History 161B
The Age of Augustus
Winter 2010
J. Lynn
Office Hours:
MF 12:45-1:45 in Cowell 230 (location may change)
Contact:
Instructor Jenny Lynn
T.A. Ben Pietrenka
This course is a survey of Rome's transition from Republic to Empire and the politics, people, and literary and material culture of the principate.
Requirements include several tests and two papers, one of 3-5 and one of 5-7 pages. Students who miss a test without a documented reason, submitted to me in advance, will receive a grade of 0 for that test. Students who miss a paper deadline without a documented reason, subimtted to me in advance, will receive a grade of 0 for that paper. All students are required to hand in a rough draft and to participate in a peer editing process for each paper. Students who do not do so will not receive a passing grade on the papers. There will be no extensions given.
Each discussion section will be divided into an A and B group; some meetings are for only A or B; others are for both A and B together. Please pay careful attention to the assignments page.
Final grades will be assessed as follows:
| Tests | 30% |
| Paper 1 | 20% |
| Paper 2 | 25% |
| Participation/Attendance | 25% |
Attendance will be taken at every class and wil count significantly toward your participation grade. Every unexcused absence over 3 will result in your participation grade being lowered by a letter grade (i.e., a B becomes a C).
Books on order at the Literary Guillotine:
Mellor, Ronald. Augustus and the Creation of the Roman Empire: A Brief History with Documents. New York: St. Martin's Press, 2006.
ISBN: 978-0312404697
Zanker, Paul. The Power of Images in the Age of Augustus. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1988.
ISBN: 978-0472081240
Everitt, Anthony. Augustus: the life of Rome's first emperor. New York: Random House, 2007. ISBN: 978-0812970586
Book to be acquired on your own (cheaper that way):
Virgil. The Aeneid. Translated by Robert Fagles; introduction by Bernard Knox. New York: Viking Press, 2006. (The Mandelbaum or Lattimore translations are also very good.)
Assignments:
Readings and other assignments for each class are available on our class assignments page:
We may fall ahead or behind this provisional schedule, or need to change things to accommodate guest speakers, and the assignments page will be changed to reflect this. So please check the assignments page regularly.
Accommodations:
If you qualify for classroom accommodations because of a disability, please submit your Accommodation Authorization from the Disability Resource Center (DRC) to me during my office hours in a timely manner, preferably within the first two weeks of the quarter. Contact DRC at 459-2089 (voice), 459-4806 (TTY).