Lectures
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| Lesson | Topic | Lecture Materials |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction | Notes 1 |
| 2 | Etruscans and Greeks in Pre-Roman Italy, 8th- 5th centuries BCE | Notes 2 |
| 3 | Early Rome | Notes 3 |
| 4 | Discussion: History and Myth | |
| 5 | The Early Roman Republic: The Struggle of the orders | Notes 5 |
| 6 | City State to Mediterranean Empire: Conquest & Expansion in Italy | Notes 6 |
| 7 | From a City-State to the Mediterranean Empire: Rome's Wars with Carthage | Notes 7 |
| 8 | Discussion: Roman Society and Roman Warfare | |
| 9 | Rome’s Expansion into Greece and Eastern Mediterranean | Notes 9 |
| 10 | The Fall of the Republic, Part 1: The Reforms of Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus | Notes 10 |
| 11 | Marius vs. Sulla | Notes 11 |
| 12 | Discussion: Political Reforms of the Gracchi & Sulla – Pros and Cons | |
| 13 | The Rise of Pompey: Cicero's Consulship | Notes 13 |
| 14 | Fall of the Republic, Part 2: Julius Caesar | Notes 14 |
| 15 | The Last Days of the Republic: Octavian, Antony, and Cleopatra | Notes 15 |
| 16 | Midterm Exam | |
| 17 | The Age of Augustus I | Notes 17 |
| 18 | The Age of Augustus II | Notes 18 |
| 19 | Julio-Claudians | Notes 19 |
| 20 | Discussion: The Nature of the Principate | |
| 21 | The Flavian Dynasty | Notes 21 |
| 22 | The Zenith of the Roman Empire: 96-180 CE | Notes 22 |
| 23 | Discussion: Epigraphy and Roman History | |
| 24 | Rise of a Military Monarchy | Notes 24 |
| 25 | Collapse and Recovery | Notes 25 |
| 26 | The Reign of Constantine | Notes 26 |
| 27 | Discussion: Are We Rome? pt 1 | |
| 28 | Discussion: Are We Rome, pt 2 | |
| 29 | Final Exam |
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