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http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/history/21h-302-the-ancient-world-rome-spring-2005/index.htmThe Ancient World: Rome

instructorProf. William Broadhead

MIT Course Number21H.302

Readings

Boatwright, M. T., et al. The Romans: from village to empire. New York and Oxford, NY: OxfordUniversity Press, 2003. ISBN: 9780195118759.Recommended Texts

Apuleius. The Golden Ass. Translated with introduction and notes by P. G. Walsh. Oxford and NewYork, NY: Oxford University Press, 1999. ISBN: 9780192838889.

Livy. The Rise of Rome: Books 1-5. Translated with introduction and notes by T. J. Luce. Oxford andNew York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1999. ISBN: 9780192822963.

Plutarch. Roman Lives. Translated by Robin Waterfield with introduction and notes by Philip A.Stadter. Oxford and New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1999. ISBN: 9780192825025.

Suetonius. Lives of the Caesars. Translated with introduction and notes by Catharine Edwards. Oxfordand New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2001. ISBN: 9780192832719.

Tacitus. The Annals of Imperial Rome. Translated with introduction by Michael Grant. New York, NY:Penguin Books, 1956. ISBN: 9780140440607.Additional Readings

Lewis, Naphtali, and Meyer Reinhold, eds. "The 12 Tables." In Roman Civilization. 3rd ed. Vol. 1.New York, NY: Columbia University Press, 1990. pp. 107-116. ISBN: 9780231071307.

Polybius. Histories, Book 6. Translated by W. R. Paton. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press,1922.

"Imperialism" source selections

Shelton, Jo-Ann, ed., As the Romans Did: A Sourcebook in Roman Social History. 2nd ed. New York,NY: Oxford University Press, 1998. ASIN: B000X6HAN6.

Cicero. "Speech Against Verres (excerpts)." In As the Romans Did: A Sourcebook in Roman SocialHistory. Edited by Jo-Ann Shelton. 2nd ed. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1998, pp. 268-284. ASIN: B000X6HAN6.

Cicero. Letters (selections). Translated by Evelyn Shuckburgh. New York: P. F. Collier and Son, 1909.

"Augustus" source selections

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Augustus. Res Gestae Divi Augusti: The Achievements of the Divine Augustus. With introduction andcommentary by P. A. Brunt, and J. M. Moore. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1969. ISBN:9780198317722. (Read a version of this text online.)

"Nero" source selections

Eden, P. T., ed.: Seneca. Apocolocyntosis. Cambridge and New York, NY: Cambridge University Press,1984. ISBN: 9780521246170.

"Army" source selections

Lewis, Naphtali, and Reinhold, Meyer, eds. In Roman Civilization. 3rd ed. Vol. II. New York, NY:Columbia University Press, 1990. ISBN: 9780231071321.

"Daily Life" source selections

Lewis, Naphtali, and Reinhold, Meyer, eds. In Roman Civilization. 3rd ed. Vol. II. New York, NY:Columbia University Press, 1990. ISBN: 9780231071321.

Hopkins, Keith. "Taxes and Trade in the Roman Empire (200 BC - AD 400)." Journal of RomanStudies 70 (1980): 101-125.

"Slavery." source selections

Lewis, Naphtali, and Reinhold, Meyer, eds. In Roman Civilization. 3rd ed. Vol. II. New York, NY:Columbia University Press, 1990. ISBN: 9780231071321.

"Crisis" source selections

Lewis, Naphtali, and Reinhold, Meyer, eds. In Roman Civilization. 3rd ed. Vol. II. New York, NY:Columbia University Press, 1990. ISBN: 9780231071321.

Pliny, the Younger. Letters of the Younger Pliny. Betty Radice (Translator). New York, NY: PenguinClassics; Reissue edition, 1963. ISBN: 9780140441277.

[Download Letters of the Younger Pliny by Pliny, the Younger, edited by Heinrich Keil, translated byJohn Benjamin Firth, a version of this text from Project Gutenberg.]