HUM 340 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Aelius Aristides, Ars Amatoria, Heroides
18 Mar 2019
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Ancient rome through the eyes of its inhabitants and visitors. Readings: ** review ** tacitus, annals, 15. 43. 1-5: the burning of rome. 71-73: the destruction of rome (1) ovid, ars amatoria, i. iv and i. v: on romance in rome. Livy, history of rome, book v from last week** document as augustine**) Go to this link: https://www. ancient. eu/video/189/ (2) pliny the younger, letters, selections: on life in rome themes to this week"s. (3) juvenal, satires, iii: on life in rome (4) augustine, confessions, vi. 8, excerpt: on watching the games at the colosseum (**in same document as aristides**) (5) aelius aristides, speech to rome, selections (**in same. + watch this video (c. 14 mins): an extended version of the video we watched in class with a useful commentary that blends last week"s. Please do the readings in the order listed here (they are in rough chronological order).
