HIST 435.01 ANCIENT CITY
St. Mary’s College of Maryland
Fall 2008 Dr. Linda Jones Hall 2:40-4:30 MW Kent Hall 312
Office 204 Kent Hall Phone 240-895-4434 or ext. 4434
Office hours: 10:45-11:45 a.m. on Mon; 1:30-2:30 on Wed; or by appointment
Email ljhall@smcm.edu
webpage http://www.smcm.edu/ljhall/ljhall.html

COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course covers the development of urban life in the classical world, according to Greek and Roman ideals. Religious activities, water and food supply, trade and business operations, and social and political interactions were all provided for within evolving patterns of architecture and infrastructure. Cities also interacted with the rural hinterland and within larger geographical frameworks. A close study of ancient Mediterranean cities should enhance not only our understanding of the past but may also suggest insights into later patterns of urbanization in both medieval and modern Europe and the Middle East.

COURSE READINGS
REQUIRED
HANSEN= Hansen, Mogens Herman. Polis: An Introduction to the Ancient Greek City State. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006. ISBN 978-0-19-920850-0

GREEK POLIS = Adkins, Arthur W. H., and Peter White, eds. The Greek Polis. University of Chicago Readings in Western Civilization series, 1. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1986. ISBN 0-226-06935-4.

TOMLINSON = Tomlinson, Richard. From Mycenae to Constantinople: The Evolution of the Ancient City. London: Routledge, 1992. ISBN 0415 05998 4.

STAMBAUGH = Stambaugh, John E. The Ancient Roman City. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1988. ISBN 0801836921.

SHELTON = Shelton, Jo-Ann. As the Romans Did: A Sourcebook in Roman Social History. 2nd edn. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998. Pbk. ISBN 0-19-508974-X.

GATES = Gates, Charles. The Archaeology of Urban Life in the Ancient Near East and Egypt, Greece, and Rome. London and New York: Routledge, 2003. ISBN 0425121825.

RECOMMENDED
CONNOLLY = Peter Connolly, with Hazel Dodge. The Ancient City: Life in Classical Athens and Rome. Oxford University Press, pbk. ISBN 9172429-0

TURABIAN = Kate Turabian. A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations. Revised by John Grossman and Alice Bennett. 6th ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996. ISBN 022816273

COURSE EXPECTATIONS
Regular attendance is expected. Reading of the assignments in advance is most desireable for full participation in class discussion. Timely production of written work is expected. Intellectual honor and honesty are demanded.

GRADING FOR THIS COURSE

WEEKLY ORAL PRESENTATIONS =150points
HANDOUT WITH BIBILOGRAPHY & OUTLINE = 100 points
PRESENTATION OF PAPER TOPIC = 60 points
ATTENDANCE AND DISCUSSION = 90 points
FIRST TEST = 150 points
FINAL EXAM = 150 points
FINAL PAPER = 300 points

GRADE SCALE
Ultimately, the student’s grade is based on the professor’s assessment of the student’s work.
94-100 = A, 93-90 = A-, 87-89 = B+, 84-86 = B, 80-83 = B-, 77-79 = C+, 74-76 = C,
70-73 = C-, 67-69 = D+, 64-66 = D, 63-60 = D-, below 60 = F

WRITING A PAPER FOR THIS COURSE ON AN ANCIENT CITY
THIS PAPER MUST BE 15 PAGES LONG. See list of suggested topics below.
Papers should be 15 pages, double-spaced, with one-inch margins, in a 12-point font. In your papers, you want to explore some question that can be answered by the primary sources and/or archaeological reports. Thus a paper that analyzes a narrow topic in depth is far preferable to some broad survey. In developing your argument, you should quote five passages from one or more primary source(s) which can be from our readings in class or from other ancient authors located in print volumes or from online sources. You must fully document these sources by ancient authors and titles, book and section numbers, translators, the modern title, publisher, place and date of publication, and page numbers. You may use either footnotes with a bibliography OR parenthetical citations with a list of works cited. You are encouraged to look at modern historians who have written articles and/or books on the topic. These must also be properly cited by footnote or parenthetical reference. All works used in the paper must be given proper credit. Consult TURABIAN for examples on how to do this.

The Writing Center: “The Writing Center, located in the Library Annex, has peer tutors trained to discuss your writing with you. No matter where you are in the writing process (brainstorming ideas, understanding assignments, or revising rough and final drafts), the tutors in the Writing Center can assist you. These tutors are your peers-they would not grade or proofread your paper, but would instead coach you in becoming a stronger writer. I encourage you to use the Writing Center as much as possible. You can make an appointment with the Center by visiting their website, www.smcm.edu/writingcenter, and clicking "Schedule an Appointment." At the same website, you can find helpful resources on many writing-related topics.”

