January
14     General Introduction
            Background Info:
            The Roman Monarchy

16     Background Info:
        The Roman Republic

21     Augustus and the Imperial Ideal
        Tacitus:Annals pp. 31-42

23     The Road to Nero:  Tiberius
         Tacitus:Annals pp. 157-97

28     The Road to Nero:   Caligula
         Suetonius: Life of Gaius Caligula http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/suetonius-caligula.html

30     The Road to Nero:  Claudius
         Tacitus: Annals pp. 230-83

February
4       Nero
         Tacitus: Annals pp. 284-319

6       Nero
         Tacitus: Annals pp. 320-44; 360-81

11     Nero
        Tacitus: Annals pp. 382-97

13     The Neronian Stage
        Anonymous: Octavia

18 NO CLASS

20     The Neronian Stage
         Seneca: The Trojan Women

25     The Neronian Stage
         Seneca: The Trojan Women

27     The Neronian Stage
CLASS CANCELLED 2/27
         Seneca:  Phaedra

March
4       The Neronian Stage
         Seneca: Phaedra

6      MIDTERM EXAM

11-13 SPRING BREAK

18     Juvenal and Roman Satire
        Juvenal: Satire
     Pliny:  1.13  (Web)
     Martial:  3.44 (Web)

20     Petronius and the Satyricon
        Petronius: Satyricon pp. 21-57
        Juvenal: Satire 2

 25     Petronius
         Petronius: Satyricon pp. 57-84
     Pliny:  (Web)
         Martial—SORRY, NO LINK FOR THIS ONE
         Apicius:  (I'll READ THIS ONE TO YOU IN CLASS)

 27     Petronius
         Petronius:  Satyricon pp. 84-128
         Juvenal:  Satire 5

April
1       Petronius
        Petronius: Satyricon pp. 128-165 (skip 129-140)
        Pliny:  (Web)  SORRY, NO LINK FOR THIS ONE (I'M NOT HAVING MUCH LUCK WITH LINKS LATELY)

3     Juvenal
       Juvenal:  Satire 3

8     Juvenal
       Juvenal: Satire 6
       Martial:  (Web)
       Pliny:  (Web)

10    Life in the Provinces
       Apuleius: Golden Ass pp. 1-57

15    Life in the Provinces
       Apuleius: Golden Ass pp. 58-99

17    Life in the Provinces
       Apuleius: Golden Ass pp. 100-147 (bottom of page)

22    Life in the Provinces
       Apuleius:  Golden Ass pp. 147-190

24    Life in the Provinces
       Apuleius: Golden Ass pp. 191-240

29    More Religious Change
       New Testament (Web)
       Pliny:  10.96 & 97 (Web)

May
3      Planting the Seeds of the Middle Ages

6      Conclusion

8      FINAL EXAM (8 a.m.-11a.m.)