Directions:

• electronic copy: e-mail me at victor.leuci@westminster-mo.edu); the name of your attached file should be:
• S14-228-E3-Last Name, First Name (e.g. S14-228-E3-Leuci, Victor)
• paper copy: bring to class
• Citing primary sources (from Greco-Roman World):
  • 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).
  • if there is no ancient author, then indicate the type of source, e.g. a guest "scratched on a wall" the following, " ... " (Shelton, 68) or a milestone notes ... (Shelton, 68)
  • if you are unsure whether there is an author or not, Shelton has an appendix that lists the various sources.
  • pdf of Pliny: give the letter of Pliny and the page number, e.g. Pliny says, "Just then, a friend of my uncle's ... joined us" (LXVI, 302)
  • Perpetua's diary, e.g. Perpetua states: "Moreover, also, the blessed Saturus related this his vision, which he himself committed to writing" (IV.1)
• Works Cited "Page" reminders:
  • to save paper, don't put on a separate page
  • in the same font as your main text
  • use hanging indents
  • use MLA 7th edition (see syllabus for how the entry for Shelton's book and Kamm's book should look)


• Option 1: Write two 600-1000ish word essays on two of the topics given below:


• Option 2: Write one 1200-1800 word essay on one of the topics below:

Topics to choose from:

• Women: Compare/contrast the following: Perpetua (use the web link) and Turia (Shelton, #330) from the point of view of what was expected of a Roman matron (based on material we have covered in class from Shelton's text). [If you are doing this topic as a longer essay, you may add Ummidia Quadratilla and/or Sempronia to your discussion]


• 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, use Shelton #325, 328, 331, 332, & 447 and the pdf in Moodle; for the graffiti, see Shelton, #28, 84-5, 89, 94, 123, 131-133. Make sure you support your conclusions with good citations (not just quotations) from the evidence presented in Shelton (you don't need to use all of the evidence, but good representative examples).


• Politics: Compare and contrast two of the following--the Flavian dynasty, the Adoptive Emperors, the Severan dynasty--with respect to at least two of the following: the size of the empire, the military system, the political system (e.g. citizenship, role & composition of the Senate, role of the emperor, local political autonomy or lack of), the use of the media. Make sure you consider the nature of the evidence at some point in your argumentation. Supporting your conclusions with good citations from the primary evidence, which we've covered, in Shelton (where possible) and good citations from the secondary evidence in Shelton, Scarre, Kamm, and/or class notes.


• FYI: don't forget how to organize a comparison/contrast paper!