CLAS 323/ANTH 323 ANCIENT EMPIRES Spring 2014 1:00 1:50pm MoWeFr Modern Languages 310 Dr. Philip Waddell 214 Learning Services Building (520) 621-7418 waddell@email.arizona.edu Office Hours: MoWe 2-3 (and by appt.) COURSE TA: Office Hours Email Lucca Green TBA luccadanielgreen@email.arizona.edu REQUIRED TEXTS: Kelley Simpson (ed.), The Literature of Ancient Egypt: An Anthology of Stories, Instructions, Stelae, Autobiographies, and Poetry (New Haven: Yale University Press). ISBN:978-0300099201 Herodotus, The Histories, tr. John Marincola and Aubrey Selincourt (New York: Penguin Books, 2003). ISBN: 978-0140449082 Thucydides, The Peloponnesian War, tr. Steven Lattimore (Indianapolis: Hackett, 1998). ISBN: 978-0872203945 Tacitus, Annales, tr. A.J. Woodman (Indianapolis: Hackett, 2004). ISBN: 978-0872205581 COURSE DESCRIPTION: During this class, we will be discovering the varying nations that pursued the acquisition of empire. More than only the respective rise and fall of each empire, we will examine how the rulers of each civilization depicted and justified their policies of conquest, how the pursuit of empire changed the cultures of these civilizations, and how each empire paved the way for the next. In the end, we will be learning how empires in general (mis)function, and how empires are justified to participants and their enemies. COURSE POLICIES: There will be no make-up exams/quizzes unless as the result of an excused absence or the instructor has been contacted BEFORE the exam/quiz concerning alternate arrangements. The recording of discussion/lecture is strictly prohibited. Students are responsible for completing the assigned readings and homework listed on the schedule BEFORE that day s lecture. GRADING: Letter grades for the course are assigned as follows: A (100-90%), B (89-80%), C (79-70%), D (69-60%), E (below 60%). They will be based on the following breakdown: 4 examinations (at 20% each), a short (5-8 pg.) paper (10%), participation (10%)
The examinations may include short answer, identification, and essay sections. A review sheet will be posted on D2L approximately one week prior to the exam date. The paper will be on a subject covered in the course and based on the readings. The paper topics will be provided during the term, and the papers will be due on May 2. As this will be primarily a discussion course, participation (and therefore attendance) is vital. All students will be expected to be prepared to contribute to classroom discussion (either in groups or with the class in open forum). In order to achieve this, you must attend class. Any unexcused absence(s) above the allowed number of three (3) will have a negative impact on your participation grade. Further, there will be occasional short quizzes over the readings due in class that day. These will occur at the beginning of class. These quizzes will count towards participation as they test your preparedness for class. University Policies Students with disabilities should contact the UA Disability Resource Center (621-3268, http://drc.arizona.edu/) for any special needs or accommodations. UA s Code of Academic Integrity particularly the section on plagiarism (http://deanofstudents.arizona.edu/codeofacademicintegrity) will be rigorously enforced. Be sure to familiarize yourself with it. Absences pre-approved by the UA Dean of Students (or Dean's designee) will be honored (according to the policies above), as will all holidays or special events observed by organized religions for those students who show affiliation with a particular religion (see further the UA Calendar of Religious Holidays, http://www.registrar.arizona.edu/religiousholidays/calendar.htm). In class, please always be respectful of others (see further the UA Policy on Threatening Behavior by Students, http://policy.arizona.edu/threatening-behavior-students) and practice common courtesy, e.g. turn off cell phones, laptops, and other electronic devices, do not come to class late or leave early, do not read the Arizona Daily Wildcat or any other publication not related to the course during class. WARNING: Please be aware that there are passages in the assigned readings for this course that contain graphic violence and sexuality. If you have problems with this material, you should elect another course.
