Take-home
Option for
Exam 3
Due
at beginning of class
(in
both paper and electronic form)
Option 1 Directions: Write
two 600-900 word essays (using both topics below).
- Social: Pliny's
wife Calpurnia was, in many ways, the ideal Roman matron. For one of
the following--Petronia
Vitalis (175-6), Zenobia (238-40), Agrippina (245-8)--and one of the
following--Julia
Domna (Ch 8), and Perpetua (Ch 9){if you do Perpetua, then do two of
the above, not one}--examine how they were both like
her but also very unlike her? Are they unlike in the same ways or
different? Conclusions?
- Political: Similar to today, Iraq (ancient
Parthia) was an area that proved to be a constant challenge for the
leading "superpower" of the West (then Rome, now the US). How does
President Bush's approach compare to the approaches of Septimius
Severus and either Trajan or Hadrian. Conclusions? [Note: don't start with a
description of each's approach, but organize based on points of
comparison/contrast]
Option 2 Directions: Write
one
1200-1800 word essay using one of the topics below.
- Social: Pliny's wife Calpurnia was,
in many ways, the ideal Roman matron. How are Petronia Vitalis
(175-6), Zenobia (238-40), Agrippina (245-8), Julia Domna (Ch 8), and
Perpetua (Ch 9) both like her but also very unlike her? Are they unlike
in the same ways or different? Conclusions?
- Political: Similar to today, Iraq
(ancient Parthia) was an area that proved to be a constant challenge
for the leading "superpower" of the West (then Rome, now the US). Does
President Bush's approach compare to the approaches of the following
emperors--Trajan, Hadrian, and Septimius Severus. Conclusions? [Note:
don't start with a description of each's approach, but organize based
on points of comparison/contrast]