Roman Government and Administration

Including

1. Transition from monarchy to republic (noting long survival of Roman Republic)
2. The Senate
3. Assemblies (comitia)
4. Magistrates (consul, censor, praetor, dictator, tribune of the people)
5. Elections
6. Provincial government and administration e.g. Verres, Pilate, Pliny
7. Primary Source
   • Polybius: "History of the World"
   • The following source books:
     • Jo-Ann Shelton: "As the Romans Did" - a source book on Roman Society (O.U.P)
     • Naphtali Lewis and Meyer Reinhold: "Roman Civilisation" - Source Book I, "The Republic" and Source Book II, "The Empire" (Harper)
     • Cicero: The Verrine Speeches
     • T~citus "'Ann~l~'" 15;
     • Four Gospels ~ Pilate
     • Pliny: "Natural History".
8. Additional Material for Teachers
   "Rome", Books I and II, (with Transparencies). Milliken Publishing Co., St. Louis Missouri, 1970.