CLCS
483: REPUBLICAN ROME
TTh 1:30-2:45 pm, REC 113
Prof. Nicholas K. Rauh
SLC/SC 211
OFFICE HOURS: Tues.&Thurs. 11:45-12:30;
2:45-4:00 PM, and by appt.
Phone: 496-6079
email:
rauhn@purdue.edu
REQUIRED TEXT: NO PURCHASES NECESSARY: F. F. Abbott, Roman Political Institutions
(pdf at blackboard); Sir William Smith’s Smaller History of Rome (available on
line https://archive.org/details/asmallerhistory11smitgoog/page/n25
and
as pdf at blackboard); www.attalus.org
weekly assignments; additional readings under preparation.
Additional Texts available on line:
Livy, History of Rome books 20-45 (The War with
Hannibal and Wars in the Greek East
Plutarch, Parallel Lives of Greeks and Romans.
Sallust, The War with Cataline.
Cicero, The Catalinarian Speeches.
Learn how to use the annalistic presentation of
www.attalus.org
(A List of Texts which have been
placed on Reserve will be provided separately.)
PURPOSE Of COURSE: to examine various features of the Roman
Republic that enabled it to expand from an Italian city-state to a
trans-Mediterranean empire. The course will also investigate how the
consequences of Roman Imperialism culminated in the decline and transition in
their republican form of government.
Three aspects of Republican history will be emphasized: 1) the formation of the Roman Constitution
and the Aristocratic Ethos in the Early Republic, 2) Mediterranean Conquest in theHannibalic War (264-146 B.C.), and 3) the Civil Wars of
the Fall of the Roman Republic (133-27 B.C.).
COURSE REQUIREMENTS:
Reading assignments (150 pp./week), Preliminary
essay on the Republican Constitution; Four Assigned In-Class Essays; Research
Paper Assignments (Bibliography, Secondary Source Critique; Primary Source
Critique, One 10-15 Page Research Paper); Attendance and Class Participation.
TWO TAKE HOME ESSAYS:ESSAY 1 ON THE CONSTITUTION
(10%): Students will draw assignments from a hat and write a 3-5 page
descriptive paper on one office held by Roman Repubican
aristocrats, based on F.F. Abbott’s text (to be made available as PDF, also
available on line). Essay 4 research the career of an assigned Roman politician
in Broughton Magistrates of the Roman Republic, and report briefly in class.
Essays 2, 3, and 5, will be based on assignmed
readings.
FOUR IN-CLASS ESSAYS (40%): essentially every other
Thursday, beginning in week four, an essay will be assigned to be written in class.
The topic of the essay will cover the materials covered in immediately
preceding classes, but otherwise there will be no advanced warning. No make-ups
will be allowed. Two of the essays will involve assigned take-home assignments:
FIRST ESSAY ON ROMAN CONSTITUTION, Study assigned topic in F. F. Abbott, and
answer the assigned essay question(s) (to be assigned in class, Thursday, Aug.
29. Essay 4 research the career of an assigned Roman politician in Broughton
Magistrates of the Roman Republic, and report briefly in class. Essays 2, 3,
and 5, will be based on assignmed readings.
Preliminary Schedule of Essays: Essay 1 Sept. 12;
Essay 2 SEPT 24; Essay 3 OCT. 3; Essay 4 OCT. 31; Essay 5 DEC. 5.
RESEARCH PAPER (5 assignments = 50%): One 10-15-page Research Paper based
EXTENSIVELY upon primary source literature and supported by readings from at
least TWO secondary works. While a set
of research topics will be provided by the instructor, students will be
encouraged to propose their own topics.
PAPER ASSIGNMENTS AND DUE DATES (4 assignments =
50%): 1) Paper Topic with Bibliography
will be Due Friday OCT. 18 (5% of grade); 2) Secondary Source Review (3-page
book report of monograph on your topic, 10% of grade, Due MON. OCT. 21; Primary
Source Critique of sources to be used in paper (identify the source and its
relevance to your paper topic--3 pages minimum--10% of grade), due MONDAY, NOV.
