COR 046H: Ancient Rome in Film,
Fiction, Fact
Schedule of Topics and Assignments, Part
II
VII. The Career and Character of Julius Caesar (read George
Bernard Shaw's play Caesar and Cleopatra: A History). October 22-29
- Course pages:
- External Links:
VIII. Antony, Octavian, and Cleopatra: the end of the Roman Republic (see
film Cleopatra). October 29-November 5
- Course Pages:
- External Links:
IX. Roman Clothing (These Were the Romans, chapter 14). November
10-12
- Course Pages:
- External Links:
- Slide
show featuring modern reproductions of ancient Roman clothing (Diotima)
- Assignment (due November 17): Submit a list of 10 objective questions with
answers (true and false or multiple choice) covering the most important
aspects of the unit on Roman clothing; these will also contribute to our
library of questions for the Roman Pursuit game in the VRoma MOO. These
questions should be prepared individually, not in groups; they should be
emailed to me before class on November 17. On November 17, the class
will take a brief objective quiz on the same topic.
X. Augustus and Tiberius: the beginnings of the Roman Empire. Begin reading
I, Claudius). November 17-24
- Course Pages:
- External Links--Primary Sources:
- External Links--Secondary Sources:
- External Links--Pages related to I, Claudius:
SCHEDULE OF LAB SESSIONS:
- Creating basic web pages using HTML; content of pages will deal with
accuracy of Caesar and Cleopatra (October 27)
- Continuation of web authoring using HTML; content of pages will deal with
accuracy of portrayals of Julius Caesar and Cleopatra in the play Caesar and
Cleopatra and the film Cleopatra (November 3)
- Continuation of web authoring using HTML (November 10)
- MOO groups begin construction of Roman Pursuit game by constructing rooms
on the theme of Roman clothing; these will provide the setting for posting
questions and tasks related to this topic. These rooms will incorporate html
documents and links created using the MOO Object Editor (November 17)
- Introduction to HoTMetaL Pro 5.0 web editing software; students will create
tables and more sophisticated layout designs for their Caesar and Cleopatra web
pages (November 24). Below are some of the pages produced by students in the
class:
Schedule continues on Topics and Assignments
Part III.
November, 1998
Ancient Rome Course Page
Barbara McManus Home Page
VRoma Home Page