Academic dishonesty is a very serious offense.
Definition of Plagiarism from To The Point and the College Catalog:
Plagiarism is the act of appropriating and using the words, ideas, symbols, images, or other works of original expression of others as one's own without giving credit to the person who created the work. If students have any questions regarding the definition of plagiarism, they should consult their instructor for general principles regarding the use of others' work. Among sources commonly used for documenting use of others' work are the style manuals published by the American Psychological Association, the Council of Biology Editors, the Modern Language Association, and Turabian's Manual for Writers of Term Papers. The final authority concerning methods of documentation is the course instructor. Specific instances of plagiarism include, but are not limited to, the following:
a) Word-for-word copying of sentences or paragraphs from one or more sources that are the work or data of other persons (including books, articles, theses, unpublished works, working papers, seminar and conference papers, lecture notes or tapes, graphs, images, charts, data, electronically based materials, etc.), without clearly identifying their origin by appropriate referencing.
b) Closely paraphrasing ideas or information (in whatever form) without appropriate acknowledgement by reference to the original work or works.
c) Presenting material obtained from the Internet as if it were the student's own work.
d) Minor alterations such as adding, subtracting, or rearranging words, or paraphrasing sections of a source without appropriate acknowledgement of the original work or works.
3. Falsification
Falsification involves misrepresentation in an academic exercise.
Misrepresentation includes, but is not limited to:
a) Falsely attributing data or judgments to scholarly sources.
b) Falsely reporting the results of calculations or the output of computer programs, or materials from other electronic sources.
c) Presenting copied, falsified, or improperly obtained data as if it were the result of laboratory work, field trips, or other investigatory work.
4. Resubmission of work
No student may turn in work for evaluation in more than one course without the permission of the instructors of both courses.
Penalties for plagiarism can include, but are not limited to, a zero on the work in question, an F in the course, and referral to the Office of the Provost. ALL sources which you use (books, articles, internet) must be cited properly.

TYPES OF ASSIGNMENTS
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
Students will make weekly presentations on assigned topics. These topics will include, but not be restricted to, discussions of assigned readings, both primary sources and secondary analyses. Students will also present reports on relevant journal articles and book chapters, as assigned. A schedule will be established for these presentations.

PRESENTATION OF THE PAPER TOPIC WITH HANDOUT
Students will make a fifteen-minute presentation to the class of the main points of their paper topic. This presentation will include giving each member of the class a handout which should list the proposed title, the student’s name, an introductory thesis statement that explains the main argument of the final paper, an outline of five points (either phrase or sentence outline), and ten bibliographical entries the student plans to use in his/her final paper. The fifteen minute presentation includes time for class interaction and questions.

TEST AND EXAM
There will be a mid-term test and a final exam. These will be designed to assess the student’s comprehension of assigned readings from both the ancient and modern authors. Since the paper topics will be individualized, these tests will focus in a more general way on the student’s understanding of issues and arguments of the common readings for the course.

POSSIBLE TOPICS FOR FINAL PAPER
(TIMEFRAME—FROM THE FOUNDING DATE TO SIXTH CENTURY A.D.)
This list is designed to give you ideas and starting points. Please discuss with me the final topic.
ALEXANDRIA
ANTIOCH
ARLES (ARELATE)
ATHENS (SOME ASPECT)
CAESAREA
CARTHAGE
COLOGNE
CONSTANTINOPLE
CORINTH
COSA
CYRENE
EPHESUS
KOURION
LEPCIS MAGNA
LONDINIUM
MEMPHIS
MERIDA
MYCENAE
OSTIA
PALMYRA
PERGAMON (PERGAMUM)
PETRA
POMPEII
PRIENE
ROME (SOME ASPECT)
SPARTA
THAMUGADI (TIMGAD)
THESSALONIKE
TROY
ROMAN YORK

PRIMARY SOURCES
Primary sources are writings by ancient authors. The Loeb volumes on the second floor of the library in the PA section are very useful. Look up by ancient author in the online catalog. Also many primary texts are online at these links:
Paul Hassall’s website (Ancient History Sourcebook, select Greece, Rome,Egypt, Mesopotamia, Late Antiquity, or Christian origins) http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/asbook09.html

PERSEUS, huge archive of ancient texts & art http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/

IMPORTANT RESEARCH RESOURCES
See the Oxford Classical Dictionary (3rd ed.) and the Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium (3 vols.) in the Reference section of the Library for articles and important bibliography on numerous topics. See also the relevant volumes of the Cambridge Ancient History which circulate.

