Prof. N. Rosenstein
236 Dulles Hall
614-292-7645
rosenstein.1@osu.edu
Office Hour: M & W 10:30-11:30

History 503.01
THE ROMAN REPUBLIC
Fall, 2007

This course offers an advanced survey of Roman history during the Republican era, ca.753-44 B.C., from a variety of perspectives: political, social, diplomatic, economic, and intellectual.  In addition, students will be introduced to some of the basic problems which historians of the period are currently attempting to solve as well as to some of the most important hypotheses their work has produced.  In the process, students will become acquainted with certain of the principal research tools and techniques that ancient historians have developed to aid them in their investigations.

The following required books are available for purchase at SBX:

Appian, The Civil Wars, Penguin.  ISBN 9780140445091
Boatwright, Gargola, and Talbert, The Romans, From Village to Empire, Oxford University Press   ISBN: 0195118766
Catullus, The Poems of Catullus, Penguin  ISBN: 9780140449815
Cicero, Selected Political Speeches, Penguin  ISBN: 9780140442144
Livy, The History of Rome, Books 1-5, Hackett  ISBN: 0872207234
Plautus, The Pot of Gold and Other Plays, Penguin  ISBN: 9780140441499
Plutarch, Makers of Rome, Penguin  ISBN: 9780140441581
ibid., The Fall of the Roman Republic, Penguin  ISBN: 9780140449341
Polybius, The Rise of the Roman Empire, Penguin  ISBN: 9780140443622
Sallust, The Jugurthine War and the Conspiracy of Catiline, Penguin  ISBN: 9780140441321

Copies of the assigned readings may also be found on closed reserve at the Thompson (Main) library.

Note that the texts of several of these ancient authors are available online at
http://classics.mit.edu/index.html or at 
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/perscoll?collection=Greco-Roman
I have no objection to students reading the assignments there or to using translations other than those listed above.
Requirements and Grading: Undergraduate students in this course will be required to take two midterms and a final exam, each of which must be completed in order to pass the class.  Graduate students in history may not enroll in this course.  Instead, they must enroll in History 791, which will allow them to attend the lectures but will entail a more rigorous set of assignments.  Graduate students in departments other than history may enroll in this course for credit.  They must take the midterm and final exams but will be graded according to a more rigorous standard.  In addition, they will be expected to write a longer research paper for the course.  An undergraduate’s grade will be determined as follows: the midterm exams will each count for 30 percent of the final grade, and the final exam will count for 40 percent.  Graduate students: midterms 20% each, paper 30%, final 30%.  

Enrollment: All students must be officially enrolled in the course by the end of the second full week of the quarter.  No requests to add the course will be approved by the department chair after than time.  Enrolling officially and on time is solely the responsibility of each student.

Accommodation: Any student with a disability that has been certified by the Office for Disability Services will be appropriately accommodated, and should inform the me as soon as possible of his or her needs.  We will meet privately to discuss the course format, anticipate your needs and explore potential accommodations.  I rely on the Office For Disability Services for assistance in verifying the need for accommodations and developing accommodation strategies.  If you have not previously contacted the Office for Disability Services, I encourage you to do so.  The Office for Disability Services is located in 150 Pomerene Hall, 1760 Neil Avenue; telephone 292-3307, TDD 292-0901; http://www.ods.ohio-state.edu/.

Statement on Academic Misconduct: It should go without saying that all work turned in for the course must be your own.  Passing someone else’s work off as your own constitutes plagiarism.  This or any other form of academic misconduct, such as cheating on exams, will be dealt with through the procedures established by the Committee on Academic Misconduct. For additional information, see the Code of Student
Conduct (http://studentaffairs.osu.edu/resource_csc.asp).

Learning Objectives: By completing the requirements for this course, students will:

1. Acquire a perspective on history and an understanding of the factors that shape human activity. This knowledge will furnish students insights into the origins and nature of contemporary issues and a foundation for future comparative understanding of civilizations.
2. Develop critical thinking through the study of diverse interpretations of historical events.
3. Apply critical thinking through historical analysis of primary and secondary sources.
4. Gain communications skills in exams, papers, discussions.

