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Introduction: Augustus, Authorship, and Authority |
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2 |
Myths of Origin |
Reader response 1 |
3 |
Birth of a Nation: Gender and History |
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4 |
Repetition and Difference: The Patterns of History |
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5 |
Roman Institutions |
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6 |
Warfare Public and Private |
Reader response 2 |
7 |
The Functioning of Political Propaganda |
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8 |
The Waning Days of the Republic |
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9 |
The Tradition of Public and Political Oratory |
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10 |
Actium and its Aftermath |
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11 |
From Republic to Empire |
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12 |
Independent Research Project Presentations |
Oral reports |
13 |
Strategies of Accommodation |
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14 |
Resignation and Withdrawal |
Research project write-up due |
15 |
Repetition and Reversal |
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16 |
The Politics of Pastoral |
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17 |
The Golden Age of Rome |
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18 |
The Wayward Hero |
Reader response 3 |
19 |
Epics of Empire |
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20 |
Reconstituting the Nation |
Quiz |
21 |
Organizing Desires: Fathers of the Fatherland |
First draft of final paper due |
22 |
Love Casuistry: Rhetoric, Deceit, and Desire |
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23 |
Translations of Empire |
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24 |
Rhetoric and Regret |
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25 |
Art and Emotion |
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26 |
The Empire Reconsidered |
Final paper due |