Interpreting the Roman Past

Student Learning Outcomes, Goals, Objectives:

Students successfully completing this course will be able to:

• Improve your Latin reading and comprehension and be able to read Latin with minimal help from a dictionary or commentary;
• Formulate and articulate effective analyses and arguments that are supported by critical engagement with primary and secondary sources;
• Describe the historical, literary, and stylistic qualities of Suetonius’ and Tacitus’ works and how their works fit into Roman history writing as a whole; and
• Speak and write in an informed manner on one Rome’s most (in)famous emperors: Nero.

Course Grading Information:

Activity/Performance Measure	Percentage/Points
Attendance and Participation	10%
Quizzes	10%
Database Assignments	15%
Rabbit Hole Assignment	10%
Final Research Paper	25%
Exams	30%

Grading Scale:

Percentage	Letter Grade
93-100%	A
90-92%	A-
87-89%	B+
83-86%	B
80-82%	B-
77-79%	C+
73-76%	C
70-72%	C-
67-69%	D+
63-66%	D
60-62%	D-
0-59%	F

Attendance/Participation:

Attendance and participation are a part of the students’ final grade and are required to both understand the material and succeed in the course.

Course Materials Purchased by the Students:

• Rhiannon Ash. 2017. Tacitus. Annals: Book XV. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0521269391.
• B. H. Warmington. 1999. Suetonius. Nero. London: Bristol Classical Press. ISBN 978-1853995415.