Julio-Claudians

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I: Lingua Latina

  • Words attributed to some Julio-Claudian emperors
  1. O homines ad servitutem paratos! (allegedly said by Tiberius about Roman senators)
  2. Utinam populus Romanus unam cervicem haberet! (supposedly said by Caligula)

 

II. Rome at UT

Vergil and Terence in the Life Sciences Library

Fasces in the LBJ Library

III. The Julio-Claudians: Rome's First Dynasty
(27 BCE- 68 CE)

  • Charts and maps
  1. Family Tree of the Julio-Claudians
  2. Map of Italy
  3. Expansion of the Roman Empire
  • Augustus: 27 BCE - 14 CE
  • Tiberius (all dates from here on CE): 14-37
  1. Germanicus and Agrippina the Elder
  2. maiestas trials
  3. Sejanus (His downfall from I, Claudius)
  4. Continuation of Augustus' foreign policy
  • Caligula (=Gaius): 37-41
  • Claudius: 41-54
  1. Scholarly interests
  2. Messalina
  3. Agrippina the Younger
  4. Freedmen
  5. Conquest of Britain
  • Nero: 54-68

Peter Ustinov as Nero in Quo Vadis (1951)

CC 302: Introduction to Ancient Rome

Unique numbers 33015 and 33940 

Spring, 2012; TTh 12:30-2:00, WEL 1.316

Timothy Moore, WAG 113, 232-4161; timmoore@mail.utexas.edu

Office hours M 3-5, Th 11-12:15, and by appointment

 

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