Professor: Eric D. Huntsman
Office: 3010-Q JKHB, ext. 8-2259
Email: eric_huntsman@byu.edu
Consultations: MWF 12-12:50 p.m.

Clscs 430R: THE JULIO-CLAUDIANS

Winter 1995

MWF 1-1:50 p.m.

Course Description: This semester Classics 430R will study the first imperial house of the Roman Empire. Commonly known as the Julio-Claudian dynasty, this family included five emperors and their relatives, all of whom were in some way related to Augustus or his wife Livia. Augustus’ reign will be only briefly reviewed, largely to establish the basis of the governmental system which moderns call the "principate" and to establish a standard by which his successors may be judged. The seminar will then center on the reigns of Tiberius, Gaius, Claudius, and Nero, focusing on such issues as their administration, relations with the aristocracy and within the domus Augusta itself, cultural programs and propaganda, foreign and imperial policy, and religion. Finally, the seminar will conclude by comparing the principate of Augustus with that of Nero, tracing how the system changed between A.D. 14 and A.D. 69 and seeking to understand why the Julio-Claudian house collapsed.

Texts: The following texts are available in the B.Y.U. Bookstore and will be used regularly throughout the class:

Levick, Barbara. Claudius. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1990.

--------. Tiberius the Politician. Routledge, Chapman, and Hall. [selections in packet]

Sherk, Robert K. Translated Documents of Greece & Rome (Vol. 6, The Roman Empire: Augustus to Hadrian). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1988.

Suetonius. The Twelve Caesars. Trans. Robert Graves. New York: Penguin Books, 1957.

Tacitus. The Annals of Imperial Rome. Trans. Michael Grant. New York: Penguin Books, 1971.

 Copies of the following are being held in the reserve library: Balsdon, J.P.V.D. Roman Women: Their History and Habits. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1975. Barrett, Anthony A. Caligula. The Corruption of Power. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1990. Bauman, Richard A. Women and Politics in Ancient Rome. New York: Routledge, 1992. Caesar Augustus: Seven Aspects. Edited by Fergus Millar and Erich Segal. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1984.

Cary, M. and Scullard H. A History of Rome.

Dio. Dio’s Roman History. Trans. E. Cary (Loeb Classical Library, Dio vols. VI, VII, VIII). Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1994.

Garzetti, A. From Tiberius to the Antonines. London, 1974.

 Griffin, Mirriam T. Nero. The End of a Dynasty. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1984. Hammond, Mason. The Augustan Principate in Theory and Practice During the Julio-Claudian Period. New York: Russell and Russell, 1968.

Josephus. Jewish Antiquities. Trans. L. Feldman (Loeb Classical Library). Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1994.

--------. The Jewish War. Trans. H. Thackery (Loeb Classical Library, Joseph. BJ vol. 2). Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1994.

 Levick, Barbara. Tiberius the Politician. Routledge, Chapman, and Hall. [complete] Lewis, N. and Reinhold, M. Roman Civilization: Selected Readings. Two volumes. Third Edition. New York: Columbia University Press, 1990.

Philo. De legatione ad Gaium. Trans. F.H. Colson (Loeb Classical Library, Philo, vol .10). Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1994.

Talbert, Richard J.A. The Senate of Imperial Rome. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1984.

Velleius Paterculus. Compendium of Roman History. Trans. F.W. Shipley (Loeb Classical Library). Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1994.

 The following reference works are available in the Ancient Studies Room: ANRW Aufstieg und Niedergang der römischen Welt. Berlin and New York: Walter de Gruyter, 1972-1994. APh L’Année Philologique. Bibliographie critique et analytique de l’antiquié Gréco-Latine (fondée par J. Marouzeau). Paris: Société Internationale de Bibliographie Classique, starting in 1924. CIL Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum. Berlin: 1893-

ILS Inscriptiones Latinae Selectae. Edited by H. Dessau, 3 vols. in 5 parts. Berlin: Weidmannos, 1962.

InscrIt Unione Academica Nazionale, Inscriptiones Italiae Academiae Italicae consociatae ediderunt.

OCD Oxford Classical Dictionary. Edited by N.G.L. Hammond and H.H. Scullard. Second Edition. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1970.

