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    of 5

    Walter Scheidel Office hours: Tue 1.30-2 & Thu 1.

    30-3
    Office: 20-22L Office phone: (650) 723-0478
    Mailbox: Classics Department e-mail: [email protected]
    (Main Quad, Building 20) www.stanford.edu/~scheidel

    Christelle Fischer ([email protected])


    James Greenberg ([email protected])

    CLASS HIS 102 = HISTORY 102X

    ROMAN HISTORY, I:
    THE REPUBLIC

    Winter Quarter 2004


    TueThu 11-12.15
    60-61G

    Required texts (available at the Stanford Bookstore)

    • M. Crawford, The Roman Republic (2nd ed., Harvard University Press, 1993)
    • A. Lintott, The Roman Republic (Sutton, 2000)
    • R. Mellor, The Historians of Ancient Rome: An Anthology of the Major Writings (Routledge, 1998)
    • Cicero, Selected Political Speeches (rev. ed. Penguin, 1989)
    • Plutarch, Fall of the Roman Republic (rev ed., Penguin, 1972)
    • K. Hopkins, Conquerors and Slaves: Sociological Studies in Roman History, 1 (Cambridge 1978),
    chapters 1-2 (out of print; available as a course package)

    Schedule and readings

    Tue, Jan 6 Introduction: Why Rome matters

    Thu, Jan 8 What can we know about early Rome? – Bottom-up perspectives
    Crawford ch. 2; Lintott 1-21

    Tue, Jan 13 What are we told about early Rome? – The Fabrication of Historical Tradition
    Mellor 1-5, 147-210; Crawford ch. 1

    Thu, Jan 15 Synopsis, c.400-133 BCE: How to build an empire


    Mellor 233-246; Crawford ch. 4-6; Lintott 12-66

    Tue, Jan 20 The constitutional framework: institutions and process


    Crawford ch. 3, 7, app. 1

    Thu, Jan 22 Governing Rome: oligarchy in action


    Mellor 211-233, then 47-59; handouts
    Tue, Jan 27 Roman militarism: continuous ‘just war’
    Mellor 17-27, 32-47; Crawford app. 2; Hopkins 25-47

    Thu, Jan 29 Roman imperialism: conquest and control


    Mellor 316-331, 344-354; State of the Union Address 2003; handouts

    Tue, Feb 3 Religio: Cult, ideology and symbolic capital


    Handouts

    Thu, Feb 5 Social and economic change


    Crawford ch. 9; Hopkins 8-25, 48-74, 99-132

    Tue, Feb 10 Synopsis, 133-60 BCE: patterns of conflict


    Crawford ch. 10-14; Lintott 67-105
    Midterm assignments due

    Thu, Feb 12 Elite competition: conflicts and constraints


    Mellor 61-75; Plutarch: Marius & Sulla; Cicero 33-70 & 215-278

    Tue, Feb 17 Discussion: The ‘Catilinarian Conspiracy’


    Mellor 77-111; Cicero 71-145

    Thu, Feb 19 Mass and elite: How did Roman politics really work?
    Handouts (Commentariolum Petitionis)

    Tue, Feb 24 The Roman household: family, gender and law


    Mellor 331-339; handouts
    Paper outlines due

    Thu, Feb 26 Aristocratic and popular culture


    Hopkins 74-96; Cicero 146-164

    Tue, Mar 2 Invisible empire? – Rome outside Rome


    Paper bibliographies due

    Thu, Mar 4 The monarchical alternative: Caesar


    Mellor 114-139; Crawford ch. 15; Lintott 106-111; Plutarch: Pompey &
    Caesar; Cicero 279-294

    Tue, Mar 9 From republic to monarchy


    Cicero 295-318

    Thu, Mar 11 Why did the republican system fail (and the empire survive)?
    Research papers due
    Course requirements

    1. Research paper
    The research paper counts for 50% of the final grade (if you take this class for 5 units) or for two-thirds
    of the final grade (if you take this class for 3 or 4 units), and deals with a topic of your choice, provided
    that it relates to an aspect of Roman history prior to 30 BCE. We will be happy to advise you on the
    choice of topic and relevant bibliography. Topics should be problem-driven rather than descriptive
    summaries (i.e., focus on ‘how’ and ‘why’ rather than ‘what’ and ‘when’). The paper will consist of
    4,000 to 5,000 words of text (excluding the bibliography). Your arguments should ideally be based on
    your own interpretation of ancient primary sources and take account of divergent views in the
    secondary literature.
    One-page abstracts outlining the general topic and the specific problems and issues to be addressed in
    the paper must be submitted by Tuesday February 24. Bibliographies of at least five items (including
    both books and journal articles or chapters in edited volumes) that will be used in the paper must be
    submitted by Tuesday March 2. The paper itself is due on Thursday March 11. All deadlines are final,
    and no extensions will be granted except in properly documented cases of illness and other
    emergencies. Papers submitted at a later date will drop one grade and continue to drop a further grade
    every two weekdays thereafter.

    2. Midterm assignment
    The midterm assignment counts for one-third of the final grade (for 3, 4 or 5 units). The mid-term
    paper should be c.2,000 words and address the question, ‘How democratic was the Roman Republic?’
    The midterm assignment is due on Tuesday February 10. The same penalties for late submissions
    apply.

    3. Class participation
    If you take this class for 5 units, you will prepare a critical written report on the readings for one of the
    sessions (c.1,000 words). This report must be handed in prior to that session and counts for one-sixth of
    the final grade.

