SYLLABUS OF DAILY ASSIGNMENTS for Latin 381A (Latin Historians), Spring 2008 - Readings are to be completed by the date they appear on the syllabus as they will constitute the majority of material to be discussed that day.

Cunliffe = Barry Cunliffe The Ancient Celts (Princeton) listed by chapter number
Caesar = E.C. Kennedy, ed. Caesar
de Bello Gallico VI (Bristol) listed by chapter number
Ash = Rhiannon Ash
Tacitus (Bristol) listed by chapter number
Germ = J.G.C. Anderson, ed. Tacitus Germania (Bristol) listed by chapter number
Amm = J.C. Rolfe, tr. Ammianus Marcellinus
History Books 27-31 (Loeb) listed by BOOK, CHAPTER, SECTION number

For any Latin word - morphological analysis and dictionary entry from Lewis&Short dictionary
especially important for your readings in Tacitus and Ammianus where you have no glossary attached and where your smaller dictionaries may not have all specialized words

Caesar Bellum Gallicum VI - each Latin word is searchable for morphology
Tacitus Germania - each Latin word is searchable for morphology

M 1-28

Cunliffe 1-2; Caesar Intro, chs. 1-3

Caesar 1.1 (Read in Latin here)

CAESAR/GAUL MAP

M 3-24,

W 3-26

*feriae vernales*

 

 

W 1-30

Caesar 6.1-10 in English here

11-12.6 in Latin; Cunliffe 3

M 3-31

Germ 16-19; Ash 3 + Envoi

M 2-4

Caesar 12.7-13.11; Cunliffe 4

W 4-2

Germ 20-23; Amm XXVIII. 5-6, XXX.3 (English)

TACITUS ARTICLE 1

W 2-6

Caesar 14-15; Cunliffe 5 CELT REPORT 1

M 4-7

Germ 24-27; Amm XXX.4-5 (English) XXX.4.13 (Latin)

M 2-11

Caesar 16-18; Cunliffe 6

W 4-9

Germ 28-30 TACITUS ARTICLE 2

W 2-13

Caesar 19-21; Cunliffe 7-8 CELT REPORT 2

Caesar on the Suevi (English)

F 4-11

TACITUS EXAM DUE BY 5 PM

M 2-18

Caesar 22-24; Cunliffe 9-10

M 4-14

Germ 31-34; Amm XXX.6-7 (English) TACITUS ARTICLE 3

W 2-20

Caesar 25-27; Cunliffe 11 CELT REPORT 3

W 4-16

Germ 35-37; Amm XXXI.1-2 (English) XXXI.2.2,6 (Latin)

M 2-25

Caesar 28, 29-43 in English here;

Cunliffe 12 CELT REPORT 4

M 4-21

*feriae paschales*

W 2-27

Cunliffe 13-14

Germ Intro Sections 1-3

Ash 1

W 4-23

Germ 38-39; Amm XXXI.2.10, 21-22 (Latin)

TACITUS ARTICLE 4

F 2-29

CAESAR EXAM DUE BY 5 PM

M 4-28

Germ 40-42; Amm XXXI.3-4 (English), XXXI.4.6-8 (Latin)

M 3-3

Germ chapters 1-2

W 4-30

Germ 43-44; Amm XXXI.4.9-11 (Latin), XXXI chapters 5-7 (English)

W 3-5

Germ 3-4 Germ Intro Sections 4-6

M 5-5

Germ 45; Amm XXXI.5.10-13 (Latin), chapters 8-11 (English)

M 3-10

Germ 5-6; Amm XXVII.1-5 (English), 4.14 in Latin

W 5-7

Germ 46; Amm XXXI.5.14-17 (Latin), chapters 12-16 (English)

W 3-12

Germ 7-9; Ash 2

 

 

M 3-17

Germ 10-12; Amm XXVII.8-10, XXVIII.1 (English)

 

 

W 3-19

Germ 13-15; Amm XXVIII.2-3,4.6-31(English)

XXVIII.4.32-35 (Latin)

 

Final Exam – Date and time TBA