Basic Course Materials: History 490, Classical Antiquity Independent Study

Office Hours: Wed. 10am-12pm; Thurs. 12pm-2pm; Fri. 2:30pm-4:30pm (Blodgett 200F - History department Office)

In this post (which will always be at the top) are included some of the basic course info and readings.

Here is the syllabus for the Classical Antiquity Independent Study, Spring 2015 semester:

History 490: Classical Antiquity Independent Study, Spring 2015

Links to the secondary material we are using for background information [password protected]:

CAH 5: The Fifth Century BC;  CAH 7.2: The Rise of Rome to 220 BC;  CAH 8: Rome and the Mediterranean to 133 BC;  CAH 9: The Last Age of the Roman Republic;  CAH 12: The Crisis of Empire, 193-337 AD;  CAH 13: The Late Empire: 337-425 AD

Additional background volumes [password protected]:

CAH qui supersunt

Assigned Primary texts:

Xenophon - Constitution of the Lacedaemonians

Thucydides - Peloponnesian War, I.1 -- II.65

Additional Primary Texts:

Pseudo-Xenophon (aka The Old Oligarch) - Constitution of the Athenians

Herodotus - Persian Debate over Best Form of Government, 3.80-83

Online Resources:

Perseus Digital Library -- exhaustive collection of classical texts in original and translation as well as selected older commentaries.