PIR Prosopographia Imperii Romani. Edited by P. Rohden and H. Dessau. Berlin, 1898. [P-Z]

PIR2 Prosopographia Imperii Romani. Second Edition.

Pars I. Edited by E. Groag and A. Stein. Berlin 1933. [A-B]

Pars II. Edited by E. Groag and A. Stein. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 1936. [C]

 Pars III. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 1943 [D-F]

Pars IV, Fascicle 1. Edited by E. Groag and A. Stein. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 1952. [G]

Pars IV, Fascicle 2. Edited by E. Groag and A. Stein. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 1958. [H]

Pars IV, Fascicle 3. Edited by L. Petersen. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 1966. [I]

Pars V, Fascicle 1. Edited by L. Petersen. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 1970. [L]

RE Paulys Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft. Edited by G. Wissowa et al. Stuttgart: J.B. Metzlersche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1893-1978. Primary sources appear first in each day’s reading assignment followed by documents in translation. Secondary works from the lists above are then listed in the syllabus by their primary author or by their translator/editor. Other books and articles are listed with daily assignments as needed.

Requirements: Clscs 430 is a topical senior seminar, and each meeting presupposes the preparation and participation of the students. All readings should be completed before class except for the rare instances when particularly heavy assignments prompt the instructor to divide the secondary readings among the class members. Seminar participants should come to class prepared to discuss and argue the evidence and positions held for each day’s topic. Each student will give two oral presentations, each lasting approximately 20 minutes and accompanied by a handout and a select bibliography. In most cases the report topics listed in the syllabus provide initial bibliography as a starting point. A substantial paper is due on the last day of class, and in most cases it will be a further development of one of the student’s two oral reports. In addition there will be midterm and final examinations.

Grades will be calculated by the following formula:

Class discussion and participation 20%
Oral Presentations and paper 35%
Midterm Examination 20%
Final Examination 25%

 
  Major Figures: The main players in the drama of the Julio-Claudian house include, of course, five emperors; they appear below, each with his birth name, adoptive nomenclature (when applicable), and imperial style:

C. Octavius 23 Sep 63 B.C.

C. Iulius C.f. (Divi f.) C. n. Caesar Octavianus 44 B.C.

IMP. CAESAR DIVI F. AUGUSTUS 13 Jan 27 B.C. - 19 Aug A.D. 14

K. Fitzler and O. Seeck, s.v. "Iulius (Augustus)" no. 132, RE 10 (1917) cols. 275-381. PIR2 I 215. Ti. Claudius Nero 42 B.C.

Ti. Iulius Caesar A.D. 4

TI. CAESAR AUGUSTUS 19 Aug A.D. 14 - 16 Mar A.D. 37

M. Gelzer, s.v. "Iulius (Tiberius)" no. 154, RE 10 (1917) cols. 478-536.

PIR2 C 941

 C. Iulius Caesar 31 Aug A.D. 12

C. CAESAR AUGUSTUS GERMANICUS 16 Mar A.D. 37 - 24 Jan A.D. 41

M. Gelzer, s.v. "Iulius (Caligula)" no. 133, RE 10 (1917) cols. 381-379.

PIR2 I 217

 Ti. Claudius Nero Germanicus 1 Aug 10 B.C.

TI. CLAUDIUS CAESAR AUGUSTUS GERMANICUS 24 Jan A.D. 41 - 13 Oct. A.D. 54

Groag and Gaheis, s.v. "Claudius" no. 256, RE 3 (1899) cols. 2778-2839.

PIR2 C 942.

 L. Domitius Ahenobarbus 15 Dec A.D. 37

Nero Claudius Drusus Germanicus Caesar A.D. 50

NERO CLAUDIUS CAESAR AUGUSTUS GERMANICUS 13 Oct A.D. 54 - 9 Jun A.D. 68

s.v. "Domitius" no. 29, RE 5 (1905) col. 1346

= Hohl, s.v. "Domitius (Nero)" no. 29, RE Supp. 3 (1918) cols. 349-395.

 PIR2 D 129 A stemma of the Julio-Claudian family and a listing of other major figures appears at the end of the syllabus.

