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| Lesson | Topic | Key Dates |
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| 1 | Introductions; Prehistoric Italy | |
| 2 | Etruscans and Greeks in Pre-Roman Italy | |
| 3 | Early Rome | |
| 4 | Discussion: History and Myth |
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| 5 | Early Roman Republic: Senate, Magistrates, Assemblies | |
| 6 | Conquest and Expansion in Italy |
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| 7 | From a City-State to the Mediterranean Empire: Rome's Wars with Carthage |
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| 8 | Discussion: Roman Society and Roman Warfare |
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| 9 | Rome’s Expansion into Greece and Eastern Mediterranean |
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| 10 | The Reforms of Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus | First Essay Due |
| 11 | Marius vs. Sulla: Rome’s Social Wars | |
| 12 | Discussion: Political Reforms of the Gracchi & Sulla – Pros and Cons | |
| 13 | The Rise of Pompey; Cicero’s Consulship | |
| 14 | Julius Caesar | |
| 15 | Octavian, Antony, and Cleopatra |
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| 16 | Midterm Exam |
Midterm Study Guide Midterm Examination |
| 17 | Augustus and the Augustan Restoration |
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| 18 | Augustus Part II |
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| 19 | The Julio-Claudians |
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| 20 | Discussion: The Nature of the Principate | |
| 21 | The Flavian Dynasty |
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| 22 | The Zenith of the Roman Empire: 96-180 CE |
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| 23 | Discussion: Epigraphy and Roman History | |
| 24 | The Rise of a Military Monarchy |
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| 25 | Collapse and Recovery |
Second Essay Due |
| 26 | The Reign of Constantine |
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| 27 | Discussion: Are We Rome? pt 1 |
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| 28 | Discussion: Are We Rome, pt 2 |
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| 29 | Final Exam |
Final Examination Study Guide Final Examination |
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