Topic for Paper 2
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- length: 600-900
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Write on one of the
following topics:
1. Compare and contrast
slavery in the Roman World (Kebric, Ch 2 & Shelton, Ch VIII) with
the examples given at least two of the articles in the BBC's "Slavery
in the 21st Century" web report (click
here). Conclusions?
Reminders:
- 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.
- Citing:
- Ancient Material:
- 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 no
ancient author, then 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.
- BBC Material: give author & part
of the title of the article in parentheses, e.g. (Martha Buckley, Baltic Girls).