Topic for Paper 1
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Topic: Based
on what you have learned about the city of Rome and life in it, would
you
have wanted to live in it then? Make sure you give pertinent examples
from at least four different primary
sources in our readings from Shelton and Kebric to support your
thesis.
Note:
1 Primary sources are
the passages that are by Roman sources (the things in quotes or
indented
in Kebric and the indented passages in Shelton) and are not commentary
by Shelton or Kebric.
2. Citing: 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). or Aelius Aristides describes the various
things one can get in Rome, thus " ..." (Kebric, 3). If there is not an
ancient author indicate the type of source, e.g. one papyrus letter
from a son to his mother says "..." (Kebric, 2-3). If you are unsure
whether there is an author or not, Shelton has an appendix that lists
the various sources.