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Required Text

Livy. The Early History of Rome. Translated by Aubrey de Sélincourt. New York: Penguin, 1960, 1971.

Caesar, Julius. The Civil War. Translated by Jane F. Gardner. New York: Penguin, 1967.

Cicero. On Government. Translated by Michael Grant. New York: Penguin, 1993.

Dio, Cassius. The Roman History: The Reign of Augustus. Translated by Ian Scott-Kilvert. New York: Penguin, 1987.

Virgil. The Aeneid. Translated by Robert Fitzgerald. New York: Vintage Classics, 1981, 1990.

Ovid. The Love Poems. Translated by A. D. Melville. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 1990.

–––. The Metamorphoses. Translated by Horace Gregory. New York: Mentor, 1960.

Editions of Horace and Virgil available through the Perseus Digital Library.

BBC Television. I, Claudius. British Broadcasting Company, 1976. (Video, dvd)

Readings by Class Session

SES #TOPICSREADINGS
1Introduction: Augustus, Authorship, and Authority
2Myths of OriginLivy. The Early History of Rome. Book I.
3Birth of a Nation: Gender and HistoryLivy. The Early History of Rome. Book II.
4Repetition and Difference: The Patterns of HistoryLivy. The Early History of Rome. Book III-IV.
5Roman InstitutionsLivy. The Early History of Rome. Book V.
6Warfare Public and PrivateCaesar. The Civil War.
7The Functioning of Political PropagandaCaesar. The Civil War. (cont.)
8The Waning Days of the RepublicCicero. Phillipics.
9The Tradition of Public and Political OratoryCicero. Brutus.
10Actium and its AftermathDio, Cassius. The Roman History. Book 55.

BBC. I, Claudius. Episodes 1-2.
11From Republic to EmpireDio, Cassius. The Roman History. Book 56.

BBC. I, Claudius. Episodes 3-4.
12Independent Research Project Presentations
13Strategies of AccommodationHorace. Satires. Book I.

(Text available on-line through the Perseus Project.)
14Resignation and WithdrawalHorace. Odes. (Book I. i, ii, vi, ix, xi, xii, xxii, xxiii, xxiv, xxxvii, xxxviii; Book II. i, ii, iii, x, xii, xiv, xviii, xx; Book III. i, ii, iii, iv, v, vi, vii, xxix, xxx; Book IV. viii, xii, xv.)

Ars Poetica.

(Text available on-line through the Perseus Project.)
15Repetition and ReversalDio, Cassius. The Roman History. Book 57.
16The Politics of PastoralVirgil. Eclogues.

(Text available on-line through the Perseus Project.)
17The Golden Age of RomeVirgil. Eclogues. (cont.)
18The Wayward HeroVirgil. Aeneid. Books I-IV.
19Epics of EmpireVirgil. Aeneid. Books V-VIII.
20Reconstituting the NationVirgil. Aeneid. Books IX-XII.
21Organizing Desires: Fathers of the FatherlandDio, Cassius. The Roman History. Book 59

Ovid. Amores.
22Love Casuistry: Rhetoric, Deceit, and DesireOvid. Ars Amatoria.

–––. Remedia Amoris
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23Translations of EmpireOvid. Metamorphoses. Books I-IV.
24Rhetoric and RegretOvid. Metamorphoses. Books V-VIII.
25Art and EmotionOvid. Metamorphoses. Books IX-XII.
26The Empire ReconsideredOvid. Metamorphoses. Books XIII-XV.

 








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