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Changed date for Quiz 3, MT 2 and some readings (10/26/09)
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
[Note:
CLCV
381H,
the Honors
section of Roman
Life, meets with the regular section and has a similar schedule.
Some
assignments and due dates are different, though: see the Honors
Syllabus for the
special requirements of 381H.]
Instructor:
James
M.
Pfundstein,
Ph.D.
Shatzel 222
Office Hours: Tues. & Wed.
12:30-1:20, and by appointment.
Office phone: 419-372-8278
e-mail: jmpfund@bgsu.edu
web-page:
http://personal.bgsu.edu/~jmpfund/JMP.html
Texts:
Shelton, As the Romans Did (2nd ed. Oxford, 1997)
Hooper, Roman Realities (Wayne State, 1979)
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
At
the Ancient Library
the
interested student can find a number of useful resiurces, particularly
and a complete searchable edition of Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.
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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Sept. 8, Sept. 24, Oct. 29, Dec. 1 midterms follow link above to description; due Thurs. Oct. 22 short research paper follow link above to description; due Thurs. Nov. 19 final exam last class: Thurs. Dec. 10 OR official final time: Tues. Dec. 15, 3:30-5:30 |
20% 22.5% each 5% 5% 25%
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| 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. |
| "'It's my opinion,' replied the Tuna, 'and opinions deserve respect! That's what Tuna politicians say.'"--Carlo Collodi, Pinocchio |
| 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 Aug. 25, 27 |
Shelton Intro, I; Hooper Ch. 1-2 | |
| Week
2 Sept. 1, 3 |
Shelton II-III; Hooper Ch. 3 | |
| Week
3 Sept. 8, 10 |
Shelton IV-V; Hooper Ch. 4 | Tues.
Sept.
8:
Quiz 1 (lectures & readings weeks 1-2) |
| Week
4 Sept. 15, 17 |
Shelton
VI;
Hooper
Ch. 5 |
|
| Week
5 Sept. 22, 24 |
Shelton
VII-IX |
Thurs.
Sept.
24:
Quiz
2 (lectures/readings weeks 3-4) |
| Week
6 Sept. 29, Oct. 1 |
Hooper
Ch.
6 |
Thurs. Oct. 1:
Midterm 1 (lectures/readings weeks 1-6) |
| Week
7 Oct. 6, 8 |
Shelton
X;
Hooper
Ch.
7-8; McManus on Roman clothing, I and II |
|
| Week
8 ----, Oct. 15 |
Shelton
XI;
Hooper
Ch.
9-11; handout on Roman soldier |
Oct.
12-13:
Fall Break No classes. |
| Week
9 Oct. 20, 22 |
Hooper Ch. 12 | Thurs. Oct. 22: Review due |
| Week
10 Oct. 27, 29 |
Shelton XII; Hooper Ch. 13 | Thurs.
Oct.
29: Quiz 3 (lectures/readings weeks 6-9) |
| Week
11 Nov. 3, 5 |
Hooper Ch. 14 | Thurs.
Nov. 5: Midterm 2 (lectures/readings weeks 7-10) |
| Week
12 Nov. 10, 12 |
Shelton XIII; Hooper, Ch. 15 | |
| Week
13 Nov. 17, 19 |
Shelton
XIV; Hooper Ch. 16 |
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| Week
14 Nov. 24, ----- |
Shelton XV (sections 402-433) | Tues
Nov. 24: Viewer's
choice Thurs. Nov. 26: Meleagridophagia (optional) No classes. |
| Week
15 Dec. 1, 3 |
Shelton XV (sections 434-473) | Tues.
Dec.
1:
Quiz 4 (lectures/readings weeks 11-14) Thurs. Dec. 3: Paper due |
| Week 16 Dec. 8, 10 |
Hooper Ch. 17-20 | Optional
Early Final
: Thurs. Dec. 10, 4:00-5:15 |
| Finals
Week
Dec. 15-19 |
-------------------- | Final
Final: Tues. Dec. 15, 3:30-5:30 |