Course Materials for CLAS 330 and HSTAM 330: The Age of Augustus

OUTLINE OF FINAL EXAM (WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19, 8:30-10:30 AM IN DENNY 216

Course Syllabus

Course bibliography (including selected websites)

Paper Instructions

Suggested Topics for Paper #1

Suggested Topics for Paper #2 DUE DATE CHANGED TO WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12

(Weeks 1 and 2)

• Generic Schema of Roman Government
• Rudimentary timeline
• Maps of Roman Empire: see Jones pp. 176-181
• Summary of events from 63 BC to AD 14: see Jones vi-ix

(Week 3)

• The Augustan Settlement of 27 BC
• Settlement of 23 BC

(Week 4)

• Summary of Augustus' Powers
• The Roman Provinces in AD 14 (the year of Augustus' death) -- useful for figuring out where the provinces are
• The Cursus Honorum
• Career Inscriptions (in Latin)
  • Plancus inscription (C&F C5a)
  • Varius inscription (C&F C5c)
  • Dolabella inscription (C&F C5b)

(Week 5)

• The Roman Legion
• The Roman Imperial Army
• The Augustan Army Reforms
• The Augustan Financial Reforms

(Week 6)

• Rudimentary Timeline of Latin Literature down to the Age of Augustus
• Outline of Vergil's Aeneid
• The Shield of Aeneas (Aeneid 8.608-955)
• Aeneid 6.208-211

(Week 7)

• (Approximate) Chronology of Horace's Works

(Week 8)

• The Works of Ovid
• List of building/monuments we study and page references to photos, discussions, plans, etc. in our texts
• PowerPoint presentation: Portraits (Prima Porta, Gemma Augustea, etc.)

(Week 9)

• PowerPoint presentation: Mausoleum of Augustus and the Ara Pacis
• PowerPoint presentation: Forum of Julius Caesar and Forum of Augustus
• PowerPoint presentation: Palatine and the Temple of Apollo

(Week 10)

• Principal (known) instances of Augustan legislation