A Roman aqueduct in Segovia, Spain, still in perfect condition, two thousand years after it was built.  The Romans were master builders, and everywhere that they conquered around the Mediterranean and in Europe, they built roads, amphitheatres, aqueducts, forts and temples.  Photo courtesy C. Wayne and Dorothy Miller.

• Read chapters 5 and 6 in the textbook.
• Read my notes on Ancient Rome and Early Christianity. Check out Professor Campbell's notes on Early Monotheism.
  
• Study the Questions to Consider and the Key Terms for the Unit.
• Post (or respond) your thoughts/ideas about this unit's reading and assignment in the Blackboard online discussion forum. Do not post your assignment there.

• Read the Sermon on the Mount (if you are going to submit the optional Sermon paragraph).
• Submit the Optional Sermon paragraph.
• Listen to some further information about this unit as a mp3 file.  You can also read the information as a txt file.  There is also information about early Christianity, mp3 file or txt.
• Read a re-created account of Dinner with Attila the Hun by Rex Bradshaw.
• Take a look at the notes on the Dair Mar Elia monastery in Iraq. These were done by Joe Costigan, a student in HIS 111.

• Spartacus - Gladiator War
• Augustus the First Emperor Full Movie
• Julius Caesar Part 1 Full Movie
• Colosseum - A Gladiator’s Story  BBC
• Hannibal, The African Warrior, History Channel Documentary
• Terry Jones' Hidden History of Rome
• Ancient Warriors - The Legions of Rome - ©Discovery Channel
• The Rise and Fall of an Empire – 1
• History of Rome
• Julius Caesar (Part 1/3)
• The Roman Empire. Or Republic. Or...Which Was It?: Crash Course World History #10
• Christianity from Judaism to the Constantine: Crash Course World History #11
• Colosseum
• The Pantheon, Rome
• Sounds of Faith PBS Documentary Islam Christianity Judaism
• From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians (01:48:00)
• The Hidden Story of Jesus (1 hr. 40 mins.)
• For extra credit please suggest to your instructor a relevant video for this unit of the course. Send the title of the video, the url and a brief explanation of why you find the video interesting and applicable to the material that is being studied in this unit.

• Take the short 5-point quizzes for chapters 5 and 6. Log into Blackboard and look under "Chapter Quizzes." You have five minutes to complete each quiz (multiple-choice questions).
• For a maximum of 50 points extra credit, read Cicero's essay "On Duties" (De officiis), sometimes called "On Moral Duties" (www.constitution.org/rom/de_officiis.htm) and write a one-page paper (What would you conclude was Cicero's world view or philosophy of life?).
• For a maximum of 50 points extra credit, read St. Augustine's Confessions and write a one-page paper, Why did it take Augustine so long to accept Christianity?  What was the main sin that Augustine felt he could not overcome?
• For a maximum of 50 points extra credit, in a short paper (one or two pages) compare and contrast the first (Genesis) and last (Revelation) books of the Christian Bible (New American Standard Bible).
• For a maximum of 50 points extra credit, as head of the city of Rome, besieged by the barbarian Huns, in a short paper (one or two pages) write a description, as detailed as possible, of your dinner with Attila the Hun as you try to negotiate a solution that will save the city from being pillaged.
• For a maximum of 25 points extra credit, read excerpts from the Meditations of Emperor Marcus Aurelius and write a paragraph (What were some of the principles of the Roman philosophy of stoicism reflected in these Meditations?).
• For a maximum of 25 points extra credit, read excerpts from Julius Caesar's Commentaries on the Gallic Wars (either the MIT or UVA version) and write a long paragraph, what would you consider to have been Caesar's strengths as a military commander?
• For a maximum of 25 points extra credit, read some of Plutarch's biography of Julius Caesar and his account of Caesar's assassination and write a long paragraph. What were the main motivations of the assailants who killed Caesar?
• For extra credit, please suggest a relevant website for this unit of the course.  Send the title of the site, the url and a brief explanation why you find the information interesting and applicable to the material being studied this unit.