(Offered Fall 2016, Fall 2018, Fall 2020, Fall 2023)
The people of ancient Rome established one of
the most successful societies of all time. In many ways, their
society was very much like our own, with many of the same
strengths and many of the same problems. This course will
include a survey of Roman history from the time of the Roman
monarchy through the reign of Constantine. It will include
also a discussion of manyof the greatest works of
Latin literature, including the histories of Tacitus,
Suetonius, and Sallust, the plays of Plautus, and thepoems of
Catullus, Ovid, Virgil, and Horace.
