Thursday, January 12: course introduction
Read: Joshel, pp. 2-27
Part I. Everyday Horror, Terror, Violence & Trauma: Roman Slavery
Tuesday, January 17: introduction (Roman society, types of evidence, institution of slavery)
Read: Joshel, pp. 30-75
Thursday, January 19: deracination & commodification of slaves
Read: Joshel, pp. 78-110; Seneca, Letter 47 (PDF on D2L)
Tuesday, January 24: lived experience of slaves
Read: Joshel, pp. 112-160; Cato, On Agriculture preface, 1-6, 11, 53-60, 143 (PDF on D2L); "Seneca's 'Lost Cause'"
Thursday, January 26: slave labor
Read: Joshel, pp. 162-214; Columella 1.8-9 (PDF on D2L); 1619 Project, Episode 2: "The Economy That Slavery Built" (optional podcast)
Tuesday, January 31: mocking the master (Plautine comedy)
Read: Plautus, Casina (PDF on D2L)
Thursday, February 2: father and master
Read: Plautus, Captivi (PDF on D2L)
Tuesday, February 7: the freedom of creative resistance
Read: Plautus, Pseudolus (PDF on D2L)
Thursday, February 9: Examination #1
Part II. Cultural Catastrophe: Epic Trauma & Memory of Civil War
Tuesday, February 14: Lucan, Civil War
Read: Civil War 1, 2.1-264; "Trauma Studies" (optional reading)
Thursday, February 16: Lucan, Civil War
Read: Civil War 3.1-35, 3.420-803, 6.431-883, 7.1-226
Tuesday, February 21: Lucan, Civil War
Read: 7.227-974, 8.652-766, 9.972-1146; "Mark Zuckerberg's Admiration for Emperor Augustus is Misplaced" (optional reading)
Part III. The Terror of Autocracy: Roman Emperors
Thursday, February 23: Caligula
Read: Suetonius, Caligula (PDF on D2L)
Friday, February 24: Response #1 due
Tuesday, February 28: Nero
Read: Suetonius, Nero (PDF on D2L)
Part IV. Spectacles of Violence: Theater & Amphitheater
Thursday, March 2: gladiators & chariot races
Read: Mahoney, pp. 11-36, 65-70, 91-100
Spring Break
Tuesday, March 14: hunts & executions
Read: Mahoney, pp. 37-64, 71-90
Thursday, March 16: Examination #2
Tuesday, March 21: family dysfunction (Senecan tragedy)
Read: Seneca, Thyestes
Thursday, March 23: familial violence & horror
Read: Seneca, Medea
Tuesday, March 28: war's traumas
Read: Seneca, Trojan Women; "The Healing Power of Greek Tragedy" (optional reading)
Thursday, March 30: GROUP PROJECTS
Tuesday, April 4: GROUP PROJECTS
Part V. Nature’s Traumas
Thursday, April 6: earthquakes & volcanos
Read: Seneca, Natural Questions 6.1-4, 6.27-32 (PDF on D2L); Pliny, Letters 6.16 (PDF on D2L), 6.20 (PDF on D2L)
Tuesday, April 11: epidemics, fires
Read: Lucretius, On the Nature of Things 6.1090-1286 (PDF on D2L); Vergil, Georgics 3.478-566 (PDF on D2L); Juvenal, Satire 3 (PDF on D2L)
Part VI. Of Beasts and Men
Thursday, April 13: slavish pleasures
Read: The Golden Ass 1-3
Friday, April 14: (optional) draft of Response #2 due
Tuesday, April 18: enslaved bodies
Read: The Golden Ass 4-6
Thursday, April 20: inhumanity & horror
Read: The Golden Ass 7-9; Cruel and Inhumane Treatment Causes More Mental Damage Than Physical Torture"
Friday, April 21: Response #2 due
Tuesday, April 25: liberation and redemption
Read: The Golden Ass 10-11; Creative Project due
Thursday, April 27: animal fables
Read: selections of Phaedrus, Fables 1-2 (PDF on D2L)
Tuesday, May 2: animal fables (cont.)
Read: selections of Phaedrus, Fables 3-5 (PDF on D2L)
Final Examination: Wednesday, May 10, 1:00-3:00pm
UA Final Exam Schedule and Regulations: https://registrar.arizona.edu/final-exams-spring-2023