Roman History
schedule for
Roman History
Dr. Mohamed Kenawi
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Week
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Subject
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1
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The early inhabitants of Italy
Italy geography - sources of the Roman history under the Republic
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2
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The early Roman Republic (509-265 B.C.)
The Roman government.
The legislative assemblies.
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3
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The stages of conflict among the Romans (494-287B.C.) social order (Patricians and Plebs)
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4
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Roman expansion in Italy till its unification in 265B.C. under Roman leadership.
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5
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Roman expansion in the Mediterranean Sea (265-133B.C.)
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6
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First Punic war between Rome and Cartage (264-241B.C.) and subsequent period till 218B.C.
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7
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Mid-Term Evaluation
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8
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Second Punic war (218-202B.C.)
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9
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Roman expansion and campaigns in the eastern Mediterranean (202-133B.C.)
The Roman revolution (133-44B.C.)
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10
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The Gracchi Brothers (133-122B.C.)
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11
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Gaius Marius (107-98B.C.)
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12
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Sulla and Outbreak of social war (90-88B.C.)
His dictatorship and death 78B.C.
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13
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The Great Leaders at the end of the Republic:
Pompey-Cicero-Caesar-Crassus.
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14
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The fall of the republic.
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15
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Final Exam
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Selected bibliography:
· Crawford, M., The Roman Republic (1992).
· Crook, Y., Law and Life of Rome (1980)
· Gruen, E.S., The Hellenistic World and the coming of Rome 1-2 (1984)
· Harris, W.V., War and Imperialism in Republican Rome (1979).
· Lintott, A.W., Judicial Reform and Land Reform in the Roman World (1989).
· Nicolet, C., The World of the Citizen in Republican Rome (1980).
· Scullard, H.H., History of Roman World, 753-146B.C. (1980).
· Scullard, H.H., Roman Politics, 220-150B.C., edn 2 (1983).