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HU Credits:
4
Degree/Cycle:
1st degree (Bachelor)
Responsible Department:
history
Semester:
Yearly
Teaching Languages:
Hebrew
Campus:
Mt. Scopus
Course/Module Coordinator:
Prof. Alexander Yakobson
Coordinator Office Hours:
Teaching Staff:
Prof Alexander Yakobson
Course/Module description:
From the last days of the Republic to the first hedetitary succession after the death of the the first Emperor - the Imperial regime takes root.
Course/Module aims:
After more than 4 centuries, the Republic collapsed in a series of civil wars. Julius Caesar failed to establish an autocratic rule on apermant basis, but his adopted son Augustus managed to do this.Why?
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
To describe the main historical events in the relevant period - the fall of the Republic and the emergence of the principate as a new form of government in Rome. To explain the reasons for the failure of the atempt to restore the Republic folowing the assassination of Caesar the Dictator, and for the victory of Octavian/Augustus in the ensuing series of civil wars.
To explain the nature of the Augustan principate - the two ''setlements", his formal powers and his actual power in the state; the debate on the "Republican facade".
To describe the relations between Augustus and the different strata of Roman society.
To describe the policy of Augustus as regards the army and the Empire.
To descrive the policy of Augustus on the question of succession, and the connection between the problem of succession and the nature of the imperial regime.
To describe the rise to power of Tiberius after the death of Augustus and his first steps as the new Emperor; to
Attendance requirements(%):
85%
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:
: Reading sources, discussion in class, a written assignment, writing a seminar paper.
Course/Module Content:
The asasination of Julius Caesar the Dictator; the conspirators' motives and aims; the events following the asassination and failure of the atempt to restore the Republic - immediate reasons and deeper ones the civil wars till the final victory of Augustus; the establishment of the principate - the ''first settlement''; the ''second settlement" the debate over ''the republican facade''; Augustus and Roman society; Augustus and the Roman army - solving the problem of the ''army and the land''; Augustus and the Empire; the imperial family and the question of succession; the last years of Augustus and Tiberius as the heir; the death of Augustus and the transfer of power to Tiberius -'the refusal'' and its significance; the first years of the second Emperor.
Required Reading:
H.H. Scullard, From the Gracchi to Nero 1982.
Main Ancient Sources:
Res Gestae Divi Augusti
Tacitus: Annales, Historiae.
Suetonius, 12 Caesars (The Lives of Caesar and Augustus)
Plutarch, The Life of Julius Caesar
Dio, History.
Additional sources and papers: on the ''Moodle".
Additional Reading Material:
Cambridge Ancient History (Second Edition), Vol. 10: The Augustan Empire, 1996
Seneca, De Clementia.
Course/Module evaluation:
End of year written/oral examination 0 %
Presentation 0 %
Participation in Tutorials 20 %
Project work 65 %
Assignments 15 %
Reports 0 %
Research project 0 %
Quizzes 0 %
Other 0 %
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