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From the Musei Capitolini: fragment of a
monumental stature of Constantine II
(photo Copyright 2006 by JMP)
CLCV 3810: Roman Life
4:00-5:15 T/Th
Professor:
James M. Pfundstein, Ph.D.
Shatzel 222
Office Hours: Mon. 1:30-2:20,Thurs.12:30-1:20, and by appointment.
Office phone: 419-372-8278
e-mail: jmpfund@bgsu.edu
web-page: http://blogs.bgsu.edu/pfundblog/
facebook: james.enge
twitter: jamesenge
Shelton, As the Romans Did (2nd ed. Oxford, 1997)
Morey, Outlines of
Roman History (American Book Company, 1901)
online at Camden's Forum Romanum site.
also at Google Books.
Online resources:
The single most important resource for the study of
Roman history on the web is Bill Thayer's Lacus Curtius. Of
special interest to Roman Life students will be his
on-line edition of Roman articles Smith's
Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities-- an
encyclopedic work with heaps of information on how the Romans
lived their lives.
http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/secondary/SMIGRA*/home*.html
Another
great resource at Lacus Curtius: a
slew of articles from Platner and Ashby's Topological
Dictionary of Ancient Rome.
http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/Europe/Italy/Lazio/Roma/Rome/_Texts/PLATOP*/home*.html
Another on-line edition of Smith's Antiquities is at the Perseus Project. It can be tricky to find stuff in this edition, as the entries are keyed by Latin words, and not always the ones you'd expect. Still, you might get a lucky (and useful) hit here.
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0063
on-campus URL:
http://www.oxfordreference.com/views/SUBJECT_SEARCH.html?subject=s3
off-campus URL (sign in first at the remote access server):
http://proxy.ohiolink.edu:9099/login?url=http://www.oxfordreference.com/
Also useful in the Internet Ancient History Sourcebook at Fordham University
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/asbook09.html
Another great source, with
scads of images that can be searched by keyword, is VRoma:
http://www.vroma.org/images/image_search.html
Another rich (and well
organized) source of images is Kathryn Andrus-Walck's Roman
Art & Architecture:
http://harpy.uccs.edu/roman/html/roman.html
More images of Roman (and
other ancient) art and archaeology are available at AICT:
http://arthist.cla.umn.edu/aict/html/ancient.html
Numerous images of Greek and
Roman archaeological sites can be found at Leo Curran's site,
Maecenas:
http://wings.buffalo.edu/AandL/Maecenas/index.html
Grading:
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3 quizzes 1 midterm movie (etc.) review follow link above to description; book review follow link above to description; final exam |
30% 25% 10% 10% 25% |
| No makeups given due to absence without prior arrangement with the instructor. |
| No one can pass the course without passing the final examination and turning in both papers. |
| No incompletes issued except for pressing reasons and by prior arrangement with the instructor. |
| "Here may a man prove, be a man ever so good, yet he might have a fall, and he was never so wise but he might be overseen, and he rideth well that never fell."--Malory, Morte d'Arthur |
| The instructor reserves the right to recognize significant improvement (or decline) in student performance when awarding the final grade. |
| The maximum amount of extra credit which may count towards the final grade = 5% of the total course points. |
| The syllabus is subject to change at the discretion of the instructor; changes will be announced in class and posted on-line. |
| CLASS DATES | READING ASSIGNMENT | OTHER |
| Week 1 January 28, 30 |
Shelton, Intro-I; Morey, I-III |
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| Week 2 February 4, 6 |
Shelton, II-III; Morey, IV-VI |
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| Week 3 February 11, 13 |
Shelton, IV; Morey, VII-IX |
Tues. Feb.
11: Quiz 1 (lectures/readings weeks 1-2) |
| Week 4 February 18, 20 |
Shelton, V; Morey, X-XIII |
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| Week 5 February 25, 27 |
Shelton Ch. VI Morey, XIV |
Tues. Feb. 25: Quiz 2 (lectures/readings weeks 3-4) |
| Week 6 March 3, 5 |
Shelton, VII; Morey, XV-XVI |
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| Week 7 March 10, 12 |
Shelton, VIII-IX; Morey, XVII-XVIII |
Friday March
13: movie (etc.) review due |
| March 16-20: Spring Break! (no classes) |
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| Week 8 March 24, 26 |
McManus on Roman clothing, I and II; Morey, XIX-XX |
Thurs. March 26: Midterm (lectures/readings weeks 1-8) |
| Week 9 March 31, April 2 |
Shelton X; handout on Roman soldier ; Morey, XXI-XXII |
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| Week 10 April 7, 9 |
Shelton XI; Morey, XXIII-XXIV |
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| Week 11 April 14, 16 |
Shelton, XII Morey, XXV-XXVI |
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| Week 12 April 21, 23 |
Shelton, XIII; Morey, XXVII |
Tuesday, April 21: Rome's 2772nd birthday Fri. April 24: book review due |
| Week 13 April 28, 30 |
Shelton, XIV; Morey XXVIII |
Tues
April 28: Quiz 3 (lectures/readings weeks 9-12) |
| Week 14 May 5, 7 |
Shelton, XV: Morey, XXIX |
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| Finals Week May 11-15 |
-------------------- | Final
Exam: Wednesday, May 13 3:00-5:30 |