FYS 251

Spectacles of Blood

Web Resources

Ladd Library: Classical Resources Guide

Seneca: On Line Resource Guide / Sophia Project: Seneca and Stoicism

Encyclopaedia Britannica entry on Seneca

Encyclopaedia Britannica entry on Perpetua

Encyclopaedia Britannica entry on Tertullian

biographies of Tertullian: bio 1 / bio 2 / bio 3 / bio 4

The early Christian church in Western, North Africa

Montanists

Bibliography from D. Noy seminar on "Dying in Public" in ancient Rome

The Cultural Meaning of Gladiatorial Combat

Lecture Outline, Roman Religion, from C. Jones: History 1085: The Roman Empire, Augustus to Constantine [Harvard U.]

Suetonius, Lives of the 12 Caesars [translations of Julius, Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula and Claudius

Edward Gibbon on Roman treatment of Christians; [alternative source with easier formatting]

Stoa's Suetonius Page

Imber's Roman Civilization Lectures on

The Roman Calendar

Roman History

• Rome Under the Etruscans
• 5th Century BCE
• 4th Century BCE
• 3rd Century BCE
• 2nd Century BCE - part I
• 2nd Century BCE - part II
• 1st Century BCE - part I
• 1st Century BCE - part II
• The Bad Emperors
  • A word about Nero
    • cf. Alex Krasavin on Nero
    • cf. David Noy on Nero
    • cf. David Silverman on Nero
    • cf. David Coffta on Nero
    • cf. Encyclopaedia Britannica on Nero
    • cf. Jay Myron on Nero
    • cf. Jean Alvares on Nero
    • cf. Marc Kleijwegt, "Nero's Helpers: The Role of the Neronian Courtier in Tacitus' Annals," 7 Classics Ireland (2000)
  • On the imperial period
    • see, David Noy's Roman Empire and Emperors page
    • see, Jay Myron's Roman Emperors page
    • see, Steve Muhlberger on the Early Emperors
    • see, UMich: Sibyl Encyclopedia on Roman Emperors
    • see, W. Bradford Smith on Imperial Rome

Roman Religion

• Introduction
• Roman Prayer
• Roman Public Religion
• Cults
• Christianity

Roman Religious Festivals

• The Fornicalia
• The Parentalia
• The Lupercalia
• The Feriae Marti
• The Ludi Megelesiaci
• The Bona Dea
• The Laribus
• The Lemuria
• The Vestalia
• The Ludi Apollinares
• Hercules Invictus
• The Ludi Romani

Gladiators

Roman Society & Constitution

Roman Triumphs

Roman Funerals

Roman Soldiers

Lives of Wealthy Romans

Lives of Poor Romans

The Roman Family

• fathers
• mothers
• slaves

The Roman House

Some Roman Sites

• The Rostra in Comitium
• The Temples of Castor & Pollux; Temple of Saturn
• The Curia
• The Temple of Concordia
• The Colosseum
  • The LacusCurtius Gazetteer - with links to 152 sites
  • The Bloody Colosseum [by M. Berchtold and G. Giannetti]
  • Pictures of the Colosseum [Jim Higgenbottom]
  • History of the Colosseum
  • The Colosseum and the Christian Martyrs
• Ancient Rome: Images and Pictures, by Prof. Felix Just, S.J. - Loyola Marymount University

Some sites/cites for Louis Althusser

Biographical

• www.marxist.org biography
• encarta encyclopedia biography

About his theories

• Mary Klages' essay on Althusser's theories
• Umberto Taccheri's critique of Althusser's theories
• Collin Brooke's essay on Althusser and his theories
• Ethan Lin and Katie Liu's essay on Althusser
• xref article on Althusser's influence
• Louis Althusser, Contradiction and Overdetermination
• Jurgen Braungardt, Althusser, or: What remains from the Subject?

Resources

• The Louis Althusser Internet Archive
• An Althusser Bibliography
• Some quotes from Althusser
• John Lye's Ideology: A Brief Guide
• Althusser and Marx on Ideology
• Excerpt from "The Future Lasts Forever" by Louis Althusser [consists of Althusser's response to/reading of the resolution of the criminal charges against him for murdering his wife]