Otacilia Severa, wife of Emperor Philip I, "the Arab." Coin dated 247/248 AD

Westminster Seminar:
Wine, Women & Song
 

Assignments for
Unit I: "Wine"


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

Tentative Dates for Assignments

Aug. 28
M
Carcopino, Chapter VI "The Days and Hours of the Roman Calendar," pp. 143-150; Web site--Roman Calendar(click here); LA Times article(click here)
30
W
Carcopino, Chapter VI, pp. 150-170
Sept. 1
F
Shelton, Chapter V "Meals," pp. 79-85 #99-108; web site-Roman Food, pages 1-2 and  pages 3-4 (note that page 2a does not work)
4
M
Labor Day: School Holiday
6
W
Meals, continued. Microtheme Due (topic)
8
F
No new assignment
11
M
Carcopino, Chapter IX.3 "Dinner," pp. 263-276; and Chapter XIV "Dinner Parties," pp. 314-317 #355-362; Roman Champagne?-link to article in London Times
13
W
Continued discussion about dinner
15
F
Read Ellis, pp. 42-47; review for Exam (click here for review sheet); Revised Microtheme due
18
M
EXAM