Otacilia Severa, wife of Emperor Philip I, "the Arab." Coin dated 247/248 AD
Westminster Seminar:
Wine, Women & Song
 

Assignments for
New Student Week


games for Rome's 1000th birthday and the new Saeculum,about 110 years in length

Seminar Schedule for New Student Week

Aug. 19
Su
1:15-2:15 p.m. General introduction
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M
1-2 p.m. Introduction to the Romans, part 1--reading assignment: Shelton, Preface and Introduction, pp.xxiii-xxv and 1-3; and Casson, Chapter I: The Times, pp. 1-9
2:30-5 p.m. Pamel on Anthropologist on Mars and class discussion on book
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Tu
9-10 a.m.  and 11 a.m.-noon: Movie: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
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W
9-10 a.m. Discuss Movie
1-4 p.m. Watch movie in Coulter Lecture Hall, then meet in NH 22 to discuss movie and the chapter, "To See and Not See" in Anthropologist on Mars, it is based on
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Th
2:30-3:45 p.m.  Joint meeting with another seminar to discuss Anthropologist on Mars
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F
10:00-11:00 a.m. Introduction to the Romans, part 2--reading assignment:  Shelton, Chapter I: The Structure of Roman Society, pp. 4-15. Take-Home Exam and Library Assignment due. (topic)