History 510:303 HELLENISTIC WORLD Spring 2007 Revised 12/24/06

Jack Cargill MW 5 (2:50-4:10) Scott 101 (CAC) [room no. changed from 221]

Office: Van Dyck 103 (CAC, phone 732-932-6740) Office Hours: M 11:30-12:30 & by appt.

E-mail address: jcargill@rci.rutgers.edu Website: http://fas-history.rutgers.edu/jcargill

Required texts (ordered ONLY at New Jersey Books):

Peter Green, ALEXANDER TO ACTIUM (California 1996)

R.S. Bagnall & P. Derow, THE HELLENISTIC PERIOD (Blackwell 2004)

Jack Cargill, HANDBOOK FOR ANCIENT HISTORY CLASSES (Regina Bks. 1997)

Green is assigned by CHAPTER numbers: Green ch.__ & __

Bagnall & Derow's documents in translation are assigned by ITEM numbers: B&D #__-__, __

Handbook is assigned by PARTS & SECTIONS: HB Sec. __ & Part __

Mid-Term Exam Mon. March 5

Research Paper due Wed. April 18 (penalized if late; absolute deadline Wed., Apr. 25, in class)

Final Exam Thurs. May 3, 9:30-11:00 AM (NOT 8:00 AM)

Course grade is the average of these three, as % of 100 (90+=A, 80+=B, etc.)

Day Date LECTURE TOPIC and Reading Assignment

W Jan. 17 INTRODUCTION, READINGS, SYLLABUS, ATTENDANCE, ETC.

M Jan. 22 DVD selections on Alexander

Green's Preface

B&D’s Preface, etc., pp. xvii-xxix; Tables & Charts, Glossary, pp. 289-300

HB Parts P, T, M & Sec. G1-9, G14; Exemp. Mat. XA

W Jan. 24 GREECE THROUGH ALEXANDER THE GREAT

B&D #1-5, 70, 71, 74

M Jan. 29 SUCCESSORS' CONFLICTS TO 316 BCE

Green ch. 1

W Jan. 31 ANTIGONOS, HIS ENEMIES, AND ATHENS, 316-301 BCE

Green ch. 2 & 3

B&D #6-8, 72

M Feb. 5 EARLY HELLENISTIC PHILOSOPHY & LITERATURE, MOSTLY ATHENIAN

Green ch. 4 & 5

W Feb. 7 EARLY PTOLEMAIC ALEXANDRIA; THE LIBRARY

Green ch. 6

B&D Appendix I, pp. 285-288

VIDEO shown on Library

M Feb. 12 EARLY HELLENISTIC ART; CONFLICTS OF 301-276 BCE

Green ch. 7 & 8

B&D #9-17

W Feb. 14 PTOLEMY II AND ANTIGONOS II, 276-239 BCE

Green ch. 9

B&D #18-29, 73, 80, 91, 114, 118, 119, 121, 122

M Feb. 19 URBAN CULTURE; HELLENISTIC GOVERNMENT

Green ch. 10 & 12

B&D #64-68, 83-86, 96-101, 103-195, 123-130, 140

W Feb. 21 MILITARY EVENTS IN WEST AND EAST, TO 222 BCE

Green ch. 14 & 16

B&D #30, 31

M Feb. 26 HELLENISTIC POETRY

Green ch. 11, 13, & 15

Remember to bring HB to class Wed.

W Feb. 28 Review for Mid-Term; discuss Research Paper procedures and topics

HB Sec. G9 & G14; Parts W, E, & R; Exemp. Mat. XT1.1-2

M Mar. 5 ***MID-TERM EXAM***

W Mar. 7 POLYBIOS, ANTIOCHOS III, PHILIP V, AND ROME, TO 196 BCE

Green ch. 17 & 18

B&D #32-36, 153, 154, 158, 159

Remember Mon. Mar. 19 is Drop with “W” Deadline

Spring Break

M Mar. 19 HELLENISM SPREADS; MIDDLE-HELLENISTIC ART

Green ch. 19 & 20

B&D #136-139

W Mar. 21 HELLENISTIC ECONOMY, INDIVIDUALISM, AND RELIGION

Green ch. 21-23

B&D #75-78, 87-90, 92-95, 102, 106-113, 115-117, 120, 135, 141-152, 155-157, 160-174

M Mar. 26 MAKEDONIA AND ELSEWHERE, 196-168 BCE

Green ch. 24

B&D #37-46

W Mar. 28 ROME AND THE GREEK WORLD, 167-146 BCE

Green ch. 25

B&D #47-52, 81, 82

M Apr. 2 HELLENISTIC SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND MEDICINE

Green ch. 26-28

B&D #78

W Apr. 4 HELLENISM AND THE JEWS

Green ch. 29

B&D #175

M Apr. 9 PTOLEMIES, SELEUKIDS, AND PARTHIANS, 145-116 BCE

Green ch. 30

B&D #53, 54, 131-134

W Apr. 11 LATE HELLENISTIC ART AND CULTS

Green ch. 32 & 33

M Apr. 16 DEVELOPED HELLENISTIC PHILOSOPHIES

Green ch. 34-36

W Apr. 18 PTOLEMAIC DEGENERATION, SELEUKID COLLAPSE, & MITHRIDATIC WARS, 116-63 BCE

Green ch. 31 + pp. 653-658

B&D #55-58, 69

***RESEARCH PAPER DUE*** (due at class meeting; penalized if late, for ANY reason)

M Apr. 23 Video(s) on KLEOPATRA

W Apr. 25 CAESAR, POMPEY, AND THE PTOLEMIES, 80-30 BCE

Green ch. 37

B&D #59-63

Absolute Deadline for receiving Research Paper (Zero credit if not in Prof’s hand today)

M Apr. 30 CAVAFY ON THE GRECO-ROMAN WORLD

Review for Final Exam

THURS. May 3 9:30-11:00 AM: ***FINAL EXAM*** (90 min., not 3 hours; does NOT begin at 8:00)