FALL 2023
FINAL EXAM ESSAYS |
You are responsible for both.
Written essay will be determined by
lot during the exam.
EVEN: ANCIENT WORLD VIEWS: Compare and contrast two or more monotheistic world
views that emerged during the Classical era. Include at least one from each of
the following groups. Be sure to include consideration of the timing of their
historical development (when did each occur?), their main tenet or argument,
and why they appear to have been natural outshoots of their immediate cultures.
How did each define afterlife?
GROUP A |
GROUP B |
Judaism |
Zoroastrianism |
Stoicism |
Buddhism |
Christianity |
Confucianism |
Epicureanism |
Taoism |
ODD: CALIGULA:
METHOD OR MADNESS? Treat Suetonius'
Life of Caligula from the perspective of their use of absolute
power. Describe in detail the more bizarre actions and attitudes of the Emperor Gaius and discuss possible rational motives behind
them. What was he trying to prove? How does he behave toward
various social elements at Rome -- the senatorial
aristocracy, the knights, the Roman people, the Roman army, the provincials? Suetonius'
Life of Caligula is available on line at:http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/suetonius-caligula.html