C102:Roman Culture
Meets Tuesday/Thursday 1:00-2:15 in BH 310

How did a small settlement on a hill near a river give rise to the
nation strong enough to last for a thousand years, to dominate the
Mediterranean world for half that time, and to influence the
directions of Western culture for twice a thousand? This course will
make use of archaeological, literary and historical resources to study
the origins and alterations of Roman social and cultural institutions
with particular attention to the ways in which the Romans perceived
and explained themselves.

As a special feature of this semester's class, students will be
expected to give attention to objects in the IU Art Museum's
Exhibition, The Spindle and the Shrine: Daily Life of Women in
Classical Times.  Assignments  will involve weekly reading selections
as background for class presentations. Many images will be available
on a class web-site. Occasional short written assignments will be
given as well as three quizzes. Two will be take place during class
periods and will require answers in short essay form; the third will
take place during final exam period and will be machine gradable.

Books:

Ramage and Ramage, Roman Art, second edition
K. Atchity, ed.  The Classical Roman Reader
B. Radice, trans. Letters of the Younger Pliny
T.J. Luce, trans. Livy: The Rise of Rome (Books 1-5)
Niall Rudd, trans. Juvenal: The Satires
Adkins and Adkins, Handbook to Life in Ancient Rome