Livy and the Origins of Rome (LAT 365 [83650]/385(83663]), Summer, 2008
M-F, June 9-June 27, 2:30-5:30, WAG 112
Timothy Moore, WAG 113, timmoore@mail.utexas.edu, 232-4161
Office hours M-F 1:30-2:30 and by appointment

The stories of Livy's early books are incomparable both for their inherent excitement and for what they tell us about how the Romans viewed themselves.  We will read and discuss a number of these stories, paying particular attention to the mixture of history and myth in Livy's account, Livy's view of what it means to be Roman, and how the stories can best be put to use in the classroom.

Grading:
Latin 365 (Undergraduate credit):
Class participation (includes attendance, contributions to class discussions, and formal and informal oral reports): 50%
Final exam: 50%

LAT 385 (Graduate credit)
Class participation: 40%
Final exam: 30%
Paper (due July 9th): 30%

Required Texts:
Livy, Book 1, edited by Julia Haig Gaisser and T. Davina McClain.
Livy: Book II, edited by J. Whiteley
Livy, The Early History of Rome, translated by Aubrey de Sélincourt.
Course packet, available at Abel's Copies, 715-D West 23rd Street (University Towers), 472-5353

Schedule (subject to change)
Date Readings in Livy Topics for Discussion and Additional Readings Reports
June 9
Livy's life, background, and work
June 10 1.24-27 Book 1 in English Structure of Book 1
June 11 1.28-31 Livy's Preface and Exemplary History: Livy, Preface; J.L. Moles, “Livy’s Preface,” Proceedings of the Cambridge Philological Society 39 (1993) 141-168 Choose a virtue from T.J. Moore, Artistry and Ideology: Livy's Vocabulary of Virtue (Frankfurt, 1989)
June 12 1.32-35 Book 2 in English Structure of Book 2
June13 1.36-39 Livy and his Sources 1: Ernst Badian, "The Early Historians," in Latin Historians, ed. T.A. Dorey (London, 1966), pp. 2-38. Individual historians in Hermann Peter, Historicorum Romanorum Reliquiae, Vol. 1 (2nd edition, Leipzig, 1914; to be assigned)
June 16 1.40-44 Book 3 in English 1. Structure of Book 3
2. Andrew Feldherr, Spectacle and Society in Livy's History (Berkeley, 1998), Chapter 5: "The Alternative of Drama," pp. 165-217
June 17 1.45-49 Livy and His Sources 2: T.P.Wiseman, “The Origins of Roman Historiography,” in History and Imagination: Eight Essays on Roman Culture (Exeter, 1994), pp. 1-22 T. P. Wiseman, "Ovid on Servius Tullius," in Roman Drama and Roman History (Exeter, 1998), pp. 25-34.
June 18 1.53-55 Book 4 in English 1. Structure of Book 4
2.  Gary B. Miles, Livy: Reconstructing Early Rome (Ithaca, NY, 1995), Chapter 1: "History and Memory in Livy's Narrative," pp. 8-74.
June 19 1.56-58 Livy and His Sources 3: Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities, 4.64-85 1. Plutarch, Coriolanus and Livy 2.33-40
2. Ovid, Fasti 2.685-852
June 20 1.59-60, 2.1 Book 5 in English 1. Structure of Book 5
2.  T.J. Luce, "Design and Structure in Livy: 5.32-55," Transactions of the American Philological Association 102 (1971) 265-302
June 23 2.3-5, 9-10 Women: Patricia Klindienst Joplin, "Ritual Work on Human Flesh: Livy's Lucretia and the Rape of the Body Politic," Helios 17 (1990) 51-70 1. T.J. Moore,  “Morality, History, and Livy’s Wronged Women,” Eranos 91 (1993) 38-46
2. F. Santoro L'Hoir, The Rhetoric of Gender Terms: "Man," "Woman," and the Portrayal of Character in Latin Prose (Leiden, 1992),
Chapters 4-5: "Ab Urbe Condita: When viri Were viri" and"Livian Ladies: Cardboard Characters in Feminine Attire," pp. 63-99.
June 24 2.15, 19-20 Style: A.H. McDonald, "The Style of Livy," Journal of Roman Studies 47 (1957) 155-72 Stylistic analyses (to be assigned)
June 25 2.21-26 Livy and Early Roman Archaeology: R. Ross Holloway, The Archaeology of Early Rome and Latium (New York, 1994), Introduction, pp. 1-19 1. La Grande Roma dei Tarquini: Roma, Palazzo delle esposizioni, 12 giugno-30 settembre 1990, catalogo della mostra a cura di Mauro Cristofani (Rome, 1990).
2. P. Attema, "Landscape Archaeology and Livy: Warfare, Colonial Expansion and Town and Country in Central Italy of the 7th to 4th c. BC," Bulletin Antieke Beschaving 75 (2000) 115-126
June 26 2.32-33 Livy and Roman Religion:  Jerzy Linderski, “Roman Religion in Livy,” in Wolfgang Schuller (ed.). Livius: Aspekte seines Werkes (Konstanz, 1993), pp. 53-70 W. Liebeschuetz, "The Religious Position of Livy's History," Journal of Roman Studies 57 (1967) 45-55
June 27
Final Exam, Livy's Nachleben

Links:
Livy Bibliography
Checklist for Stylistic Analysis of Latin Prose

Required information
Scholastic Dishonesty
Scholastic dishonesty on any graded assignment will result in a 0 on the assignment. Scholastic dishonesty includes any kind of cheating, including plagiarism; if you are unsure about the exact definition you should consult the information on the web site of the Dean of Students (http://deanofstudents.utexas.edu/sjs/scholdis.php).

Academic disabilities
The University of Texas at Austin provides upon request appropriate academic accommodations for qualified students with disabilities. For more information, contact the Office of the Dean of Students at 471-6259 or 471-4641, or consult http://deanofstudents.utexas.edu/ssd/.

Religious holidays
You may make up any work you miss for a religious holiday if you notify me of the holiday fourteen days ahead of time.

last modified September 1, 2010 by timmoore@mail.utexas.edu