HISTORY V101
Section 002
Dr. Powers
Fall, 2008
COURSE OUTLINE
V THE ROMAN WORLD
A.
The Influence of Geography
B.
Early Development [See “Stages of Roman History” Power Point
Outline]
1.
Greeks, Italians, and Etruscans
2.
The Legend of
3.
The Importance of Myths and
Heroes
a.
Livy's stories, lessons &
values [See Online Reading #8]
b.
Cincinnatus
c.
Horatius
d.
Lucretia
e.
“Mythic images to reinforce Roman
patriotism”
C.
The
1.
Political Institutions [See Online reading #7]
a.
Imperium
b.
Consuls and other magistrates
c.
The Senate
d.
Tribunes
e.
Assemblies
1)
Centuriate
assembly
2)
Council of Plebs
f.
Dictator
2. Political evolution
a.
Patricians and Plebeians
b.
The Struggle of the Orders (see p. 120 of Spielvogel)
3.
The Expansion of Roman Rule
a.
1) (see chart on p. 120 of Spielvogel)
2)
The Roman confederation
3)
Colonies and roads
b.
The Punic Wars (see chart on p. 124 of Spielvogel)
1)
2)
Hamilcar
Barca
3)
4)
5)
Scipio Africanus
6)
c.
The Macedonian Wars
d.
The Seleucids and the Syrian War
4.
Republican Society and Culture
5.
The Family
a.
Gentes
b.
Paterfamilias
c.
Clientage
d.
The role of the family in Roman
society and culture
e.
Women and marriage
1)
Marriage cum manu
2)
Marriage sine manu
3)
Increasingly easier divorce over
time
6.
Greek influence
a.
Through Etruscans
b.
Through
c.
Through conquests in the East
d.
“Captive
7.
Religion
a.
Importance of ritual
b.
Augurs and auspices
c.
Pontiffs and Pontifex Maximus
d.
Hearth, field, and family cults
e.
Amalgamation with Greek religion
and myths
f.
A wide degree of tolerance
8.
Education
9.
Slavery and its influence
10. Law
a.
“One of
b.
Twelve Tables
c.
Ius civile
d.
Ius gentium
e.
Ius naturale
11. Literature
and Art
a.
Drama -- Terence and Plautus
b.
Cato and prose works of practical
value
c.
Influence of Stoicism
d.
Architecture
e.
Copying Greek sculpture and
styles
12. The
Values crisis
a.
Declining attachment to pietas
b.
Growth of materialism
c.
Cato the Elder
d.
Hellenization
and its divisive effects
e.
Scipio Aemilianus
D.
The "Roman Revolution" (p. 142 of Spielvogel)
1.
The Destabilizing Effects of
Imperialism
a.
Hellenization
and syncretism of values
b.
Militarization of society and
citizens
c.
Displacement of the small farmers
1)
rise of the latifundia
2)
the proletariat
d.
Lionization of military leaders
e.
How to govern an empire with a
political system designed for a city republic.
2.
The Growing Power of the Senate
3.
Nobiles, optimates, populares, equites,
4.
The Gracchi
a.
Tiberius
b.
Gaius
5.
Marius
6.
Sulla
a.
The Italian War ("Social
War"
b.
Extension of Citizenship
c.
The Civil War
d.
Terror, proscription, and dictatorship
7.
Crassus, Pompey, Cicero, Caesar
8.
The First Triumvirate
9.
The Rule of Julius Caesar
a.
Crossing the Rubicon
b.
c.
Elections continue, but under his
control
d.
Packing the Senate
e.
Reform of the calendar
f.
Dictator for life
g.
Colonizations
h.
The assassination and the war
10. The
Second Triumvirate
a.
Marcus Lepidus, Octavian, and
Mark Anthony
b.
Octavian vs. Anthony and
Cleopatra
c.
11. Octavian
in Power
12. The
Age of Augustus
a.
The new political structure
1)
Maius imperium
2)
The powers of a tribune
3)
Pontifex Maximus
4)
Princeps
b.
The army
1)
Legions
2)
Auxiliaries
3)
The Praetorian Guard
4)
An agent of Romanization
5)
An avenue of upward mobility
c.
The administration of the empire
d.
Social legislation
1)
Classes
a)
Senatorial
b)
Equestrian
c)
Lower
2)
“Bread and Circuses”
3)
Restoration of traditional
religion
4)
Sumptuary, sexual, and marital
laws
e.
The imperial cult
f.
Art and literature
1)
Catullus
2)
Lucretius
3)
4)
Sallust
5)
Caesar
6)
Horace
7)
Virgil
8)
Ovid
9)
Livy
g.
Expansion of the Empire and the
E.
The Early Empire (See chart on p. 156 of Spielvogel)
1.
Pax Romana
2.
The Julio-Claudians
3.
Nero and the Year of Four
Emperors
4.
Vespasian and the Flavians
5.
The Five Good Emperors
6.
The Army and the Provinces
a.
Role of the Praetorian Guard
b.
Army as an agent of Romanization
c.
Increasing power of provincial
elites
d.
Army becomes less
"Roman"
7.
Life in Early Imperial
a.
The importance of cities
1)
Centers of Roman culture
2)
The power of urban elites
b.
Architecture and Engineering
c.
the "Silver Age" of
literature
1)
Seneca
2)
Petronius and the Satyricon
3)
Tacitus
4)
Juvenal
d.
More "Bread and
Circuses"
e.
Growth of manufacturing
f.
Widespread trade and prosperity