    4. Sections
    Supplementary sections will be offered in the afternoon before and after the mid-term paper and before
    the final paper. They are designed to help you prepare your papers.
    General bibliography

    General outlines of Roman Republican history and culture:


    • M. Crawford, The Roman Republic (2nd ed. Harvard University Press, 1993) [set text]
    • P. A. Brunt, Social Conflicts in the Roman Republic (Chatto & Windus, 1971, repr. 1986) [currently out of
    print]
    • H. H. Scullard, History of the Roman World, 753-146 (4th ed. Routledge, 1991); From the Gracchi to Nero
    (5th ed. Routledge, 1990) [detailed but old-fashioned accounts]
    • J. Boardman et al. (eds.), The Oxford History of the Roman World (Oxford University Press, 1986)
    [Republican period: pp. 13-142]

    Sourcebooks:
    • R. Mellor, The Historians of Ancient Rome: An Anthology of the Major Writings (Routledge, 1998) [set text;
    Republican period: pp. 15-354]
    • N. Lewis & M. Reinhold, Roman Civilization, I: The Republic and the Augustan Age (3rd ed. Columbia
    University Press, 1990)

    Recommended ancient authors (Penguin Classics):


    • Livy, The Early History of Rome
    • Plutarch, The Makers of Rome
    • Polybius, The Rise of the Roman Empire
    • Livy, The War with Hannibal
    • Plutarch, Fall of the Roman Republic
    • Cicero, Selected Political Speeches
    • Cicero, Selected Letters
    • Appian, The Civil Wars
    • Caesar, The Conquest of Gaul
    • Caesar, The Civil War

    General reference:
    • R. Talbert, Atlas of classical history (Routledge, 1985)
    • The Oxford Classical Dictionary, 3rd ed. (Oxford University Press, 1996)

    Heavy-duty scholarship: for detailed discussion of the entire period and further bibliography, see The Cambridge
    Ancient History 2nd ed. vols. VII 2, VIII, IX (Cambridge University Press, 1989-1994)

    Links to relevant websites: www.tlg.uci.edu/~tlg/index/about.html

    T. J. Cornell, The Beginnings of Rome: Italy and Rome from the Bronze Age to the Punic Wars (c. 1000-264 BC)
    (1995)
    C. J. Smith, Early Rome and Latium: Economy and Society, c. 1000 to 500 BC (1995)
    M. Pallottino, A History of Earliest Italy (1991)
    M. Pallottino, The Etruscans (1975)
    J. Boardman, The Greeks Overseas (1980)

    Scullard, History of the Roman World [see above]


    J. Heurgon, The Rise of Rome (1973)
    A. Lintott, The Constitution of the Roman Republic (1999)
    M. I. Finley, Politics in the Ancient World (1983)
    E. S. Staveley, Greek and Roman Voting and Elections (1972)

    W. V. Harris, War and Imperialism in Republican Rome 327-70 B.C. (1979)


    F. E. Adcock, The Roman Art of War under the Republic (1963)

    J.-M. David, The Roman Conquest of Italy (1997)


    E. T. Salmon, Roman Colonisation (1969)
    T. W. Potter, Roman Italy (1987)
    E. S. Gruen, The Hellenistic World and the Coming of Rome (1984)

    M. Beard, J. North & S. Price, Roman Religion, I: A History; II: A Sourcebook (1998)

    K. Hopkins, Conquerors and Slaves (1978)


    P. A. Brunt, Italian Manpower 225 B.C. – A.D. 14 (1971, rev. ed. 1987)
    J. K. Evans, War, Women and Children in Republican Rome (1991)
    E. Gabba, Republican Rome: The Army and the Allies (1977)
    M. H. Crawford, Coinage and Money under the Roman Republic: Italy and the Mediterranean Economy (1985)
    K. R. Bradley, Slavery and Rebellion in the Roman World 140 B.C. – 70 B.C. (1989)

    M. Beard & M. Crawford, Rome in the Late Republic (1985)


    E. S. Gruen, The Last Generation of the Roman Republic (1974)

    D. L. Stockton, The Gracchi (1979)


    E. Badian, Sulla, the Deadly Reformer (1970)
    E. Badian, Roman Imperialism in the Late Republic (1968)
    R. Seager, Pompey: A Political Biography (1969)
    D. L. Stockton, Cicero: A Political Biography (1971)

    H. Mouritsen, Plebs and Politics in Late Republican Rome (2002)


    A. Yakobson, Elections and Electioneering in Rome: A Study in the Political System of the Late Republic (1999)
    F. Millar, The Crowd in Rome in the Late Republic (1998)
    C. Nicolet, The World of the Citizen in Republican Rome (1980)
    A. Lintott, Violence in Republican Rome (1968)

    E. J. Kenney and W. V. Clausen (eds.), The Cambridge History of Classical Literature II: Latin Literature
    (1982), ch. 3-14
    E. Rawson, Intellectual Life in the Late Roman Republic (1985)

    J. F. Gardner & T. Wiedemann, The Roman Household: A Sourcebook (1991)


    S. Dixon, The Roman Family (1992)
    J. F. Gardner, Women in Roman Law and Society (1986)
    T. G. Parkin, Demography and Roman Society (1992)

    C. Meier, Caesar (1996)

    R. Syme, The Roman Revolution (1939)


    P. A. Brunt, The Fall of the Roman Republic (1988)
    D. Shotter, The Fall of the Roman Republic (1994)

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