Class Schedule:

W06Sep

Course Introduction and Review of Sources

F08Sep

Sources; Tour of BYU’s Ancient Studies Room

Introductions of the Penguin editions of Tacitus and Suetonius.

Oxford Classical Dictionary articles s.v. "Velleius Paterculus," "Josephus," "Philon (4) --Philo Judaeus," "Tacitus," "Suetonius," and "Dio (2) Cassius." J. Wilkes, "The Julio-Claudian Historians," CW 65 (1972) 177-203 n.b. 179-192. M11Sep

Background and Early Career of Octavian (Review)

Suet. Aug.

Tac. Ann. 1.1-2 (Penguin, 31-32).

Sherk no. 26 (Res Gestae).

Cary and Scullard, chs. 28 and 30.

See also: M.P. Charlesworth, "Some Fragments of the Propaganda of Mark Antony," CQ 27 (1933) 712-177; R. Syme, Roman Revolution (Oxford, 1960, repr. 1987) chs. 1-20.

 W13Sep

Augustan Constitutional Settlement; Beginnings of the Principate

Dio 52, 53.1-18.

Sherk no. 4.

M. Grant, "The Augustan Constitution," GR 18 (1949) 97-112.

Hammond, chs. 3, 4, and 8.

E.T. Salmon, "The Evolution of Augustus’ Principate," Historia 5 (1956) 456-78.

See also: E. Badian, "Crisis Theories and the Beginning of the Principate," Romanitas Christianitas: Untersuchungen zur Geschichte und Literatur der römischer Kaizerzeit. G. With, ed. (New York: Walter de Gruyter, 1982). G.E.F. Chilver, "Augustus and the Roman Constitution," Historia 1 (1950) 408-435. R. Syme, "Imperator Caesar: A Study in Nomenclature," Historia 9 (1958) 172-88 = RP 1.361-377; Roman Revolution (Oxford, 1960, repr. 1987) chs. 21-27. F15Sep

Image and Empire

Cary and Scullard, ch. 31.

Lewis and Reinhold, vol. 1 nos. 196, 201, 206-208.

F. Miller, "State and Subject: The Impact of Monarchy," in Caesar Augustus: Seven Aspects, 37-60. Sherk nos. 7, 11 Z. Yavetz, "The Res Gestae and Augustus’ Public Image," in Caesar Augustus: Seven Aspects, 1-36.

See also: P. Zanker, The Power of Images in the Age of Augustus. Trans. A. Shapiro (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1990). J.F. Hall, "The Saeculum Novum of Augustus and its Etruscan Antecedents," ANRW II.16.3. R. Syme, Roman Revolution (Oxford, 1960, repr. 1987) chs. 29-30.

 M18Sep

Claudians: Livia, Tiberius, and Drusus

Suet. Tib. 1-6, Claud. 1. E. Huntsman, "The Family and Property of Livia Drusilla," (Diss. In Progress, University of Pennsylvania), chs. 1 and 2. [copies on reserve] Levick, Tiberius ch. 1. Oxford Classical Dictionary article s.v. "Drusus (3)." See also: M. Flory, "Abducta Neroni Uxor: The Historiographical Tradition on the Marriage of Octavian and Livia," TAPhA 118 (1988) 343-59. T.P. Wiseman, "Attus Clausus and Two Traditions" and "Claudian Arrogrance and Claudian Wisdom," in Clio’s Cosmetics (Leicester Leicester University Press, 1979), 57-103.
 
  W20Sep

Heirship Strategies

Dio 53.27-33, 54.26-29.

Suet. Tib. 7-9.

Tac. Ann. 1.3 (Penguin, 32).

Sherk no. 12.

Garzetti, 3-8.

Hammond, ch. 7.

Levick, Tiberius ch. 2.

Oxford Classical Dictionary articles s.v. "Agrippa (3)," and "Marcellus (7)."

See also: E. Badian, "The Quaestorship of Tiberius Nero," Mnemosyne 27 (1974) 160-172. D. Mage, "The Mission of Agrippa to the Orient in 23 B.C.," CP 3 (1908) 145ff. R. Syme, Roman Revolution (Oxford, 1960, repr. 1987) ch. 28.

