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CLST 277-16-016: The World of Late Antiquity

Final Exam Study Guide

See also Midterm Study Guide.

Literary Texts under Consideration since the Midterm (see also Schedule of Reading Assignments and Topics and Midterm Study Guide)
  • Julian
    • Letter to the Senate and People of Athens (handout)
    • Misopogon (handout)
  • Claudius Mamertinus, Speech of Thanks to the Emperor Julian
  • Ammianus Marcellinus, The Later Roman Empire, Selections:
    • Julian Augustus, Bk. 22.1-23.1
    • On the Road to Adrianople, Bk. 31.2-4
  • John Chrysostom, selections from Homily on St. Babylas
  • Augustine, Confessions, Bk. 1-9
  • Selected inscriptions about the Roman senatorial aristocracy (handout)
  • Symmachus
    • Selected letters (handout)
    • Relatio 3 on the Altar of Victory
  • Ambrose
    • Letter 18 on the Altar of Victory
    • Letters LI, LVII, LXI: to Theodosius about Thessalonica, to Eugenius about support for paganism, to Theodosius about his victory over Eugenius
  • Zosimus, New History, Selection: Theodosius in 394
  • Various emperors, selected laws concerning religion
  • Claudian
    • Panegyric on the Consulate of Probinus and Olybrius (handout)
    • The War with Gildo (handout)
Project texts
  • Julian, Oration in Praise of Eusebia
  • Claudian, Panegyric for the Sixth Consulate of Honorius


Important Themes
Consider readings from before and after the midterm examination, and consider also how the themes flagged in the Midterm Study Guide appear in works we have read since the midterm; see also Study Questions I, and Study Questions II.


Facts (see also Midterm Study Guide): be able briefly to identify


Essay questions


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