Ancient Rome from the Rise of the Republic to the Rise of Christianity to the Fall of the Empire

Ancient Rome Unit

From the rise of the republic through the rise of Christianity to the fall of the Empire

Textbook, pp. 148-183

Mr. Shawley will be using for part of this class his notes he took during the lectures in the January Term 2010 Ancient Rome class at SBU under the instruction of James O. Smith, Ph.D.

Those notes can be found:

For that class's first term, here.

For that class's second term, here.

But!  We ran out of time, so Dr. Smith graciously gave us his notes for what he missed. 
Here are those notes.

And for that class's third term, here.

John Green's Videos:

As Coach Hoegh's class has seen, we often refer to John Green's "Crash Course" Youtube videos.  Mr. Shawley doesn't always agree with Green's assertions.  Some of the things Mr. Green will state may be worth discussing.

His first video is entitled,"The Roman Empire. Or Republic. Or...Which Was It?: Crash Course World History #1," and is 12+ minutes long.

 His second video is entitled, "Christianity from Judaism to Constantine: Crash Course World History #11," and is a little less than 12 minutes long.

Green's last video that is pertinent to this unit is entitled, "Fall of The Roman Empire...in the 15th Century: Crash Course World History #12," and is 12 minutes, 43 seconds long.

A heads-up:

We will be comparing ancient Rome with the history of the United States of America.  So plan on your brain hurting.  Plan on playing a lot of "what-if" games.  Plan on expecting to contribute to a lot of discussion.