General Caesar Topics

Roman Army of the Late Republic
Gallic Religion: Druids

General Catullus Topics

Comparison of several translations of a Catullan poem
Presentation on a Catullan poem (or poems) we are not reading in class
Modern settings of Catullan poems to music (Orff; Pound)
Setting a Catullan poem to music (and performing?)
Education in the Late Republic
Philosophy in the Late Republic: Epicureanism
Roman religious practice (e.g Saturnalia or Cybele in Carmen 63)

General Cicero Topics

Roman matrons: idealized femininity in the Late Republic
Public Entertainment in the Late Republic
Philosophy in the Late Republic: Stoicism
Gang violence in Late Republican Rome

Suggested Articles on Catullus

Deuling, J.K. 1999. "Catullus and Mamurra." Mnem. 52: 188-93.

Harrison, S. J. 2001. "Fatal attraction: Paris, Helen, and the unity of Catullus 51." CB 77: 161-67.

Pedrick, Victoria. 1993. “The abusive address and the audience in Catullan poems.” Helios 1993 20: 173-196.

Richlin, A. 1992. “Catullus, Ovid, and the Art of Mockery” in The Garden of Priapus: Sexuality and Agression in Roman Humor. Oxford University Press: 144-156.

Richlin, A. 1992. "The Circumstances of Male Homosexuality in Roman Society of the Late Republic and Early Empire" in The Garden of Priapus: Sexuality and Agression in Roman Humor. Oxford University Press: 220-226.

Skinner, Marilyn B. 1993 “Ego mulier: the construction of male sexuality in Catullus.” Helios 20: 107-130.

Tatum, Jeffrey. 1993. “Catullus 79: personal invective or political discourse?” in Papers of the Leeds international Latin seminar VII. 31-45.

Vine, Brent. 1992. “On the ‘missing’ fourth stanza of Catallus 51. HSPh 94: 251-261.

Craig, C. 1989. “Reason, Resonance, and Dilemma in Cicero’s Speech for Caelius,” Rhetorica 7: 312—328.

Dufallo, Basil. 2001. “Appius' indignation: gossip, tradition, and performance in Republican Rome.” TAPhA 131: 119-142.

May, James M. 1994-1995. “Patron and client, father and son in Cicero's Pro Caelio.” CJ 90 (4): 433-441.

Gaffney, G. Edward. 1995. “Severitate Respondere: Character Drawing in Pro Caelio and Catullus’ Carmina,” Classical Journal 90: 423—431.

Gotoff, H. C. 1986. “Cicero's analysis of the prosecution speeches in the Pro Caelio. An exercise in practical criticism.” CPh 81: 122-132.

Leen, A. 2000-2001. “Clodia Oppugnatri: the domus motif in Cicero's Pro Caelio.” CJ  96 (2): 141-162.

Ramage, E. S. 1985. “Strategy and methods in Cicero's Pro Caelio.” A&R 30: 1-8.

Volpe, M. 1977. “The Persuasive Force of Humor: Cicero’s Defense of Caelius,” Quarterly Journal of Speech 63: 311—323.