• Founding of Rome:
• legend
• reality
• Kingship (753-509 BC)
• Examples of Etruscan influence
• Why did the kingship end according to legend? Is there any historical basis for the legend?
• The Republic (508-49 BC)
• Government: Functions, etc. of Consul, Praetor, Quaestor, Aedile, Censor, Tribune, the Senate, the Assemblies (as a whole)
• Development/Spread (508-264)
• key to spread?
• 3 ways they treated those they conquered
• suffered a major setback at the hands of whom, when?
• Conquest of Mediterranean (264-133 BC)
• why did they fight Carthage?
• whom did they defeat in the East after they defeated Carthage?
• know the new system for treating those they conquered
• what was effect of these conquests on the Roman state?
• The end of the Republic (133-49 BC)
• what solution did the Gracchi propose to the probems the Roman state was having? Results?
• What solution did Marius effect? Results?
• Who were Marius, Sulla, Pompey, Crassus, & Caesar?

• Key terms: animism, pax deorum, pietas, cultus deorum
• Major elements of religious practice: sacrifice, prayer, vow, divination
• Major priests/priestesses: Pontifices, Vestal Virgins, Flamines, augurs
• Deities of the home: Lares, Penates, Janus, Vesta, Manes
• Festivals: Ambarvalia, Robigalia, Lupercalia, Saturnalia

• City Life: What are the pro's and con's of life in the city of Rome?

 
• Slavery
• Sources for slaves?
• Owned by?
• Occupations?
• Treatment? Of slaves in the mines, in farms, in the city? Differences based on occupation? On gender? On nationality? Other?
• "upper" class/management slaves: qualities of, job duties, perks
• Revolts (Eunus and Spartacus--reasons for the revolts, what happened during the revolt, how did the revolts end; any effects from the revolts?)
• Freedpersons:
• Reasons for manumission?
• Restrictions on freedom of freedpersons? Restrictions on freedoms of children of freedpersons?
• Roman attitudes towards freedpersons? consistent?
• Occupations?
• Relations with former master (now patron)
• responsibilities to former master
• how does naming work?
• limitations on what former master can expect
• responsibilities of former masters
• cordial relations? strained relations?

1. Freedpersons: The inscriptions written on tombstones form one important source of information about ancient Roman society, and freedpersons in particular. Use the passages provided (Shelton, #236-7,239-241, 242, 244, 246-7, 250) as a springboard for a discussion of freedpersons. As usual, make sure you give a plethora of pertinent facts/examples, especially from these passages, to back up your conclusions.

2. Slavery: Compare and contrast the attitudes towards and treatment of slaves in the passages provided (Shelton #206, 208, 220-1). As usual, make sure you give a plethora of pertinent facts/examples to back up your conclusions.

3. Religion: Use the passages provided (Shelton, #422-3 & 458) as a springboard for a discussion of Roman religion. As usual, make sure you give a plethora of pertinent facts/examples, especially from the passages, to back up your conclusions.