 F22Sep

Tiberius’ Retirement

Dio 55.1-55.10a.

Suet. Tib. 10-13.

Vell. 2.99-102.

Sherk nos. 17-19.

 Garzetti, 8-14. Levick, Tiberius, ch. 3. Report: Julia and the Crisis of 2 B.C.: B. Levick, "Tiberius’ Retirement to Rhodes in 6 B.C.," Latomus 31 (1972) 779-813; R. Syme, "The Crisis of 2 B.C.," ABAW 7 (1974) 3-34 = Roman Papers 3.912-936.

Supplemental Discussion: Livia and her step-daughter: J.F. Gardner, "Julia’s Freedmen: Questions of Law and Status," BICS 35 (1988) 94-100; J. Linderski, "Julia in Regium," ZPE 72 (1988) 181-200.

Report: The Rise and Fall of C. Caesar: Review Gardthausen, s.v. "Iulius (Caesar)" no. 134, RE 10 (1917) cols. 424-428; PIR2 I 216 G. Bowersock, "Augustus and the East: the Problem of Succession," in Caesar Augustus: Seven Aspects, 169-188; R. Syme, "The Crisis of 2 B.C.," ABAW 7 (1974) 3-34 = Roman Papers 3.912-936; give special attention to Sherk no. 19 and his book entitled The Municipal Decrees of the Roman West (Buffalo, 1979) n.b. 63-65.

 M25Sep

The Rehabilitation of Tiberius

Dio 55.11-34.

Suet. Tib. 13-21.

Tac. Ann. 1.3-4 (Penguin, 32-34)

Vell. 2.103-122 (skim military chapters).

Levick, Tiberius ch. 4.

B. Levick, "The Fall of the Younger Julia," Latomus 35 (1976) 301-339.

 W27Sep

Accession of Tiberius

Dio 56.29 - 57.13.

Suet. Aug. 97-101; Tib. 22-38.

Tac. Ann. 1.5 - 49 (Penguin, 34-60).

Vell. 2.123-125.

Garzetti, 14-27.

Levick, Tiberius chs. 5-6.

Report: Death of Augustus: E. Champlin, "The Testament of Augustus," RhM 132 (1989) 154-160; M.P. Charlesworth, "Tiberius and the Death of Augustus," AJPh (1923) 145-157; R. Detweiler, "Historical Perspectives on the Death of Agrippa Postumus," CJ 65 (1970) 289-95; D.C.A. Shotter, "Julians, Claudians, and the Accession of Tiberius," Latomus 30 (1971) 1117-1123.

Report: The Senate and Elections: J. Holladay, "The Elections of Magistrates in the Early Principate," Latomus 37 (1978) 874-893; A.H.M. Jones, "The Elections Under Augustus," JRS 14 (1955) 9-21; B. Levick, "Imperial Control of the Elections in the Early Principate," Historia 16 (1967) 207-230; D.C.A. Shotter, "Elections Under Tiberius," CQ (1966) 321-332.

 F29Sep

Tiberius and the Provinces

Dio 57.17.3-9, 23.4; 58.26

Tac. Ann. 1.49-2.26, 52; 3.20-21, 38-47, 60-74; 4.4-6, 23-27, 43-51; 6.31-44 (Penguin, 61-89, 103, 129-130, 138-142, 148-155, 159-160, 168-170, 179-183, 215-223). Sherk nos. 29, 31-32, 38, 39.

Garzetti, 27-38.

Levick, Tiberius ch. 9.

Report: Tiberius and Imperial Cult: M.P. Charlesworth, "The Refusal of Divine Honours: An Augustan Formula," PBSR 15 (1939) 1-10 and "Some Observation on Ruler-Cult, Especially in Rome," HThR 28 (1935) 5-44 n.b. 20-32.; S. Price, Rituals and Power. The Roman Imperial Cult in Asia Minor (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1984) passim; L.R. Taylor, the Divinity of the Roman Emperor (New York: Arno Press, 1975) and "Tiberius’ Refusal of Divine Honors," TAPhA 60 (1929) 87-111. M02Oct

Tiberius and the Domus Augusta

Dio 57.18-19.