JOURNAL ARTICLES:
Journals at SMCM (on the second floor of the library near the stairs at the rear of that floor) include Archaeology, Arethusa, Classical Journal, Classical Quarterly, Classical Review, Greek Roman and Byzantine Studies, and others. Current issues are on the display racks. Back issues are bound and are on the shelf by the call number which you can find either from the current issue or from the catalog.
Also the library “subscribes” to online journals and search engines, many of which print ariticles: PROJECT MUSE http://muse.jhu.edu/
JSTOR http://www.jstor.org/

LIBRARY DATABASES LINK http://www.smcm.edu/library/databases.cfm
TOCS-IN is an excellent search tool for recent bibliography of journal articles (some will print) http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/cgi-bin/amphoras/tocfind

ILL request forms for getting books and articles from SMCM Interlibrary Loan http://www.smcm.edu/library/illpolic.htm

OTHER INTERNET RESOURCES
These are just a sample of available web pages.
(Tip: always try a www.google.com search for the city you are working on. Many archaeological reports are now posted online).
ANCIENT GREEK CITIES http://www.sikyon.com/index.html
Greek and Roman History http://www.csun.edu/~hcfll004/histlink.html
ATHENS http://www.stoa.org/athens/
Roman CORINTH http://corinth.sas.upenn.edu/corinth.html
NEMEA http://ist-socrates.berkeley.edu/~clscs275/index.html
SPARTA http://www.csun.edu/~hcfll004/sparta.html
Very brief history of Greece http://www.stoa.org/athens/essays/history.html
Cyrene http://www.livius.org/ct-cz/cyrenaica/cyrenaica.html
Antioch http://www.livius.org/a/turkey/antioch/antioch.html
Babylon http://www.livius.org/ct-cz/cyrenaica/cyrenaica.html
ROMAN BUILDING TECHNOLOGY http://archserve.id.ucsb.edu/arthistory/152k/index.html
ROMAN BATHS http://www.vroma.org/~bmcmanus/baths.html
Ostia http://www.ostia-antica.org/
Pompeii http://www.pompeiana.org/
Trier http://www.livius.org/a/germany/trier/trier.html

SCHEDULE FOR HIST 435.01 FALL 2008 PROF. LINDA JONES HALL
PART ONE: The Greek and Hellenistic City
Week 1 Introduction
Mon. Sep 1 Labor Day Holiday NO CLASS
Wed. Sep 3 Introduction to the class;
HANSEN Part I. City-States in World History
Ch. 1. Cities, States, City-States and City-State Cultures (pp 7-16);
2. A Sketch of the 37 Identified City-State Cultures (pp 17-23)
3. `Country-States' versus City-State Cultures’ (pp 24-32)

Week 2 The Greek City-State
Mon. Sep 8 10 HANSEN Part II The City-State Culture in Ancient Greece
Ch. 4. The Unity of the City-State Culture of Ancient Greece (pp 33-38);
Ch. 5. The Rise of the Ancient Greek City-State Culture (pp 39-47);
Ch. 6. The End of the City-State Culture in Ancient Greece (pp 48-50);
Ch. 7. How Poleis Arose and Disappeared (pp 51-55);
Ch. 8. What is a Polis? An Investigation of the Concept of `Polis' (pp 56-61);
Ch. 9. The Polis as City and State (pp 62-65);
GREEK POLIS, Homer and the Archaic City, Odyssey, pp. 6-17; Iliad, pp 17-21.
Wed. Sep 10 HANSEN, Ch. 10. Polis as City (p 66);
Ch. 11. The Settlement Pattern of the Ancient Greek City-States (pp 67-72);
Ch. 12. The Size and Population of the Cities (pp 73-76);
Ch. 13. The Demography of the Ancient Greek City-State Culture (pp 77-84);
Ch. 14 The Economy of the Cities: Max Weber's `Ideal Type' (pp 85-97);
GREEK POLIS, Other Poets and the 6th –c. City, pp. 22-29.

Week 3 Functions of the polis
Mon. Sep 15 HANSEN
Ch. 15. Polis as City in the Archaic Period (pp 98-100);
Ch. 16. The Greek Conception of Polis as a City with a Hinterland (pp 101-105);
Ch. 17. Polis as State (pp 106-115);
Ch. 18. Army (pp 116-117);
Ch. 19. Religion (pp 118-121);
Ch. 20. State and Society (122-124);
Ch. 21. Civil War (Stasis) (pp 125-126);
Ch. 22. Relationships between Poleis (pp 127-131)
GREEK POLIS, Herodotus and City Constitutions, pp 35-46
Wed. Sep 17 GREEK POLIS, Old Oligarch, pp. 47-56;
Lysias, A murder trial, pp. 158-166;
Demosthenes, A civil trial, pp. 167-180