COURSE SCHEDULE: Please note that the information on this syllabus is subject to change in accordance with the unforeseen demands of the semester. Texts marked with * indicate that these will be made available on D2L. Jan. 15 Jan. 17 Jan. 20 Jan. 22 Jan. 24 Jan. 27 Jan. 29 Jan. 31 Feb. 3 Feb. 5 Feb. 7 Feb. 10 Feb. 12 Feb. 14 Feb. 17 Feb. 19 Feb. 21 Feb. 24 Feb. 26 Feb. 28 Introduction Ancient Empires Syllabus Egypt Introduction No Classes Martin Luther King, Jr. Day By Divine Right King Cheops and the Magicians; Horus and Seth (Simpson, 13-24 and 91-103) Egyptian Religion and Ethics Book of the Dead 125; Hymn to the Aten (Simpson, 269-277 and 278-283) Conquest The Semna Stela; The Khamose Texts (Simpson, 337-8 and 345-350) Conquest Self-praise Stela of Thutmose III, The Victory Stela of Piye (Simpson, 351-355, 367-385) Conquest? Rewriting History The Battle of Kadesh* Imperial Governance and Rhetoric The Eloquent Peasant (Simpson, 25-44) Representing Empire Sculpture and Topography Imperial Advice The Instruction of Amenemope (Simpson, 223-243) EXAM 1 EGYPT Persia Introduction Croesus and the forces of History Herodotus 1.26-33; 1.46-56, 1.69-91. Against Egypt Herodotus 3.1-38. Empire Debated Herodotus 3.76-88. Representing Empire Sculpture and Topography Behistun Inscription* Against Scythia Herodotus 4.1-4, 4.83-136. Against Athens Herodotus 6.94-133. Herodotus 7.5-11, 44-52, 101-104, 204-239.
Mar. 3 Mar. 5 Mar. 7 Mar. 10 Mar. 12 Mar. 14 Mar. 17-21 Mar. 24 Mar. 26 Mar. 28 Mar. 31 Apr. 2 Apr. 4 Apr. 7 Apr. 9 Apr. 11 Apr. 14 Apr. 16 Apr. 18 Apr. 21 Apr. 23 Apr. 25 Apr. 28 Aeschylus Persians* Aeschylus Persians* (cont d) EXAM 2 PERSIA Introduction to Athens and Sparta Herodotus 1.56-68; 5.68. Stasis and civil war Thucydides 3.70-84. Athens, Ethics, Mytilene, and Melos Thucydides 3.35-50; 5.84-116. No Classes Spring Break Pericles, Alcibiades, and Voting for Empire Thucydides 2.59-65; 6.1, 8-26. Representing Empire Sculpture, Topography, and Ritual Athens against Macedon Demosthenes* Justifying a Hellenic Empire Aristotle* and Isocrates* No Class CAMWS Conference No Class CAMWS Conference EXAM 3 GREECE and MACEDON Introduction to Rome Legendary Past Livy* We Could ve Beaten Alexander! Rome and Greece Livy* Divine Sanction Vergil s Aeneid (sel.)* Empire Debated (Again?) Cassius Dio* Augustus Res Gestae Res Gestae Divi Augusti Tacitus Augustus Tacitus, Annales, 1.1.1 1.10.8. Tiberius and the end of libertas Tacitus, Annales, 1.11.1-15.3; 1.72.1-81.2; 4.37.1-38.5; 5.3.1-3; 6.6.1-2. Nero s Alien Rome Tacitus, Annales, 14.20.1-21.4; 15.36.1-47.2; 16.4.1-6.2. Emperor and Court Pliny the Younger, Epistulae*
Apr. 30 May 2 May 5 May 7 May 12 Teaching the Emperor Praise and Blame Pliny the Younger, Panegyricus* Representing Empire (1) Sculpture and Topography PAPERS DUE Imperial How-To Marcus Aurelius Meditations* Fall of Rome Whose fault?? Orosius* and Augustine* FINAL EXAM (1-3 pm) ROME