Historiography readings

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==Outlines of the historians==
These may be useful for reference:
* Thucydides outline, Peloponnesian War chronology
* Outline of Early Books of Livy
==Week 1==
* Tu 3/29: Introduction
* Th 3/31: Herodotus, introduction (pp. vii-xviii), Books 1-2 (pp. 1-56)
==Week 2==
* Tu 4/5: Herodotus, pp. 56-137
* Th 4/7: Herodotus, pp. 137-189Woodruff's introduction to Thucydides (Moodle)Library presentation in our regular classroom
==Week 3==
* Tu 4/12: Thucydides, pp. 1-43, 67-78 (1.1-88, 1.139-2.8)
* Th 4/14: Thucydides, pp. 90-114, 130-164 (2.34-78, 3.1-68)
==Week 4==
* Tu 4/19: Thucydides, pp. 164-172, 196-200, 211-212, 224-229, 265-267, 294-343 (3.69-85, 4.15-23, 4.46-48, 4.78-88, 5.23-26, 5.84-6.74)Hands-on session: Meet in the library's Bibliographic Instruction Room (2nd floor)!
* Th 4/21: Sallust, The Conspiracy of Catiline (pp. 175-233)
==Week 5==
* M 4/25: Project 1 due, 1pm
* Tu 4/26: Thucydides, pp. 343-377 (6.75-7.35)Livy, introduction (pp. vi-xxvi), pp. 1-23
* Th 4/28: Thucydides, pp. 377-407 (7.36-87)Livy, pp. 23-46
==Week 6==
* Tu 5/3: Thucydides, pp. 408-417 (8.1-10)Livy, pp. 47-109
* Th 5/5: Livy, pp. 109-173
==Week 7==
* Tu 5/10: Livy, pp. 173-252
* Th 5/12: Tactitus, Grant's introduction (Annals, pp. 7-25), Histories, pp. 15-55
* F 5/13: Project 2 due, 8am
==Week 8==
* Tu 5/17: Tacitus, Histories, pp. 56-125
* Th 5/19: Tacitus, Histories, pp. 126-144; Annals, pp. 31-62
==Week 9==
* Tu 5/24: Tacitus, Annals, pp. 62-119
* Th 5/26: Tacitus, Annals, pp. 119-168
==Week 10==
* Tu 5/31: No reading assignmentFinal research paper due.
* Th 6/2: Tacitus, Annals, pp. 168-227