• Social: In English speaking countries from the 1300's until just recently, when two people got married the vow the wife took often contained the word "obey" (or its equivalent). Using solely the evidence in Shelton, Chapters II, III, and XIII, determine and demonstrate to what extent Roman women actually "obeyed" their husbands. In your conclusion comment on how like or unlike Roman women are to modern American women in this respect. As usual, make sure you give specific concrete examples to back up your statements and that you explicitly comment on the possible biases in the evidence you present.

• Political: In the recent presidental election, "traditional values" and effective use of the media were two keys to the outcome of the election. Either examine how Augustus used these two to great effect in the transformation of the Roman system from a Republic to an Empire or compare and contrast Augustus' emphasis on traditional values and/or his use of the media with that of President Bush and his reelection campaign, but not both. As usual, make sure you give specific concrete examples to back up your statements and that you explicitly comment on the possible biases in the evidence you present. Here are links for the art & architecture: Augustus--Images of Power and Augustus--slides from UCCS
  

Option 2 Directions: Write one 1200-1800 word essay using one of the topics below.

• Social: In English speaking countries from the 1300's until just recently, when two people got married the vow the wife took often contained the word "obey" (or its equivalent). Using solely the evidence in Shelton, Chapters II, III, and XIII, determine and demonstrate to what extent Roman women actually "obeyed" their husbands. In your conclusion comment on how like or unlike Roman women are to modern American women in this respect. As usual, make sure you give specific concrete examples to back up your statements and that you explicitly comment on the possible biases in the evidence you present.

• Political: In the recent presidental election, "traditional values" and effective use of the media were two keys to the outcome of the election. Examine how Augustus used these two to great effect in the transformation of the Roman system from a Republic to an Empire. As usual, make sure you give specific concrete examples to back up your statements and that you explicitly comment on the possible biases in the evidence you present. Here are links for the art & architecture: Augustus--Images of Power and Augustus--slides from UCCS

• Political: In the recent presidental election, "traditional values" and effective use of the media were two keys to the outcome of the election. Compare and contrast Augustus' emphasis on traditional values and/or his use of the media with that of President Bush and his reelection campaign. As usual, make sure you give specific concrete examples to back up your statements and that you explicitly comment on the possible biases in the evidence you present. Here are links for the art & architecture: Augustus--Images of Power and Augustus--slides from UCCS