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For 10/5-7 |
Assignment 5
Remember to "REFRESH."
Rome pt. 2: The Republicans
Cincinatus
in Cincinati, Ohio.
Notice
the fasces in both of these
depictions.
For Monday:
Read Davies: pp. 153-174
Read over this outline of Republican
Government: Roman
Government
Pay
special attention to the role of dictator and consul. This will help you better understand the next reading.
Read: Livy on Cincinatus [The Roman
George Washington]: Livy-III-26-29-Cincinatus Refer to the Roman Government [above]
reading so that you can understand what it means to be made a dictator. Cincinatus was the ideal Roman
Republican. He was called upon to
serve as dictator. He accomplished
the task at hand. He retired back
to his farm. He didn't seek glory,
wealth, more power, or favors for his family. He served Rome.
Period. [...at least that
is the story.]
Read over either male of female
Roman clothing: Male Female
Read: Harris- Pirates of the
Mediterranean- Terror in 68 BC
For Wednesday:
Read Davies pp. 174-192.
Read about Hannibal and the 2nd
Punic War. Hannibal.htm Look closely at the battle
tactics.
Read this: Chariot Racing
Read pp. 3 -15, the section by
Plutarch (ca. 46-120 AD) titled ÒOn Eating Flesh.Ó Plutarch-Morals-Flesh_and_Moon-2.7.pdf
(PDF-pages15-28) Here is an essay on meat and the boundaries of the human
diet that is quite similar to arguments for vegetarianism you might hear
now-a-days. Notice the type of world he describes back in the old
days. There is much more information in this reading than just trivia
about food.
[Optional: Oct._4,_2009-Burger_Maddness-NYTimes-
Moss-"E. Coli Path Shows Flaws in Beef Inspection." So you want to eat cheap ground beef?]
Write: "Essay": Due
Wednesday. Remember, I want you to have done 3 assignments by Week 7
(10/21/2009). Write a 1-page (or more), single-spaced essay (or the equivalent
in another medium) that engages the assigned readings for this week. You could focus on a particular issue
from one of the readings that interests you or you could take a broader
approach and synthesize all the readings into one essay. I'm impressed when you
can refer to readings from previous weeks and I am impressed when you can
incorporate the optional readings that I post. Remember to cite sources including a reference to the
reading itself.
Ideas:
Look into Roman republicanism and compare it to our government. Compare Cincinatus to a modern
hero. Look further into Roman
clothing. Look into textiles and
leathers and other crafts. Critically
analyse the Harris article. Is it
really terrorism as we define today?
Find modern examples of Hannibal's military tactics. Compare meat eating then to now. Here is an article from this weekend on
meat that might be used as ammunition for Plutarch's arguments: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/04/health/04meat.html. The Davies readings cover all sorts of
things that could be expanded into an essay or project. Show me how you think. Show me what you think. Don't bore me.
Optional:
I'll be talking about this map
either this week or next week.
Feel free to look over these notes and the map itself. It's quite interesting.
PeutingerMapLectureNotes.htm
(This is a link to information on AgrippaÕs or PeutingerÕs Map.)
You all can
figure out the citations for this week.
I'm tired of doing it.
The
coins below were both issued in 54 BC by M.
Junius Brutus, the one who helped kill Caesar. He claimed to be somehow related to the original Republican
Brutus, Lucius
Junius Brutus, the man who overthrew the kings back in 509 BC. The fate of the 1st century BC Brutus,
or so the story suggests, was once again to overthrow the monarchy, this time
in the form of Julius Caesar.
It
was generally considered in poor taste to issue coins with pictures of yourself
on them, so it was awfully convenient that in this example that both men were
named Brutus and both were republicans.
I cannot imagine that this not-so-subtle allusion was lost on those who
saw these coins. Emperors would
generally issue coins with the heads of the previous emperors on them. [I guess you could call this humility.]
This
coin depicts Lucius
Junius Brutus the original Republican.
Lucius
Junius Brutus with
lictors carrying fasces.
This
coin was issued by the Issued 54 BC.
Here is an illustration
showing how coins were struck in Roman times.
If your aim wasn't perfect,
the coin image would be off-center as is evident in the coins shown above.
The seated man uses tongs to hold the punch die over
the anvil die, with the metal flan [blank coin] between them. The standing man
strikes the ensemble with a hammer.
London, Museum of London. Credits:
Barbara McManus, 2008. [I imagine the
hammer was significantly bigger than the one shown. Even gold is pretty hard stuff.]
Interesting review of a new
graphic novel about the history of mathematics: Logicomix
Lucy has been undercut: 4.4 vs.
3.2 million years old. Wilford-Fossil
Skeleton From Africa Predates Lucy
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email – HHS123F09@mifami.org
Excellent detailed photos of the Ara Pacis.
Special Presentations by ....
Patrick Rutz on Ancient musical issues.
and
Mike Olohan [I think it's Olohan... it might be Smith... You know who you are] on Roman roads, bridges, and machines... or whatever he thinks looks good.
RomanRoad_Bridge_Machines-Bibliography.htm
Exam Review Materials
10/17/09
Roman_Republic_Empire_map-Animated.gif
and
HHS123-RomanEmpire,Pompeii-5MB.pdf
– this covers Aeneas to Late Empire... it is woefully incomlete.