Directions:

• electronic copy: e-mail me at victor.leuci@westminster-mo.edu); the name of your attached file should be:
  • F12-228-P5-Last Name, First Name (e.g. F12-228-P5-Leuci, Victor)
• paper copy: bring to class
• length: 600–1000ish
• Citing primary sources (from Greco-Roman World):
  • give the ancient author (if there is one) in the body of your paper and at the end of the sentence give the modern author and page number(s) in parentheses, e.g. Martial says "..." (Shelton, 70).
  • if there is no ancient author, then indicate the type of source, e.g. a guest "scratched on a wall" the following, " ... " (Shelton, 68) or a milestone notes ... (Shelton, 68)
  • if you are unsure whether there is an author or not, Shelton has an appendix that lists the various sources.
• every main body paragraph should have in-text citations (you want at least 2 good examples with citations per paragraph) — the exception is for movies where you still need good concrete examples, but you don't have to have in-text citations provided that you have mentioned what the name of the movie is.
• for the movie make sure you have a works cited entry and that it is correct
• citing web text sources: give author. If the author has more than one web page that you have used, then give the author and part of the title of the web page in quote marks, e.g. (McManus, "Arena") or (Dunkle)
• citing images from McManus' web site: give the author and enough of the title of the image to identify it in quote marks, e.g. (McManus, "mosaic ... Thracian"
• Works Cited "Page" reminders:
  • to save paper, don't put on a separate page
  • in the same font, size, etc. as your main text
  • use hanging indents
  • use MLA 7th edition
  • see syllabus for what the entry for Shelton's book and Kamm's book should look
  • the pdf in Moodle will give guidelines on what the entry for the movie should look like
  • the pdf in Moodle will give guidelines on what the entries for the web sites should look like — keep in mind that citing machines are aides, but don't always give complete entries for web sites.
• writing intensive:
  • Don't forget to turn in the draft copy with my or the Writing labs' comments on it for it to count towards your revised paper total (and don't forget to make the revisions!)
  • print this out and bring this to your writing lab conference and have the tutor sign here: ______________________________________

Write on one of the following topics:

• The Gladiators: The movie Gladiator uses information about Roman gladiators as source material to tell its own story. Based on the readings assigned for Roman gladiators (Shelton, McManus, and Dunkle) determine what the first half of the movie changed and why it changed it (i.e. artistic purpose of the change).


• Politics: The movie Gladiator uses information about Roman politics as source material to tell its own story. Based on the class notes and readings assigned for the reign of Marcus Aurelius (& Lucius Verus) determine what the first half of the movie changed and why it changed it (i.e. artistic purpose of the change).


• Women: The movie Gladiator uses information about Roman women (you may also use class notes about Lucilla if you wish) as source material to tell its own story. Based on the previous readings assigned for Roman Women determine what the first half of the movie changed and why it changed it (i.e. artistic purpose of the change).