Website: The website for this course is www.carmen.osu.edu

All lectures copyright © 2007 by Nathan Rosenstein.
Schedule of Lectures

First Week

	September 19: Introduction: Italians, Greeks, and Etruscans 
	
September 21: Earliest Rome
	Reading: 
	Livy, The Early History of Rome, Book I (complete)
	Reading #1 (On Carmen website)
	The Romans, 1-45

Second Week

September 24: From Monarchy to Republic
	Reading: 
	Livy, The Early History of Rome Book II, chs. 1-21    
	Polybius, The Rise of the Roman Empire, Book III, ch. 22
	Handout #2 (On Carmen website)
	The Romans, 48-50

September 26: The Struggle of the Orders 
	Reading: 
	Livy, II 22-32; III 32-59
	Handout #3 (On Carmen website)
	The Romans, 53-57

September 28: The Conquest of Latium
	Reading: 
	Polybius, III 22, 24
	Livy, III 25-29; V
	Handout #4 (On Carmen website)
	The Romans, 58-96

Third Week
	
October 1: First Steps to World Power
	Reading: 
	Polybius, I 1-16, 55-64; III 22-26
	The Romans, 97-111

October 3: The War with Hannibal: Part I
	Reading: 
	Polybius, II 1, 13, 24, 36; III 1-17, 20-21, 27-35, 77-118, VI 58; VII 9; VIII 3-7, 24-34; IX 3-7; X 6-16; XI 1-13
	The Romans, 111-19

	October 5: The War with Hannibal: Conclusion; Rome and the Greeks: Part I
	Reading: 
	Polybius, II 2-12; III 16, 18-19
	The Romans, 127-34

Fourth Week

October 8: Rome and the Greeks: Conclusion 
	Reading: 
	Polybius, XVIII 1-12, 44-46, XXIV 11-13; XXXI 11-15
	Handout #5 (On Carmen website)

October 10: Rome and the Western Mediterranean 
	Reading: 
	Polybius, XXXVI.9
	The Romans, 119-27

October 12: Society and Literature in the Middle Republic 
	Reading: 
	Plautus, The Brothers Menaechmus, The Swaggering Solder, Pseudolus
 
Fifth Week

October 15: Midterm I

October 17:  The Consequences of Empire 
	Reading: 
	Polybius, XXXI.22-30
	Appian, The Civil Wars, I 7-8
	Plutarch, Tiberius Gracchus 8
	The Romans, 136-53 

October 19: The Roman Constitution
	Reading: 
	Polybius, VI 2-18, 43-58

Sixth Week

October 22: Politics at Rome
	Reading: 
	Plutarch, Cato the Elder
	The Romans, 153-56

October 24: Tiberius Gracchus
	Reading: 
	Plutarch, Tiberius Gracchus
	Appian, The Civil Wars, I 7-17
	The Romans, 156-60

October 26:  Caius Gracchus
	Reading: 
	Plutarch, Caius Gracchus
	Appian, The Civil Wars, I 18-27
	The Romans, 160-65

Seventh Week  

October 29: Crisis at the Century’s Close
	Reading: 
	Plutarch, Marius, 1-31.
	Appian, The Civil Wars, I 28-33
	The Romans, 166-79

	October 31: The Alliance Crumbles; The Republic Falters
	Reading:
	Plutarch, Marius, 32-46
	ibid. Sulla, 1-10
	Appian, The Civil Wars, I 34-53
	The Romans, 179-85

November 2: Calamity
	Reading:
	Plutarch, Sulla, 11-37
	Appian, The Civil Wars, I 54-96
	The Romans, 185-204, 213-16
Eighth Week

November 5: Midterm II

November 7: Recovery
	Reading:
	Plutarch, Sulla, 38
	Appian, The Civil Wars, I 97-107
	The Romans, 204-208

November 9: The Ascendency of Pompey
	Reading: 
	Cicero, On the Command of Cnaeus Pompeius
	Plutarch, Pompey, 1-46
	Appian, The Civil Wars, 1 108-II 1
	The Romans, 211-15, 216-19

 Ninth Week

November 12: Veterans Day Celebrated: No Class

November 14: Catiline and Cicero
	Reading: 
	Cicero, “Against Catiline” I, II, IV
	Sallust, The Conspiracy of Catiline
	The Romans, 219-23	

November 16: The First Triumvirate
	Reading: 
	Plutarch, Pompey, 47-53; Caesar, 1-21
	Appian, The Civil Wars, II 8-17
	The Romans, 225-36

Tenth Week

November 19: Literature in the Late Republic
	Reading: 
	Plutarch, Cicero
	Catullus, The Poems of Catullus, nos. 1-62, 83, 85-86, 93

November 21: Review

November 22-23: Thanksgiving Break: No Class

Eleventh Week

November 26: The Shadow of Civil War
		Reading:
	Cicero, In Defense of Titus Annius Milo
	Plutarch, Pompey, 54-59, Caesar, 22-32
	Appian, The Civil Wars, II 18-33
	The Romans, 236-51

November 28: Caesar the Dictator
	Reading: 
	Cicero, In Support of Marcus Claudius Marcellus
	Plutarch, Pompey, 60-80; Caesar, 32-69
	Appian, The Civil Wars, II 101-118
	The Romans, 251-65

November 30: The Fall of the Roman Republic?

Final Exam: Wednesday, December 5, 11:30AM-1:18 PM