THE ROMAN EMPIRE
Fall 2011, MWF 10:00-11:50pm
MCOL E155
Noel Lenski
lenski@colorado.edu


Tabula Peutingeriana (copy of a 4th/5th-C map) showing the Dalmatian coast,
Adriatic Sea, southern Italy, Sicily, and the African Mediterranean coast

Syllabus

Map Quiz Preparation Guide

Map Quiz Maps

Facebook Assignment

Midterm Preparation Guide (for Oct. 10, 2011)

Eight-page Paper Assignment (for Nov. 4, 2011)

Final Exam Preparation Guide (December 10, 2011)

Roman Emperors Extra Credit

Lectures
Lecture 1.  Why Rome? Lecture 15. Slaves and Slavery
Lecture 2.  Rise and Fall of Roman Republic Lecture 16.  Rural Life, Urban Life
Lecture 3.  Rise of Augustus Lecture 17.  Study in Contrasts: Aristocrats and Freedmen
Lecture 4.  Customs of Our Ancestors Lecture 18.  Pax Deorum: Religion and Belief
Lecture 5.  Empire Without End Lecture 19.  Bread and Circuses: Spectacle and Festival
Lecture 6.  The Golden Age Lecture 20.  True Story of the Roman Arena CANCELLED
Lecture 7.  Julio-Claudians Lecture 21.  The Crisis of the Third Century
Lecture 8.  Flavians Lecture 22.  The New Empire of Diocletian
Lecture 9.  The Five Good Emperors Lecture 23.  Constantine and Christianization
Lecture 10.  The Severan Empire Lecture 24.  Emperors and Frontiers
Lecture 11.  The Emperor at Work Lecture 25. The Empire Unwinds, the Empire Survives
Lecture 12Pax Romana:  The Provinces Lecture 26.  Women and Family in Late Antiquity
Lecture 13.  War Machine: Roman Imperial Army Lecture 27.  Barbarians
Lecture 14. Women and Family in the High Empire Lecture 28. Epilogue:  Roma Aeterna

Reading Guides
Reading Guide 1. Res Gestae Reading Guide 8. Satire and the City: CANCELLED
Reading Guide 2. Augustan Poetry and Propaganda Reading Guide 9. The Cults of Isis and Mithras: Universal Religions?
Reading Guide 3.  Nero, Maniac or Genius? Reading Guide 10. Attitudes to Spectacle
Reading Guide 4. Life of Hadrian Reading Guide 11. Chaos and Transformation in the Third Century
Reading Guide 5. Pliny and Trajan Reading Guide 12. Martyrdom and Persecution
Reading Guide 6. Apuleius and the World of the Golden Ass Reading Guide 13The Life of Constantine: Biography or Propaganda
Reading Guide 7. Women and Society, Women and Power Reading Guide 14. Rome and the Germans