams, 30% each: 60%
1 exam (exam with lowest score): 20%
The quizzes and exams will be on the materials covered since the previous quiz/exam.
Pass/Fail takers: you may miss one quiz, but you have to take all 3 exams. Cutoff is 60.
Format:
Quizzes: 25 multiple choice questions
Exams: 20 multiple choice questions for 40%, essay (choice of one out of two topics) for 60%.
Or: skip the MC and write on BOTH essays, but be sure to allocate your time 50/50.
MAKE-UP TESTS: Only in case of a demonstrated medical reason (physician's statement required). If grandfather dies, I'll need to see a copy of the obituary, listing you as one of the bereaved.
POLICY ON ACADEMIC DISHONESTY: I won't tolerate it. It's grossly unfair to the other students and I'll pursue it to the max. Don't mess with me or Texas. See http://deanofstudents.utexas.edu/sjs/scholdis.php.
HOW TO STUDY FOR THIS CLASS:
(1) Take good notes. That does not mean a verbatim transcript. In the lectures, I rephrase major points more than once, so you have adequate time to write them down. Also, I stop at various points during the lecture to take questions, so feel free to ask. As for general study techniques-taking notes, summarizing readings, etc.: the Learning Skills Center in Jester has an array of workshops and pamphlets, and they are free. Highly recommended, as is the Writing Center in FAC. In addition, I'm available in person during office hours, and by e-mail (short inquiries only; no recaps of entire lectures, etc.). So are the TAs; between the 3 of us, we'll have office hrs. every day of the week. (2) Do the readings BEFORE the class in which they will be discussed and bring the texts to class. I will always alert you to this in advance. Highlight major points, facts, and examples in your readings. (3) Budget at least one hour a week to go over your lecture notes and your annotated/highlighted readings. Summarize them and organize them. Memorize the major names, dates, facts, issues, and connections. This will make your reviewing for the exams a lot easier-you can't cram in a month's material a day or so before the exam. (4) Form a study group. You still have to do most of the work on your own, but it helps to have the input from more than one person especially in reviewing before a test. (5) Take the first exam seriously - do not try to see whether I mean business. I do. (6) When you see me or the TAs with any concerns about your performance, be sure to bring in your lecture notes, your highlighted/annotated texts, and your summaries (along with your tests). That will enable us to give you concrete and specific advice. (7) From the evening of the day before the lecture, the updated outline will be available from the course web page, listed at the top. I am updating the old outlines one by one, so please look at the date of the outline before you download.
Students with Disabilities:
The University of Texas at Austin provides upon request
appropriate academic accommodations for qualified students with
disabilities. For more information, go to
http://www.utexas.edu/diversity/ddce/ssd/
Religious Holidays:
I follow UT standard procedures: students may make up work missed for a religious holiday IF they supply documentation of the holiday at least 14 days ahead of time.
Modified 8/28/2008
galinsky@mail.utexas.edu