Joseph. AJ 18.143-146.

Suet. Tib. 50-54.

Tac. Ann. 2.53-3.19 (Penguin, 104-128)

Sherk nos. 33-34, 36.

Garzetti, 38-43.

 Levick, Tiberius, 148-158. B. Levick, "Julians and Claudians," GR 22 (1975) 29-38. Report: Julio-Claudian Women: J.P.V.D. Balsdon, Roman Women: Their History and Habits (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1962) n.b. 63-96; R. Bauman, Women and Politics in Ancient Rome (New York: Routledge, 1992) n.b. 99-156; N. Kokkinos, Antonia Augusta (New York: Routledge, 1992); R.S. Rogers, "The Conspiracy of Agrippina," TAPhA 62 (1931) 141-168.

Supplemental Discussion: The Tabula Siarensis (CIL VI.911 = ILS 31199; cf. Tac. Ann. 2.83, ZPE 55 [1984]) and the death of Germanicus.

 W04Oct

Lèse Majesté; Rise and Fall of Seianus

Dio 57.15, 19-24; 58.1-16.

Joseph. AJ 18.179-194.

Suet. Tib. 58-66.

Tac. Ann. 3.22-37, 48-59, 75; 4.1-75; 5 frgs. 1-5 (Penguin, 130-138, 142-148, 155-200).

Sherk no. 40.

Garzetti, 43-67.

Levick, Tiberius, 158-179.

Report: Tiberius, the Senate, and Maiestas Trials: W. Allen, "The Political Atmosphere of the Reign of Tiberius," TAPhA 72 (1944) 1-25; C.W. Chilton, "The Roman Law of Treason Under the Early Principate," JRS 45 (1955) 73-81; Levick, Tiberius chs. 7 and 11; D.C.A. Shotter, "Tiberius’ Part in the Trial of Aemilia Lepida," Historia 15 (1966) 312ff.

Report: L. Aelius Seianus: H.E. Bird, "L. Aelius Seianus and his Political Significance," Latomus (1969) 61-98; J. Nicols, "Antonia and Seianus," Historia 24 (1975) 48-58; R. Sealey, "The Political Attachments of L. Aelius Seianus," Phoenix 15 (1961) 97-114; G.V. Sumner, "The Family Connections of L. Aelius Seianus," Phoenix 19 (1965) 134-145.

 F06Oct

Tiberius’ Death and Reputation

Dio 58.17-28.

Joseph. AJ 18.161-178, 205-227.

Suet. Tib. 67-76.

Tac. Ann. 6.1-51 (Penguin, 200-227).

Garzetti, 67-79.

Levick, ch. 12.

 M09Oct

Background of Gaius

Suet. Calig. 1-12.

Barrett, chs. 1-3.

 W11Oct

Accession and Policy

Dio 59.1-7. Joseph. AJ 18.228-239. Suet. Calig. 13-21.

Sherk no. 41.

Barrett, ch. 4.

Garzetti, 80-84.

 F13Oct

Illness and Opposition

Dio 59.8-21.

Philo Leg. 8-73.

Suet. Calig. 22-42, 50-56.

Barrett, chs. 5, 6.

Garzetti, 84-86.

Report: Gaius’ "Madness": D.T. Benediktson, "Caligula’s Madness: Madness or Interictal Temporal Lobe Epilepsy?" CW 82 (1989) 370-75; M.G. Morgan, "Caligula’s Illness Again," CW 66 (1973) 327-29; R.S. Katz, "The Illness of Caligula," CW 65 (1972) 223-25 and "Caligula’s Illness Again," CW 70 (1977) 451. M16Oct

Gaius and the Military

Dio 59.22-25.5a.

Suet. Calig. 43-49.

Barrett, chs. 7, 8.

P. Bicknell, "The Emperor Gaius’ Military Activities in A.D. 40," Historia 17 (1968) 496-505. Garzetti, 92-100. See also: J.P.V.D. Balsdon, "Notes Concerning the Principate of Gaius," JRS 24 (1934) 13-24. R.W. Davis, "The Abortive Invasion of Britain by Gaius," Historia 15 (1966) 124-8. W18Oct

Divine Honors

Dio 59.25.5b-28.

