Roman Civilization

CMS 206 /History 206

 Read Monday Night to Prepare for Wednesday Lecture

• Roman Cults
  • Livy on Bacchanalia:
  • primary sources on licit and illicit cults:

• Christianity
  • The Acts of the Apostles (Chapters 1-38)
  • Pliny & Trajan on Christians
    • Pliny, Ep. 10.96; Ep. 10.97
  • The Martrydom of Sts. Perpetua and Felicity
  • The Acts of Paul & Thecla
  • Theodosian code banning pagan religion
• Suggested Secondary reading:
  • J. O'Donnell - the demise of paganism:
  • J. O'Donnell - Christianity in the Roman world
  • Steven Muhlberger: Religion and the Empire - Early Christianity
  • Steven Muhlberger: Constantine
  • Peter Dronke on St. Perpetua's Passion
    
• Imber's Discussion Group Question Guide:

• RCvI -43 (126); 146 (370-373) 170-171 (455-462); 186 (494-498); 188 (501-503); 190 (505-507); 191 (507-509)
• RCvII &endash; 33 (125-129); 43 (157-160); 44 &endash; 48 (160-173); 50 (176 &endash; 182); 87 (323-324); 89- (326-329); 91-94 (338-347); 99 (356-358)

• F. Dupont, Daily Life in Ancient Rome, tr. C. Woodall (Hatchett, 1989):
  • Chapter 3 &endash; Slaves and freedman (56-72);
  • Chapter 5: Roman Houses &endash; (90-104);
  • Chapter 6 &endash; The Family (103-121)
  • Chapter 13 &endash; The Ages of man (219-238);
  • Chapter 16 &endash; Food, banqueting and the pleasures of he evening (269-286)
• Andrew Wallace-Hadrill, House and Society in Pompeii and Herculaneum (Princeton, 1994):
  • Chapter 1 - Reading the Roman House (3-16);
  • Chapter 7 - Luxury and Status (143-174).
• Keith Bradley, Slavery and Society at Rome (Cambridge, 1994)
  • Chapter 2 - The slave society of Rome (10-31);
  • Chapter 5 - Quality of Life (81-106)
• Beryl Rawson, ed: The Family in Ancient Rome: New Perspectives (Cornell, 1986)
  • Chapter 1 - The Roman Family (Beryl Rawson) (1-57)
  • Chapter 5 - Patria Potestas (121-144)
  • Chapter 7 - Children in the Roman Familia (Beryl Rawson) (170-200)
  • Chapter 8 - Wet-nursing at Rome: a Study in Social Relations (Keith R. Bradley) (201-229)
• Treggiari, Susan "Home and Forum: Cicero between 'Public' and 'Private'" TAPhA 128 (1998) 1 ff.

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