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| Campus | Haverford |
| Semester | Fall 2024 |
| Registration ID | LATNH350A001 |
| Course Title | Seminar in Latin Literature: Conspiracies |
| Credit | 1.00 |
| Department | Latin |
| Instructor | Mulligan,Bret |
| Times and Days | W 01:30pm-03:20pm
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| Room Location | GST103 |
| Additional Course Info | Class Number: 2606 Through an investigation of several famed conspiracies in Roman history we will consider how conspiracy narratives expose what is often left unsaid in a society, how they serve to reenforce social order and the expectations for "good" citizens, and how marginalized figures like women, slaves, and foreigners often play important roles in opening up the private words and deeds of the conspirators to public knowledge. Among our moments of focus will be the Bacchanalian conspiracy of 186 BCE, the Catilinarian conspiracy of 63 BCE, and the Pisonian conspiracy of 65 CE (which led to the deaths of the authors Seneca, Petronius, and Lucan, among others). Contemporary classical scholarship as well as scholarly explorations of criminal conspiracies and conspiracy theories will help contextualize our readings of the original sources.; May be repeated for credit. Humanities, A: Meaning, Interpretation (Texts) (Hav: HU, A) |
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