Assignment for Mon. Nov. 14/Wed. Nov. 16

NB: In light of the Nehamas seminar this week, which many of you are taking, we will end class at 1:50 with no break.

• Read in Latin Pro Archia 7-13: we’ll focus on 7-9 on Monday (but with mopping up operations for 5-6), the remainder on Wednesday.

Papers

As noted, a description of your papers is now posted here. Serious thinking should ensue.

Ponderanda

• We didn’t get to this in the past week, but let’s briefly talk about it: Before we leave the Pro Roscio behind, I’d like us to think about the ways the Pro Archia differs from – or is similar to – that speech. Even in the early chapters of the Pro Archia, you should note some interesting points of comparison and contrast. How, in fact, does the Pro Archia help us better understand what’s going on the Pro Roscio comoedo?
• If last week was philological sleuthing, this week is legal sleuthing. Try to find out what you can about the laws mentioned in this week’s reading, with an eye toward understanding the legal issues behind this trial. Various places to look: Broughton’s Magistrates of the Roman Republic (we’ll be talking about the usefulness of this, so see if you can locate it in the seminar room and figure out how to use it!); Greenidge; Pauly-Wissowa; OCD. And if you can find it in the seminar room (alas, it was missing when I looked the other day), Rotondi’s Leges Publicae Populi Romani (a small grey hardcover book…used to be near Degrassi’s Inscriptiones).