Joseph. AJ 18.257-288; 19.1-16.

Philo Leg. 73-113, skim 114-183, 184-208.

Plin. NH 16.201, 36.74.

Suet. Calig. 22.

Sherk no. 43.

Barrett, ch. 9.

Garzetti, 86-92.

Report: The Divine Gaius? M.P. Charlesworth, "Some Observation on Ruler-Cult, Especially in Rome," HThR 28 (1935) 5-44 n.b. 20-32; B.E. Levy, "Caligula’s Radiate Crown," GNS 38 (1988) 101-107; C.J. Simpson, "The Cult of the Emperor Gaius," Latomus 40 (1981) 489-511; E.M. Smallwood, "The Chronology of Gaius’ Attempt to Desecrate the Temple," Latomus 16 (1957) 3-17. F20Oct

Fall of Gaius

Dio 59.29-30.

Joseph. AJ 18.289-309.; 19.17-156, 201-211.

Suet. Calig. 57-60.

Barrett, chs. 10, 11.

M. P. Charlesworth, "The Tradition About Caligula," Cambridge Historical Journal 4 (1933) 105-119. Garzetti, 100-105. M23Oct

MIDTERM EXAMINATION

W25Oct

Citizen Claudius

Dio 59.6.5; 60.2.

Suet. Claud. 1-9, 38-43.

E.F. Leon, "The ‘Imbecilliatas’ of the Emperor Claudius," TAPhA 79 (1948) 79-86.

Garzetti, 111-113.

Levick, Claudius chs. 2, 3.

 F27Oct

Accession 59 of Claudius

Dio 60.1, 3-7.

Joseph. AJ 19.157-200, 212-277.

Joseph. BJ 2.204-213.

Suet. Claud. 10-12.

Garzetti, 106-110.

Levick, Claudius chs. 4, 5.

 M30Oct

Family and Intrigues

Dio 60.8.4-5, 14-16, 18, 27-28.5; Ep. 60.29.1-7b, 31.1-5a.

Suet. Claud. 13, 26-29, 37.

Tac. Ann. 11.1-38 (Penguin, 231-251).

Garzetti, 113-116.

Levick, Claudius ch. 6.

Report: Claudian Conspiracies: B. Baldwin, "Executions Under Claudius: Seneca’s Ludus de Morte Claudii," Phoenix 16 (1964) 39-48; R. Baumann, Women and Politics in Ancient Rome (New York: Routledge, 1992) n.b. 166-179; C. Erhardt, "Messalina and the Succession to Claudius," Antichthon 12 (1978) 12 (1978) 51-77; D. McAlindon, "Senatorial Opposition to Claudius and Nero," AJPh 77 (1956) 113-132 and "Claudius and Senators," AJPh 78 (1957) 279-286. W01Nov

Claudian Administration

Dio 60.10-1, 25-26, 28.6.

Suet. Claud. 14-16, 18-19, 23-25.

Sherk nos. 47, 53, 57, 59, 82.

K. Gapp, "The Universality of the Famine Under Claudius," HThR 28 (1935) 258-265. Garzetti, 131-138.

Levick, Claudius chs. 8, 10.

Report: Claudian Freedmen and Procurators: F. Millar, The Emperor in the Roman World (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1992) n.b. 69-110; S.I. Oost, "The Career of M. Antonius Pallas," AJPh 79 (1958) 113-139; P.R.C. Weaver, Familia Caesaris, a Social Study of the Emperor’s Freedmen (Cambridge, 1972), "The Slave and Freedman Cursus in the Imperial Administration," PCPhS 10 (1964) 74-92, and "Freedman Procurators in the Imperial Administration," Historia 14 (1965) 460-9. F03Nov

Claudian Society

Dio 60.12-13.

Suet. Claud. 20-22, 32.

Garzetti, 138-141.

Levick, Claudius chs. 9, 11-12.

 M6Nov

Claudius Imperator

Dio 60.8-9, 19-23; Ep. 60.30.

