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Class Detail:
WN 2011 Classical Civilization CLCIV 376 - Emperors of Rome Section 001
Credits:	4
Requirements & Distribution:	ULWR, HU
Repeatability:	May not be repeated for credit.
Primary Instructor:	Potter,David S
	(real time availability for all sections)

This course examines the literary and artistic evidence for the ways that the Romans conceived of their system of government between Julius Caesar and Theodosius. Readings include select works of Caesar, Suetonius, Cassius Dio, Tacitus, Marcus Aurelius, Eusebius (Life of Constantine), speeches in praise of emperors (Pliny's Panegyric and select speeches from the Latin Panegyrics), Ammianus Marcellinus, and some of the writings of the emperor Julian, including his Caesars and his Letter to the Athenians. Since the essential issue in this course is how the most successful super power in the ancient world worked (and where it failed), the topic is relevant to any students interested in how great powers work.

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Textbooks/Other Materials (data maintained by department in Wolverine Access)



ISBN: 0199540624	The civil war, Author: Julius Caesar ; translated with an introduction and notes by John Carter., Publisher: Oxford University Press 2008
Required

ISBN: 019282421X	The annals : the reigns of Tiberius, Claudius, and Nero, Author: Tacitus ; translated by J.C. Yardley ; with an introduction and notes by Anthony A. Barrett., Publisher: Oxford University Press 2008
Required

ISBN: 0140449647	The histories, Author: Cornelius Tacitus., Publisher: Penguin 2009
Required

ISBN: 0140444068	The later Roman Empire (A.D. 354-378), Author: Ammianus Marcellinus ; selected and translated by Walter Hamilton ; with an introduction and notes by Andrew Wallace-Hadrill., Publisher: Penguin Books 1986
Required

ISBN: 978-050028786	Ancient Rome: A New History, Author: David Potter, Publisher: Thames and Hudson FIRST 2009
Required

ISBN: 0140455167	The Twelve Caesars, Author: Suetonius, Publisher: Penguin REVISED 2007
Required