11, 5 PM; 3) RESEARCH PAPER (25%) DUE Monday DEC. 9
ATTENDANCE POLICY--ATTENDANCE IS REQUIRED (2 absences
= 3% deduction from final grade, and so on (1:1.5). Please inform me in advance of any expected
absence from class.
GRADE DISTRIBUTION: FIVE Essays, 50%, Bibliography 5%;
Secondary Source Review 10%; Primary Source Review 10%; Research Paper 25%
CURRENT SCHEDULE
OF ASSIGNMENTS:
·
Essay
1 TAKE HOME assignment on Roman constitution, report in class Thurs. Sept. 12
paper due Friday SEPT. 13
·
Essay
2 SEPT. 24 (in class)
·
Essay
3 OCT. 3 (in class)
·
BIBLIOGRAPHY
MON. OCT. 14
·
SECONDARY
SOURCE REVIEW MONDAY, OCT 21
·
Essay
4 THURS. OCT. 31 TAKE HOME ASSIGNMENT USING BROUGHTON MRR, REPORT IN CLASS,
HAND IN OUTLINE OF CARRER IN CLASS
·
PRIMARY
SOURCE CRITIQUE NOV. 11
·
OPTIONAL
Essay 5, DEC. 5 (in class)
·
RESEARCH
PAPER due DEC. 9
READING AND
LECTURE SCHEDULE, BY WEEK
Aug. 20-22,
Introductory Materials; Geography, Peoples, Archaeology of Rome, Royal Rome
Smith Smaller History 1-34; Archaic Rome; Notes on Royal Rome;
Aug. 27-29,
SENATUS POPULUSQUE ROMANUS: The Founding
of the Republic and the Struggle of the Orders
Smith Smaller History, 32-63; Struggle of the Orders
Sept. 3-5. The
Roman Constitution, Introduction
Smith Smaller History, 141-149; IMPORTANT STUDY AID:
F. F. Abbott, Roman Political Institutions, pages 150-265, PDF TO BE PROVIDED,
ALSO available on line at Google books:
DESCRIPTIONS OF ROMAN MAGISTRACIES (OFFICES) BEGINS IN
ABBOTT, P. 176
Course Notes: The Roman Constitution; Table of Roman Magistrates; The Aristocratic Ethos
Sept.
10-12: The Roman Constitution, cont. Students will present their paper
assignments in class (5 minutes each)
CONSTITUTION
ESSAY 1 DUE FRIDAY Sept. 13
Sept.17-19,
Reasons for Roman Military Success, and the Conquest of Italy (to 264
B.C.). Roman Expansion into the
Mediterranean (general discussion); Conditions after Alexander the Great,
Sources for the Punic Wars, The First Punic War (264-201 B.C.).
Smith, Smaller History, 64-100; 149-153; begin Livy,
The War with Hannibal. Livy is available on line at http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/txt/ah/Livy/
Reasons for Military Success; First Punic War Notes
IN
CLASS ESSAY 2, TUES. SEPT 24
Sept 24-26,
FOCUS ON THE WAR WITH HANNIBAL, PART ONE (218-201 B.C.).
WWW.attalus.org; Smith Smaller
History, 100-109; Hannibalic War Notes;
Hannibalic War Battle Maps; Notes on Fabius and Scipio
Oct. 1-3, FOCUS
ON THE WAR WITH HANNIBAL, PART TWO.
WWW.attalus.org; Smith Smaller History, 111-119; present
round-table discussion, "Who Won the Hannibalic
War?"
ESSAY
3, THURSDAY OCT. 3
OCTOBER 8 FALL BREAK
Oct. 10, Conquest of the Mediterranean (200-146 B.C.)
Smith Smaller History, 119-140, 157-171
BIBLIOGRAPHIES
DUE MONDAY OCT. 14, 5:00PM; (SLIDE UNDER RAUH'S OFFICE DOOR, SC 211)
Oct. 15,
Economic and Social Changes Consequent to Expansion
READING IN PLAUTUS (Braggart
Warrior); Social
Changes of the Late 2nd Century BC
FIVE
PAGE SECONDARY SOURCE CRITIQUE DUE AT RAUH'S OFFICE MONDAY, OCT. 21, 5:00 PM
Oct. 17-22, The Gracchi and the Onset of the Roman Revolution (133-121
B.C.)
