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History 106B The Roman Empire

01:00-2:00 PM | 145 Dwinelle
Instructor Isabelle Pafford

History 106B - Spring 2008 - A history of Rome from Augustus to Constantine. The course surveys the struggles between the Roman emperors and the senatorial class, the relationship between civil and military government, the emergence of Christianity, and Roman literature as a reflection of social and intellectual life.


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Lecture Archive
Wed 1/23 Course Overview
Fri 1/25 The Mediterranean World in the 1st. c. B.C.
Mon 1/28 The Late Republic: Political and Social Systems
Wed 1/30 Caesar and the Civil War
Fri 2/1 The Death of Caesar
Mon 2/4 Second Triumvirate and Cleopatra
Wed 2/6 The Reign of Augustus to 23 B.C. The Beginnings
Fri 2/8 Augustus to 19 B.C. Organizing the Provinces, Reorganizing the Army
Mon 2/11 Augustus to A.D. 13. Foundations of an Imperial Image.
Wed 2/13 Tiberius: Roman Religion and Veneration of Augustus
Fri 2/15 The Reign of Tiberius
Mon 2/18 Presidents Day
Wed 2/20 Is the Emperor a God, or Does he Just Think he is?
Fri 2/22 Gaius to Claudius: Functional and Dysfunctional Families.
Mon 2/25 Claudius
Wed 2/27 Agrippina and Nero
Fri 2/29 Seven Habits of a highly ineffective emperor
Mon 3/3 The Year of the Four Emperors (audio buzz through lecture)
Wed 3/5 Vespasian
Fri 3/7 Titus
Mon 3/10 Roman Religion
Wed 3/12 Domitian: How to Lose Friends and Alienate the Senate.
Fri 3/14 Domitian - Early Persecution of the Christians.
Mon 3/17 The Roman City in the 1st. c. A.D.
Wed 3/19 Review
Fri 3/21 Midterm
Mon 3/24 History 106B - Lecture 27 - Spring Break
Wed 3/26 History 106B - Lecture 28 - Spring Break
Fri 3/28 History 106B - Lecture 29 - Spring Break
Mon 3/31 The Five Good Emperors, Part I: Nerva and Trajan
Wed 4/2 Slavery in the Roman Empire.
Fri 4/4 The Five Good Emperors, Part II Hadrian, Antoninus Pius and Marcus Aurelius
Mon 4/7 The Status of Women in the Roman Empire
Wed 4/9 Commodus
Fri 4/11 The Severines Part I: Septimius Severus to Caracalla
Mon 4/14 Severines Part II: Syrian Queens to the Rescue!
Wed 4/16 Art and Architecture in the High Roman Empire
Fri 4/18 The Third Century Crisis
Mon 4/21 Inflation and Other Interesting Topics
Wed 4/23 The Reign of Diocletian - Political Issues
Fri 4/25 The Reign of Diocletian - Economic and Social Issues
Mon 4/28 Christianity
Wed 4/30 The Early Reign of Constantine
Fri 5/2 The Later Reign of Constantine and the Founding of Constantinople
Mon 5/5 Constantius II and Constans: A Scramble for Power
Wed 5/7 Julian the Apostate
Fri 5/9 Division of East and West
Mon 5/12 Review for Final