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LEC #TOPICSKEY DATES
1Introduction: Studying Roman Emperors
2The Emperors and Their Empire
3Suetonius' Augustus
4Tacitus and Tacitus' Augustus
5Tacitus' Nero
6Suetonius' Nero
7Reading the Written Emperor
8Warring images: Octavian, Antony, and ActiumFirst paper due
9Inventing Augustus
10Shaping Roman Values
11Golden Prosperity
12Making Augustan History
13Nero Makes a Spectacle of Himself
14Neronian Myth-making
15Nero Behaving BadlySecond paper due
16Nero's Rome
17Making a Military Mockery
18Making Imperial History
19The Reel Nero: Viewing of Quo Vadis? (1951)
20Nero's Christian Afterlife
21Mussolini's AugustusOutline of final paper due
22Syme's Augustus
23Presentation and Discussion of Final Paper Topics
24Presentation and Discussion of Final Paper Topics (cont.)
25Viewing of I, Claudius (1976)
26Conclusion: Whose Emperors?Final paper due

 








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