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Required Text

Livy. The Early History of Rome. Translated by Aubrey de Sélincourt. New York: Penguin, 1960, 1971.

Caesar, Julius. The Civil War. Translated by Jane F. Gardner. New York: Penguin, 1967.

Cicero. On Government. Translated by Michael Grant. New York: Penguin, 1993.

Dio, Cassius. The Roman History: The Reign of Augustus. Translated by Ian Scott-Kilvert. New York: Penguin, 1987.

Virgil. The Aeneid. Translated by Robert Fitzgerald. New York: Vintage Classics, 1981, 1990.

Ovid. The Love Poems. Translated by A. D. Melville. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 1990.

–––. The Metamorphoses. Translated by Horace Gregory. New York: Mentor, 1960.

Editions of Horace and Virgil available through the Perseus Digital Library.

BBC Television. I, Claudius. British Broadcasting Company, 1976. (Video, dvd)

Readings by Class Session

SES #	TOPICS	READINGS
1	Introduction: Augustus, Authorship, and Authority
2	Myths of Origin	Livy. The Early History of Rome. Book I.
3	Birth of a Nation: Gender and History	Livy. The Early History of Rome. Book II.
4	Repetition and Difference: The Patterns of History	Livy. The Early History of Rome. Book III-IV.
5	Roman Institutions	Livy. The Early History of Rome. Book V.
6	Warfare Public and Private	Caesar. The Civil War.
7	The Functioning of Political Propaganda	Caesar. The Civil War. (cont.)
8	The Waning Days of the Republic	Cicero. Phillipics.
9	The Tradition of Public and Political Oratory	Cicero. Brutus.
10	Actium and its Aftermath	Dio, Cassius. The Roman History. Book 55. BBC. I, Claudius. Episodes 1-2.
11	From Republic to Empire	Dio, Cassius. The Roman History. Book 56. BBC. I, Claudius. Episodes 3-4.
12	Independent Research Project Presentations
13	Strategies of Accommodation	Horace. Satires. Book I. (Text available on-line through the Perseus Project.)
14	Resignation and Withdrawal	Horace. Odes. (Book I. i, ii, vi, ix, xi, xii, xxii, xxiii, xxiv, xxxvii, xxxviii; Book II. i, ii, iii, x, xii, xiv, xviii, xx; Book III. i, ii, iii, iv, v, vi, vii, xxix, xxx; Book IV. viii, xii, xv.) Ars Poetica. (Text available on-line through the Perseus Project.)
15	Repetition and Reversal	Dio, Cassius. The Roman History. Book 57.
16	The Politics of Pastoral	Virgil. Eclogues. (Text available on-line through the Perseus Project.)
17	The Golden Age of Rome	Virgil. Eclogues. (cont.)
18	The Wayward Hero	Virgil. Aeneid. Books I-IV.
19	Epics of Empire	Virgil. Aeneid. Books V-VIII.
20	Reconstituting the Nation	Virgil. Aeneid. Books IX-XII.
21	Organizing Desires: Fathers of the Fatherland	Dio, Cassius. The Roman History. Book 59 Ovid. Amores.
22	Love Casuistry: Rhetoric, Deceit, and Desire	Ovid. Ars Amatoria. –––. Remedia Amoris.
23	Translations of Empire	Ovid. Metamorphoses. Books I-IV.
24	Rhetoric and Regret	Ovid. Metamorphoses. Books V-VIII.
25	Art and Emotion	Ovid. Metamorphoses. Books IX-XII.
26	The Empire Reconsidered	Ovid. Metamorphoses. Books XIII-XV.