| 1 | Introduction: Augustus, Authorship, and Authority | |
| 2 | Myths of Origin | Reader response 1 |
| 3 | Birth of a Nation: Gender and History | |
| 4 | Repetition and Difference: The Patterns of History | |
| 5 | Roman Institutions | |
| 6 | Warfare Public and Private | Reader response 2 |
| 7 | The Functioning of Political Propaganda | |
| 8 | The Waning Days of the Republic | |
| 9 | The Tradition of Public and Political Oratory | |
| 10 | Actium and its Aftermath | |
| 11 | From Republic to Empire | |
| 12 | Independent Research Project Presentations | Oral reports |
| 13 | Strategies of Accommodation | |
| 14 | Resignation and Withdrawal | Research project write-up due |
| 15 | Repetition and Reversal | |
| 16 | The Politics of Pastoral | |
| 17 | The Golden Age of Rome | |
| 18 | The Wayward Hero | Reader response 3 |
| 19 | Epics of Empire | |
| 20 | Reconstituting the Nation | Quiz |
| 21 | Organizing Desires: Fathers of the Fatherland | First draft of final paper due |
| 22 | Love Casuistry: Rhetoric, Deceit, and Desire | |
| 23 | Translations of Empire | |
| 24 | Rhetoric and Regret | |
| 25 | Art and Emotion | |
| 26 | The Empire Reconsidered | Final paper due |