| 1 |
Introduction: Augustus, Authorship, and Authority |
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| 2 |
Myths of Origin |
Reader response 1 |
| 3 |
Birth of a Nation: Gender and History |
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| 4 |
Repetition and Difference: The Patterns of History |
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| 5 |
Roman Institutions |
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| 6 |
Warfare Public and Private |
Reader response 2 |
| 7 |
The Functioning of Political Propaganda |
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| 8 |
The Waning Days of the Republic |
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| 9 |
The Tradition of Public and Political Oratory |
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| 10 |
Actium and its Aftermath |
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| 11 |
From Republic to Empire |
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| 12 |
Independent Research Project Presentations |
Oral reports |
| 13 |
Strategies of Accommodation |
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| 14 |
Resignation and Withdrawal |
Research project write-up due |
| 15 |
Repetition and Reversal |
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| 16 |
The Politics of Pastoral |
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| 17 |
The Golden Age of Rome |
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| 18 |
The Wayward Hero |
Reader response 3 |
| 19 |
Epics of Empire |
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| 20 |
Reconstituting the Nation |
Quiz |
| 21 |
Organizing Desires: Fathers of the Fatherland |
First draft of final paper due |
| 22 |
Love Casuistry: Rhetoric, Deceit, and Desire |
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| 23 |
Translations of Empire |
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| 24 |
Rhetoric and Regret |
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| 25 |
Art and Emotion |
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| 26 |
The Empire Reconsidered |
Final paper due |
