Politics in the Late Roman Republic

3 units

In this course, we will examine public life and political crisis during the last century of the Roman Republic. We will begin with a brief survey of the history of the last century and a half of the Roman Republic, from Tiberius Gracchus’ tribunate in 133 BC to the beginning of autocracy under Augustus in the 30s BC. We will then turn to a topics-based investigation of current controversies in the field of Roman politics, focusing on reexamining — and deeply questioning — established narratives of Roman political culture and the sociopolitical crises of the late Republic.