Week 4 Political theory of the the polis
Mon. Sep 22 GREEK POLIS, Aristotle, Constitution of Athens, pp 228-278
Wed. Sep 24, GREEK POLIS, Aristotle, Politics and Economics, pp 278-324

Week 5 Case studies of Greek Cities
Mon. Sep 29 The ancient city and the sources TOMLINSON 1-30;
The case of Mycenae TOMLINSON 30-42;
GATES Ch 7 Aegean Bronze Age Towns and Cities [Corinth] 120-139
GATES Ch 11 Early Greek City States 193-204
Wed. Oct 1
GATES Ch 12 Archaic Greek Cities I 208-215
GATES Ch 13 Archaic Greek Cities II 217-226 [Sparta and Athens]
GATES Ch 14 Delphi and Olympia 227-240
Corinth TOMLINSON 75-85

Week 6 Case studies of Greek Cities continued
Mon. Oct 6
The Case of Athens and the Piraeus TOMLINSON 44-72;
GATES Ch 15 Athens in the 5th century 241-254
GATES Ch 16 Late Classical Cities 259-275
The Case of Priene TOMLINSON 84-95
Wed. Oct 8 The Hellenistic City
GATES Ch 17 Hellenistic Cities 276-293 [Alexandria, Pergamum..]
Alexandria, TOMLINSON 96-108;
Pergamon TOMLINSON 110-121;
Cyrene TOMLINSON 128-144
HANSEN 23. The Hellenistic Polis (pp132-134);
Ch. 24. The Polis Compared with Other City-State Cultures (pp 137-146)
GREEK POLIS, Epicurus, pp. 325-330
Epictetus, pp. 331-347

Week 7 Mon. Oct 13 *SMCM FALL READING DAY - NO CLASS
Wed. Oct 15 FIRST TEST ON THE GREEK AND HELLENISTIC CITY

Week 8 PART TWO The Roman City
Mon. Oct 20 Rome, Kings and Republic, STAMBAUGH 1-47, 101-122;
SHELTON 203-225; GATES Ch 18 Greek and Etruscan Cities 295-316;
GATES Ch 19 Rome from origins to Republic317-334
Wed. Oct 22 Rome under the emperors STAMBAUGH 48-88; SHELTON 226-242;
GATES Ch 20, Rome in the Age of Augustus 335-342
GATES Ch 21 Rome from Nero to Hadrian 358-380

Week 9 Mon. Oct 27 Meeting the needs of the people in a Roman city
The people of Rome, STAMBAUGH 89-100; SHELTON 4-58, 163-203, 288-306
Wed. Oct 29 The Case of Rome TOMLINSON 146-173;
Services and commerce STAMBAUGH 123-156; SHELTON 123-162

Week 10 Meeting the needs of the people in a Roman city continued
Mon. Nov 3 Households and housing STAMBAUGH 157-182; SHELTON 59-99
Wed. Nov 5 City and Social life STAMBAUGH 183-212; SHELTON 100-122, 307-358;

Week 11 Meeting the needs of the people in a Roman city continued
Mon. Nov 10 Religion; STAMBAUGH 213-242; SHELTON 359-432
Wed. Nov 12 Roman city as model
The Roman Town STAMBAUGH 243-254; SHELTON 243-287;
Cosa STAMBAUGH 255-259;
Arelate STAMBAUGH 275-280

Week 12 Roman cities outside Rome
Mon. Nov 17 Pompeii STAMBAUGH 260-267;
Pompeii TOMLINSON 174-189;
GATES Ch 21 Italy outside the Capital [Pompeii and Ostia] 343-357;
Ostia STAMBAUGH 268-274
Wed. Nov 19 Roman cities in the eastern provinces
GATES Ch 23, Roman provincial cities 381-397;
Timgad STAMBAUGH 281-286;
Lepcis Magna, TOMLINSON 190-200;
Palmyra TOMLINSON 202-210

Week 13 Late Antique Cities
Mon. Nov 24 GATES Ch 24 Rome, Jerusalem, and Constantinople 398-411
Constantinople TOMLINSON 212-223
Thessalonike TOMLINSON 122-127;
Wed. Nov 26 THANKSGIVING BREAK * NO CLASSES

Week 14 PART THREE- CASE STUDIES OF ANCIENT CITIES
Mon. Dec 1 FINAL PAPER DUE Presentations
Wed. Dec 3 Presentations

Week 15 Presentations continued
Mon. Dec 8 Presentations
Wed. Dec10 Presentations
Week 16 Tues. Dec 16 2:00-4:15 in usual classroom
FINAL EXAM OVER ROMAN CITIES