UPDATED:Full Calendar for November

WEEK NINE

Tuesday, Nov. 1 - The Rise of Rome

• Hunt, chapter 4

Thursday, Nov. 3 - DISCUSSION & ESSAY: "The Achievements of Augustus"

• Hunt, pp. 171-195;
• Weisner, "The Achievements of Augustus"
• Turn in at classtime essay addressing the following questions: "How did Augustus transform the Roman republic into an empire? Why was he successful where Julius Caesar had not been?"

WEEK TEN

Tuesday, Nov. 8 - The Fate of the Empire

• Hunt, pp. 204-221

Thursday, Nov. 10 - DISCUSSION: A new religion...

• Dixon, "Roman Marriage," in Social Dimension
• Scobie, "Slums, Sanitation & Morality," in Social Dimension
• Pagels, "God the Father/God the Mother," in Social Dimension
• Hunt, pp. 195-235 & 221-235
• Weisner, "The Development of Orthodoxy"

WEEK ELEVEN

Tuesday, Nov. 15 - Heirs to the Empire: Byzantium & the Germanic Kingdoms

• Hunt, pp. 235-266 & 274-289

Thursday, Nov. 17 - DISCUSSION: Ancient Ethics - Slavery & Suicide

• PAPER DUE TUESDAY, NOV.22!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
• Mendelsohn, "Slavery in the Ancient Near East," in Social Dimension, pp. 16-25
• Weisner, "Philosophy & Faith: The Problem of Ancient Suicide" and "Slave Law in Roman and Germanic Society"

WEEK TWELVE

Tuesday, Nov. 22 - Heirs to the Empire: Islam

• Hunt, pp. 266-274 & 301-306

Thursday, Nov. 24 - NO CLASS... HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!