Suet. Claud. 17.

Sherk nos. 49, 51, 56, 58.

Garzetti, 117-120.

Levick, Claudius chs. 13, 14.

Report: The Conquest of Britain: T.W. Potter, Roman Britain (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1993); J.S. Wacker, The Coming of Rome (London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1979); G. Webster, The Roman Invasion of Britain (London: Batsford, 1980). W08Nov

Provincial Administration

Dio 60.17, 24, 28.7.

Joseph. BJ 2.214-227, 247.

Sherk nos. 48, 50, 52, 55.

Garzetti, 120-130.

Levick, Claudius ch. 15.

 F10Nov

Agrippina and the End; Claudius in Review.

Dio Ep. 60.31.6-35.4.

Joseph. BJ 2.248-249.

Suet. Claud. 30-31, 33-36, 44-45.

Tac. Ann. 12.1-69 (Penguin, 252-283).

T.F. Carney, "The Changing Picture of Claudius," AClass 3 (1960) 99-104. Garzetti, 116-117, 141-145.

Levick, Claudius chs. 7, 16.

B. Levick, "Claudius: Antiquarian or Revolutionary?" AJPh 99 (1978) 79-105.

Report: Agrippina and Claudius: G. Bagnani, "The Case of the Poisoned Mushrooms," Phoenix 1 (1946) 15-20; J.P.V.D. Balsdon, Roman Women: Their History and Habits (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1962) n.b. 107-120; R. Bauman, Women and Politics in Ancient Rome (New York: Routledge, 1992) n.b. 179-189.

 M13Nov

Nero’s Background

Dio Ep. 61.1-2.

Suet. Ner. 1-7.

Garzetti 146-148.

Griffin, ch. 2.

 W15Nov

Nero’s Accession

Dio Ep. 61.3.

Suet. Ner. 8-10.

Tac. Ann. 13.1-5 (Penguin, 282-286).

Sherk no. 61.

Garzetti, 148-150.

Griffin, ch. 3.

 F17Nov

Quinquennium Neronis

Dio Ep. 61.4-7.4.

Suet. Ner. 14-16

Tac. Ann. 13.25-33, 42-53 (Penguin, 295-299, 304-309).

Sherk no. 74.

Garzetti, 150-155.

Griffin, chs. 4, 5 (pp. 67-73)

A. Lepper, "Some Reflections on the ‘Quinquennium Neronis,’" JRS 47 (1957) 95-103. M. Thornton, Historia 22 (1973) 570-82. Report: Burrus and the Position of Praefectus Praetorio: D. Gillis, "The Portrait of Afranius Burrus in Tacitus’ Annales," PP (1963) 5-22; L.L. Howe, The Praetorian Praefect from Commodus to Diocletian (1942); F. Millar, The Emperor in the Roman World (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1992) n.b. 122-131. M20Nov

Agrippina the Younger

Dio Ep. 61.7.5-61.18.3

Suet. Ner. 33-34.

Tac. Ann. 13.10-24; 14.1-13 (Penguin, 288-295, 312-319).

Garzetti, 150, 155-156.

Griffin, ch. 5 (pp. 73-82).

 W22Nov

Fall of Seneca and Burrus

Dio Ep. 62.1 - 62.13.3.

Suet. Ner. 35-36.

Tac. Ann. 14.14-22, 40-56 (Penguin, 320-324, 332-339).

Garzetti, 158-160.

Griffin, ch. 6.

 F24Nov

Thanksgiving Break

M27Nov

The Descent

Dio Ep. 62.13.3-15.6, 29.

Suet. Ner. 26-30, 32, 37

Tac. Ann. 14.57-65; 15.18-24, 33-37 (Penguin, 339-344; 353-356, 360-362).

Garzetti, 160-163.

Griffin, ch. 7.

 W29Nov

The Fire of 64 and the Neronian Building Program

Dio Ep. 62.16-18.5.

Suet. Ner. 16, 31, 38.

Tac. Ann. 15.38-47 (Penguin, 362-367).

Garzetti, 163-166.

Griffin, ch. 8.

