FYS 251: Spectacles of Blood
ROMAN GLADIATORS & CHRISTIAN MARTYRS IN THE ARENA
WEEK 1: (September 1, 3, 5)
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Monday - Meet in Pettengill G21:
9:15-10:30
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In Class:
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Homework:
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Martial, de Spectaculis, p. 1-7; 12-31. You are required to read
the English translations. The Latin is optional (but better).
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reading questions
for Martial
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Wednesday
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Friday
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WEEK 2: (September 8, 10, 12)
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Monday
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Wednesday
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In Class:
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Poetry and History: Martial
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Homework:
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5 Paragraph Essay - Due on September 12 (developed from the thesis paragraph
you wrote for today's class) .
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Reading for Friday: The
Phrase Rank
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Friday
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WEEK 3: (September 15, 17, 19)
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Monday
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In Class:
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Homework:
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Carlin A. Barton, "Savage Miracles: The Redemption of Lost Honor in Roman
Society and the Sacrament of the Gladiator and the Martyr," Representations
(1994), 41-71.
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NB: This article is available on the web through Ladd
Library's subscription to "JSTOR." If you don't know how to find
it, based on this information, you need to attend a library workshop and/or
consult a reference librarian.
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Wednesday
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In Class:
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Articles and Attitudes: Barton
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Homework:
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Friday
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In Class:
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Homework:
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Wiedeman, 128-164
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Erik Gunderson, "The Ideology of the Arena," Cl. Ant. 15 (1996) 113-151
(on reserve at Ladd)
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WEEK 4: (September 22, 24, 26)
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Monday
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In Class:
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Articles & Attitudes: Gunderson
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Homework:
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Tertullian,
On Spectacles
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Reading Questions
for Tertullian
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Nb: Please do some biographical research on Tertullian. You may use
the web, but if you do, you must also use a non-web based source.
If you don't know how to find one, ask a librarian. Write a one paragraph
biography of Tertullian and bring it to class.
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Wednesday
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In Class:
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The Evidence of Apostates: Tertullian
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Homework:
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Friday
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In Class:
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Homework:
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Wiedemann, 165-183.
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Kathleen M. Coleman, 'Informers on Parade,' in B. Bergmann and C. Kondoleon,
The Art of Ancient Spectacle (Yale: 1999) [Studies in the History
of Art 56: Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts: Symposium
Papers XXXIV], 231-246.
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R. Lim, "'In the Temple of Laughter': Visual and Literary Represtations
of Spectators at Roman Games," in B. Bergmann and C. Kondoleon, The
Art of Ancient Spectacle (Yale: 1999) [Studies in the History of Art
56: Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts: Symposium Papers
XXXIV], 343-365
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WEEK 5: (September 29, October 1, 3)
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Monday
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In Class:
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Evidence other than written.
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Homework:
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Coleman, K.M. "The Contagion of the Throng: Absorbing Violence in the Roman
World," Hermathena 164 (1998) 65-88.
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Coleman, KM, "Fatal Charades: Roman Executions
Staged as Mythological Enactments," JRS 80 (1990) 48-74.
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Wednesday
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In Class:
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Articles and attitudes: Coleman
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Homework:
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Friday
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WEEK 6: (October 6, 8, 10)
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Monday
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Wednesday
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In Class:
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Homework:
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5 Page Essay - Due on October 13. (Topic: Why did Romans like gladiatorial
games). Your essay should be 1450 and 1700 words.
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Reading for Friday:
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S&W: Usage p. 1-14; 34-65
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Friday
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In Class:
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Homework:
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Hope, Valerie "Fighting for identity: the funerary commemoration of Italian
gladiators" Epigraphic Landscape [in
full] (2000) 93-113 -+- [2000]
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WEEK 6: (October 13, 15, 17)
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Monday
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In Class:
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The subject's perspective: gladiator's self-representation.
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Homework:
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If you wish to read ahead: the Frontline video: From
Jesus to Christ (on reserve) and its web
site are excellent. You should review them.
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Wednesday - Autumn Recess
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Friday - Autumn Recess
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WEEK 7: (October 20, 22, 24)
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Wednesday
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In Class:
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Homework:
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5 Paragraph Essay - Due on October 24 (Was Perpetua sane?). Bring two copies
of your essay to class.
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Friday
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WEEK 8: (October 27, 29, 31) [Pre-Registration
Appointments]
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Monday
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In Class:
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The Christians as the Romans Saw Them
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Homework:
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Reading Questions
for Tertullian
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Nb: Please do some biographical research on Tertullian. You may use
the web, but if you do, you must also use a non-web based source.
If you don't know how to find one, ask a librarian. Write a one paragraph
biography of Tertullian and bring it to class.
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Wednesday
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In Class:
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The Romans as the Christians saw them
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Homework:
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Friday
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WEEK 9: (November 3, 5, 7)
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Monday
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In Class:
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Articles & Attitudes: Rives
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Homework:
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Article Report on Rives or Shaw due 11/7.
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Brent Shaw, 'The passion of Perpetua', Past and Present 139 (May,
1993), 3-45 (on reserve).
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J. B. Perkins, "The Passion of Perpetua: A Narrative of Empowerment," Latomus
53.4 (1994) 837-847 (on reserve).
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Wednesday
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In Class:
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Homework:
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Bibliography Assignment 1 - Due November 7.
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Readings on Plagarism
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Friday
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WEEK 10: (November 10, 12, 14)
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Monday
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Wednesday
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In Class:
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Homework:
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Bibliography Assignment 2 - Due November 21
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Please prepare annotations for the Birley article and bring it to class
on Friday.
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Friday
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WEEK 11: (November 17, 19, 21)
- Monday
- Wednesday
- In Class:
- Homework:
- S&W: 66-88.
- Five Paragraph Essay: Were the Christian Martyrs Gladiators? Bring
two copies to class on Friday.
- Friday
- In Class:
- Homework:
- Bowersock, Martyrdom & Rome (all)
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WEEK 12: (November 24, 26, 28) Thanksgiving Break
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WEEK 13: (December 1, 3, 5)
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