Due
at beginning of class
(in
both
paper
and electronic form)
Directions:
Electronic copy (to
victor.leuci@westminster-mo.edu): the subject header can be whatever,
but the name of your attached file should
be:
S11-228-E3-Last Name, First Name (e.g. S11-228-E3-Doe, John)
Paper copy: bring to class or to my
office (requred not optional)
Length:
see below
citing
reminders:
you
must cite your sources
of information (facts, theories, etc).
you should have several citations per main body
paragraph (i.e. several pieces of evidence that support what you are
saying)
you must
include ancient author, if known, modern author and page number, but
see directions for paper 1
works cited "page" reminders:
at
end of paper
not on a separate sheet (if possible)
only
include entries for what you used in
your
paper
make
sure the bibliography is in the same font as your main text
make
sure that you use hanging indents for the bibliography
Option 1: Write 600-1000ish word
essays-- write on 2 of the
topics given below: Option
2:
Write
one
1200-1800
word
essay
on one
of the three topics below:
Religion: Vibia Perpetua and Julia
Domna--the one a Christian convert who died a martyr, the other a
devotee
of Elagabal who had a strong belief in astrology and dreams--both
mirror
'challenges' that the Roman state religion was facing at that point.
Discuss.
Make sure you support your conclusions with good concrete examples solely from the evidence
presented in Kebric, Shelton, and
the pdf in Moodle on Perpetua.
Daily Life:The letters of Pliny the
Younger and the graffiti found at Pompeii and Herculaneum provide
important
sources for what life was like in the Early Empire. In your essay
look at how the graffiti complements and/or contrasts the view
presented
by Pliny. For Pliny's letters, check the index of Kebric's book for
examples
in chapters 6-9 and
the pdf in Moodle; for the graffiti, see Kebric, Ch. 6
and Shelton, #28, 84-5, 89, 94, 123, 131-133 (note these are the
numbers of the evidence, not the page numbers, e.g. #28 is on p 25). Make sure you support your
conclusions with good concrete examples solely from the evidence
presented in Kebric, Shelton and
the pdf.
Politics: Compare/contrast President Obama's approach to
Libya with the approaches of the following
emperors--Trajan, Hadrian, and Septimius Severus--to Parthia.
Conclusions? [Note 1:
don't start with a description of each's approach, but organize your
discussion based
on points of comparison/contrast. Note 2: restrict your evidence for
Trajan, Hadrian, and Septimius Severus to that in your texts and links
from the assignments for the unit and class discussion/lecture].
Reminder:
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.