COR 046H: Ancient Rome in Film, Fiction, Fact
Schedule of Topics and Assignments, Part II

VII. The Career and Character of Julius Caesar (read George Bernard Shaw's play Caesar and Cleopatra: A History). October 22-29

• Course pages:
  • Julius Caesar: Historical Background (including sub-pages on the Rubicon and modern assessments of Caesar)
• External Links:
  • The Roman Revolution (Ellis L. Knox, Boise State University)
  • Pompey, Crassus, Caesar (David L. Silverman, Reed College)
  • Life of Julius Caesar by Plutarch (translated by John Dryden)
  • Gaius Julius Caesar (100-44 BCE), by Michael Akinde
  • Biographical sketch of Julius Caesar, by Jona Lendering
  • Life of Marcus Brutus by Plutarch--excerpt describing Caesar's assassination (translated by John Dryden)
  • "Relative Deprivation and the Ides of March: Motive for Murder." Rudolph H. Storch. Ancient History Bulletin 9.1 (1995): 45-52

VIII. Antony, Octavian, and Cleopatra: the end of the Roman Republic (see film Cleopatra). October 29-November 5

• Course Pages:
  • Antony, Octavian, and Cleopatra: The End of the Republic
• External Links:
  • Life of Antony by Plutarch (translated by John Dryden)
  • Octavian and Antony: The Rise of Augustus (John Porter, University of Saskatchewan)
  • Caesar, Cleopatra, and Marcus Antonius: The Transition to a Greco-Roman (Roman Imperial) Egypt (page of links)
  • Cleopatra VII: Ptolemaic Dynasty
  • "Cleopatra's City Rises from Harbour Floor" (London Times 1 November 1997); includes map of Alexandria harbor
  • Cleopatra Home Page (History in Film)

IX. Roman Clothing (These Were the Romans, chapter 14). November 10-12

• Course Pages:
  • Roman Clothing I: clothing and status, production and cleaning, undergarments, footwear, men's clothing (including sub-pages on spinning and weaving and fullers)
  • Roman Clothing II: women's clothing, hairstyles, and jewelry (including sub-pages on Flavian hairstyles and mummy portraits)
• External Links:
  • Slide show featuring modern reproductions of ancient Roman clothing (Diotima)
• Assignment (due November 17): Submit a list of 10 objective questions with answers (true and false or multiple choice) covering the most important aspects of the unit on Roman clothing; these will also contribute to our library of questions for the Roman Pursuit game in the VRoma MOO. These questions should be prepared individually, not in groups; they should be emailed to me before class on November 17. On November 17, the class will take a brief objective quiz on the same topic.

X. Augustus and Tiberius: the beginnings of the Roman Empire. Begin reading I, Claudius). November 17-24

• Course Pages:
  • Augustus and Tiberius: Historical Background (including sub-pages on the problem of Augustan succession with accompanying slide show, Augustus, the principate and propaganda, Livia, and Tiberius on Capri)
• External Links--Primary Sources:
  • "The Deeds of the Divine Augustus" by Augustus ( English translation of Res Gestae Divi Augusti)
  • The Annals by Publius Cornelius Tacitus (translated by Alfred John Church and William Jackson Brodribb)
  • Octavian/Augustus: Select Testimonia (John Porter, University of Saskatchewan)
  • Suetonius, "Divus Augustus" (an outline by John Paul Adams)
• External Links--Secondary Sources:
  • De Imperatoribus Romanis: Augustus (biography by Nina C. Coppolino)
  • Augustus: Images of Power (Mark Morford, University of Virginia)
  • Caesar Augustus: An Annotated Guide to Online Resources (David Wilson-Okamura)
  • The Riley Collection: Augustus
  • Augustus and the Principate (John Porter, University of Saskatchewan)
  • The Personae of Augustus (John Paul Adams)
  • Building Projects in Rome in Augustus' time (John Paul Adams)
  • The Mausoleum of Augustus and the Res Gestae (John Paul Adams)
  • De Imperatoribus Romanis: Tiberius (biography by Garrett G. Fagan)
  • Ænigmates Tiberii: Enigmas of Tiberius (answers to certain puzzling questions supposedly posed by Tiberius, by Horace W. LaBadie, Jr.)
  • "The Deification of Roman Women" by Marleen B. Flory (Ancient History Bulletin 9.3-4 (1995) 127-134)
  • Prima Porta: Villa of Livia
• External Links--Pages related to I, Claudius:
  • Roman Civilization Course page with links to worksheets for each episode of I, Claudius
  • I, Claudius Home Page (History in Film Series)
  • I, Claudius (this site has not been updated in a long time, but has some good shots from the video)
  • I, Claudius rock group (yes, they named themselves after the novel)

SCHEDULE OF LAB SESSIONS:

7. Creating basic web pages using HTML; content of pages will deal with accuracy of Caesar and Cleopatra (October 27)
   • HTML Made Really Easy
   • HTML Primer
   • A Beginner's Guide to HTML
   • Building a Basic Home Page for the World Wide Web
8. Continuation of web authoring using HTML; content of pages will deal with accuracy of portrayals of Julius Caesar and Cleopatra in the play Caesar and Cleopatra and the film Cleopatra (November 3)
9. Continuation of web authoring using HTML (November 10)
10. MOO groups begin construction of Roman Pursuit game by constructing rooms on the theme of Roman clothing; these will provide the setting for posting questions and tasks related to this topic. These rooms will incorporate html documents and links created using the MOO Object Editor (November 17)
11. Introduction to HoTMetaL Pro 5.0 web editing software; students will create tables and more sophisticated layout designs for their Caesar and Cleopatra web pages (November 24). Below are some of the pages produced by students in the class:
    • Katie Donovan (Katia)
    • Tamesha Hayle (Africana)
    • Anne Houle (Aurelia)
    • Faith Racette (Faithia)

Schedule continues on Topics and Assignments Part III.

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