FYS 251

Spectacles of Blood:

Roman Gladiators and Christian Martyrs

Library Assignments

Assignment 1

Assignment 2

HTML Assignment


Assignment 1 (due Friday, 9/25)

Each team should prepare a 1 (one) page report on the topics listed below [which will be posted on the course web page] which uses at least 3 (three) different types of source materials to answer the questions I've posed below, and to provide any other information you think important about the topic. Provide a bibliography for sources you use.

 Types of sources include:

  1. Primary sources in translation
  2. Encyclopaedia articles
  3. Books
  4. Journal articles
  5. Topographical dictionaries and historical atlases

Do Not Use Web Resources For This Report (you'll get the chance in Library Assignment 2).

For each person listed below, answer the following questions in your report.

Team 1: Martial

Team 2: Suetonius

Team 3: Cicero

Team 4: Seneca the Younger

Team 5: Pliny the Younger

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Assignment 2

Each team should prepare a 1 (one) page report on the topics listed below [which will be posted on the course web page] which uses at least 3 (three) different types of source materials [including at least one web text] to answer the questions I've posed below, and to provide any other information you think important about the topic. Provide a bibliography and web urls for sources you use.

 Types of sources include:

  1. Primary sources in translation
  2. Encyclopaedia articles
  3. Books
  4. Journal articles
  5. Topographical dictionaries and historical atlases
  6. Web photos [provide URL to photos]
  7. Web articles, lectures, etc.

Your report should include a comparison of the traditional and web based materials you use. What makes traditional sources more and less reliable. What makes web resources more and less reliable. Did you find one type of source more credible than another? Why or why not?

For each person listed below, answer the following questions in your report.

Your report is due on Monday, September 25, 2000.

Team 1: Tertullian

Team 2: Perpetua

Team 3: Jerome

Team 4: St. Paul

Team 5: St. Augustine

Your report is due on Friday November 13, 2000.

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HTML Assignment

You must create a home page on your Bates account. Your homepage must include a link to a text site located outside of Bates and a picture or graphic located outside of Bates. You must email me the URL of your home page by Friday, October 25, 2000.


Course Home Page / Imber's Home Page