Report: Nero and the Christians: W. Clayton, "Tacitus and Nero’s Persecution of the Christians," CQ 41 (1947) 81ff.; M.F. Gyles, "Nero Fiddled While Rome Burned," CJ 42 (1947) 211-17; H. Last, "The Study of the ‘Persecutions,’" JRS 27 (1937) 80-92; E.M. Smallwood, "The Alleged Jewish Sympathies of Poppaea Sabina," JThS 10 (1959) 329-335.

Report: The Domus Aurea: A. Boethius, The Golden House of Nero. Some Aspects of Roman Architecture (Ann Arbor: Univeristy of Michigan Press, 1960); M.P.O. Morford, "The Distortion of the Domus Aurea Tradition," Eranos 66 (1968) 158ff; J.W. Perkins, "Nero’s Golden House," Antiquity 30 (1956) 209-219.

 F01Dec

Neronian Culture

Dio Ep. 61.19-21; 62.29.

Suet. Ner. 11-12, 20-25.

Tac. Ann. 16.4.

Garzetti, 157-158.

Griffin, ch. 9.

Report: Nero the Artist: J. Bolton, "Was the Neronia a Freak Festival," CQ (1948) 82ff.; P.M. Frazer, "Nero the Artist-Criminal," CJ 62 (1966) 17-20; M.F. Gyles "Nero, qualis artifex?" CJ 57 (1962)193-200.

Report: Silver Age Literature: The Cambridge History of Classical Literature, Vol. 2 (Latin Literature). Edited by E.J. Kenney and W.V. Clausen (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1982) chs. 24, 26-27; G.O. Hutchinson, Latin Literature from Seneca to Juvenal: a Critical Study (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1993).

 M04Dec

Foreign Affairs

Dio Ep. 62.19-23; 63.1-7.

Joseph. BJ 2-250 - 3.8.

Suet. Ner. 13, 39.

Tac. Ann. 13.6- 9, 34-41, 53-58; 14.23-39; 15.1-17, 25-32 (Penguin, 286-288, 299-304, 309-312; 324-332; 345-353, 356-359). Sherk nos. 64-65. Garzetti, 170-181. Griffin, pp. 177-179.

See also: R. Syme, "Domitius Corbulo," JRS 60 (1970) 27-39 = Roman Papers 2.805-824.

 Report: Boudicca and the British Revolt: C.M. Bulst, "The Revolt of Queen Boudicca in A.D. 60. Roman Politics and the Iceni," Historia 10 (1961) 495-509; J.C. Overbeck, "Tacitus and Dio on Boudicca’s Rebellion," AJPh 90 (1969) 129-145; G. Webster, Boudica: The British Revolt Against Rome A.D. 60 (London, Batsford, 1978). W06Dec

Domestic Conspiracies

Dio 62.24-28.

Tac. Ann. 15.48-16.35 . . . (Penguin, 368-397)

Sherk no. 69.

Garzetti, 166-170.

Griffin, pp. 164-177.

 F08Dec

The Greek Tour and the Revolt of Vindex

Dio Ep. 63.8-29.

Suet. Ner. 40-50.

 Sherk nos. 71-73. P. Gallivan, "Nero’s Liberation of Greece," Hermes 101 (1973) 230ff. Garzetti, 181-189. Griffin, pp. 179-182. M11Dec Post Mortem Suet. Ner. 51-57.

Griffin, chs. 11-13.

Report: The Legacy and Mystique of Nero: A.E. Pappano, "The False Neros," CJ 32 (1937) 385ff.; S.J. Bastomosky, "The Emperor Nero in Talmudic Legend," Jewish Quarterly Review 59 (1969) 321-25; G. Charles-Picard, Augustus and Nero (New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1965) n.b. 150-174; E.W. Sanford, "Nero and the East," HSCPh 48 (1937) 75-103; see references at Griffin, 240 nn. 5-6 and 287 nn. 7-8. W13Dec

Papers Due

Recapitulation; Julio-Claudians in Review

Griffin, chs. 13-15.

Review Levick, Claudius, ch. 1.

G. Moss, "The Mentality and Personality of the Julio-Claudian Emperors," MedHist 7 (1963) 165-175.
 
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