STUDENTS TAKING ROMAN CULTURE WILL BE EXPOSED TO THE CULTURE, LITERATURE, AND HISTORY
OF THE ROMAN PEOPLE.  THE CLASS BEGINS AT THE CITY'S FOUNDATION (753 BC), MOVES
THROUGH THE HEIGHT OF EMPIRE, AND ENDS AT THE RETIREMENT OF THE LAST EMPEROR OF THE
WEST (476 AD).  LECTURE TOPICS INCLUDE HISTORICAL INTRODUCTIONS TO THE FOUNDATION OF
THE CITY, THE AGE OF THE ROMAN MONARCHY, THE REPUBLIC AND RISE OF JULIUS CAESAR AND
THE FORMATION OF IMPERIAL RULING STRUCTURES.  OTHER LECTURES WILL FOCUS ON LITERARY
AND CULTURAL MATTERS:  ROMAN POETRY, ROMAN EDUCATION, THE ROLE OF SLAVES AND WOMEN,
THE MEANING OF POPULARITY OF MYSTERY CULTS AS WELL AS THE HISTORY OF THE EARLY
CHRISTIAN CHURCH.  THE STUDENTS WILL READ ORIGINAL WORKS IN TRANSLATION AND WILL
ENGAGE IN DISCUSSION ABOUT THE LITERARY MERIT, MEANING, AND IMPORTANCE OF THE
TEXTS.  THE STUDENTS WILL ALSO WRITE PAPERS AND ROUTINELY TAKE EXAMINATIONS.  THE 
COURSE WILL CONSIST OF LECTURES AND CLASS DISCUSSION.  STUDENTS WILL BE GRADED ON
THE STANDARD A TO F GRADING SCALE AND WILL PROVIDE END-OF-COURSE EVALUATIONS ON THE
INSTRUCTION AND COURSE CONTENT FOLLOWING ESTABLISHED CLASSICS DEPARTMENT EVALUATION 
PROCEDURES.

I.  WHO WERE THE ROMANS?
    A.  THE FOUNDATION OF ROME
    B.  THE MONARCHY
    C.  THE OVERTHROW OF THE KINGS AND THE BEGINNING OF THE REPUBLIC
        READING: LIVY'S HISTORY OF ROME

II.  THE ROMAN REPUBLIC:  HISTORY, ARISTOCRACY AND IMPERIALISM
     A.  ROMAN REPUBLICAN GOVERNMENT
     B.  ROMAN IMPERIAL EXPANSION AND CONQUEST
     C.  CIVIL WAR
         READING: SUETONIUS, THE LIVES OF JULIUS CAESAR AND AUGUSTUS

III.  INTRODUCTION TO THE AUGUSTAN AGE
      A.  GOVERNMENTAL STABILITY AND REFORM
      B.  AUGUSTUS' RELIGIOUS AND MORAL REFORMS
      C.  INTELLECTUAL AND ARTISTIC TRENDS OF THE AUGUSTAN AGE
          READING: THE AENEID OF VERGIL

IV.  THE JULIO-CLAUDIAN AGE
     A.  DEVELOPMENTS IN THE IMPERIAL SYSTEM OF GOVERNING
     B.  PUBLIC FORMS OF ENTERTAINMENT
     C.  CLASS STURCTURE (SLAVE, FREED AND FREE)
         READING: SUETONIUS' LIFE OF NERO AND PETRONIUS' SATYRICON

V.  THE SECOND CENTURY
    A.  MYSTERY CULTS
    B.  THE RISE OF CHRISTIANITY
    C.  PERSECUTIONS AND MARTYRDOM ACCOUNTS
        READING: APULEIUS' THE GOLDEN ASS

VI.  THE THIRD AND FOURTH CENTURIES
     A.  COLLAPSE AND RECOVERY
     B.  BUREAUCRACY AND STABILITY
     C.  EDUCATION AND THE PRESERVATION OF ANCIENT TEXTS
         READING: AUGUSTINE'S CONFESSIONS