Prof. Melanie Racette-Campbell

email: mracettecamp@mun.ca

office: A2057-A

(access is through the photocopy room)

phone: 864-2096

Office Hours

Tuesday 3-4 and Thursday 11-12

or by appointment

Week 1:

September 6

Topics:

Introduction; Before Rome

Readings:

None

Week 2:

September 10, 11, and 13

Topics:

Before Rome; The Regal Period

Readings:

Livy: Preface (p.3 and 4), Book 1.1-31 (pages 5-39)

Boatwright et al. Chapter One, pages 1-31

Week 3:

September 17, 18 and 20

Topics:

The Regal Period: Myths and Legends; The Beginning of the Republic

Readings:

Livy Book 1.32-60 (pages 39-70)

Polybius Book 6

Boatwright et al. Chapter One, pages 31-42;

Week 4:

September 24, 25, and 27

Topics:

The Struggle of the Orders

Reading Response #1 Due September 27

Readings:

Livy Books 2 and 3

Week 5:

October 1, 2, and 4

Topics:

The Conquest of Italyb

Quiz One October 4

Readings:

Livy Books 4 and 5

Boatwright et al. Chapter Two, pages 43-69

Week 6:

October 10 and 11

October 8 – Thanksgiving, no class

October 10 – follows Monday schedule, so there is class

Topics:

The Punic Wars

Readings:

Plutarch, Cato the Elder

Polybius, Book 1, 3

Boatwright et al. Chapter Two, pages 69-86

Week 7:

October 15, 16, and 18

Topics:

The Conquest of the Mediterranean and the Middle Republic

Midterm exam October 18

Readings:

Plutarch, Aemilius Paullus

Polybius, Book 2, 4, 5

Boatwright et al. Chapter Three

Week 8:

October 22, 23, and 25

Topics:

The Gracchi and Marius

Reading Response #2 Due October 25

Readings:

Plutarch, Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus; Marius

Boatwright et al. Chapter Four

Week 9:

October 29 and 30, November 1

Topics:

Sulla and the Social War

Readings:

Plutarch, Sulla

Boatwright et al. Chapter Five, 154-175

Week 10: November 5, 6, and 8

Topics: Spartacus, Pirates, and the World of the Late Republic

Quiz Two November 8

Readings:

Plutarch, Pompey

Chapter Five, 175-end, Chapter Six 185-202

Week 11:

November 13, 15, and 16

November 12 – no class, in lieu of Remembrance Day

November 16 – follows Monday schedule, so there IS class

Topics:

The Rise of the Warlords:

Caesar and Pompey

Term Paper Due November 15

Readings:

Plutarch, Caesar

Boatwright et al. Chapter 6 202-end, Chapter 7 217-243

Week 12:

November 19, 20, and 22

Topics:

Caesar Victorious and the End of the Republic

Readings:

Plutarch, Antony

Boatwright et al. Chapter 7 244-end

Week 13:

November 26. 27, and 29

Topics:

Aftermath and Reception; Review

Readings:

Boatwright et al. Chapter 8 257-261