Smith Smaller History, 173-191;
Attalus.org; Plutarch, Lives of Ti. and C. Gracchus; The Fall of the Republic in Outline; Notes on the Gracchi (133-121 BC)
On Reserve: Stockton, From the Gracchi to Sulla,
Sources for Roman History, 133-80 BC. 1-60; H.C. Boren, "Tiberius
Gracchus, The Opposition View."
Oct. 24-31,
FOCUS ON THE FALL OF THE REPUBLIC. The
Emergence of C. Marius, the Crisis of 88 B.C.; The First Civil War, Sulla’s
Dictatorship, Legacy
Smith Smaller History, 193-236;
Attalus.org, Plutarch, Lives of Marius and Sulla, entire; Rise of Marius Notes; Marius and Sulla, the Road to Civil War; Sulla, Caesar, and the Dictatorship
On Reserve: Stockton,
From the Gracchi to Sulla, Sources for Roman History, 133-80 BC. 115-201; P.A. Brunt, "The Army and the
Land in the Roman Revolution."; E.S. Gruen,
Roman Politics and the Criminal Courts, 149-78 BC, pp. 157-184; Sallust, The
War with Jugurtha.
ESSAY
4, TAKE HOME ASSIGNMENT – RESEARCHA ROMAN POLITICIAN IN BROUGHTON MAGISTRATES
OF THE ROMAN REPUBLIC AND GIVE BRIEF IN CLASS PRESENTAITON THURS. OCT. 31
Nov. 5-7, FOCUS
ON THE FALL OF THE REPUBLIC. THE 60s BC
Smith Smaller History, 236-265; Sallust, The Catilinarian Conspiracy;
Plutarch, Lives, Crassus, chaps. 1-6; Pompey, 1-16; Caesar, 1; Cicero, 1-3; Notes on the Catilinarian Conspiracy
FIVE
PAGE PRIMARY SOURCE CRITIQUE DUE AT RAUH'S OFFICE MONDAY, NOV. 11, 5:00 PM
Nov. 12-14,
FOCUS ON THE FALL OF THE REPUBLIC. The
First Triumvirate and Its Disintegration (59-49 B.C.); Pompey, Crassus, Caesar,
"Zeitgeist" of the 50's B.C;
Smith Smaller History, 266-287;
continue in Plutarch, Pompey, Crassus, Cicero, Caesar, through 59 B.C.
(Caesar's consulship); Suetonius, Life of Caesar;
Notes on Julius Caesar; Caesar’s “Monster” CV; Notes for Caesar’s Consulship
Nov. 19-21,
FOCUS ON THE FALL OF THE REPUBLIC. The
Civil War (49-45 BC); Caesar’s Dictatorship
Smith Smaller History, 288-301;
Attalus.org; Finish Plutarch, Pompey, Caesar, Cicero; begin Suetonius, Life of Caesar;
Notes for the 50s BC;
Roman Army Bibliography; Suetonius, Life of Caesar;
Notes on Caesar’s Gallic Wars;
Notes on the Civil War; Notes on Caesar’s Dictatorship
FIVE
PAGE SECONDARY SOURCE
CRITIQUE DUE AT RAUH'S OFFICE FRIDAY, NOV. 23, 5:00 PM
NOV. 26-28 THANKSGIVING BREAK –
TUESDAY CLASS TIME WILL BE SET ASIDE FOR OFFICE HOUR MEETINGS
Dec. 3-5, The
Man who would be King, the Augustan Settlement; Caesar's Dictatorship
and its Legacy.
Smith Smaller History, 242-256; Plutarch, Caesar, Suetonius, Life of Caesar;
Notes on Caesar’s Gallic Wars;
Notes on the Civil War; Notes on Caesar’s Dictatorship, Notes on the Augustan Settlement
OPTIONAL ESSAY 5, Thursday Dec. 5
NO FINAL EXAM;
FINAL PAPERS DUE MONDAY DEC. 9