FALL 2023 FINAL EXAM ESSAYS

 

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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

 

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