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History of Western Civilization

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Required Reading - Primary Sources - Ancient Times  Women Xenophon: On Men and Women Aristotle: On a Good Wife Spartan Women Artemisia at Salamis Six Poems by Sulpicia Religion Greek Religion and More on Greek Religion The State Religion of Rome Nero, the Great Fire, and Christians Religious Tolerance and Intolerance at Rome Roman Perceptions of Christians Proving Loyalty The Bureaucracy of Persecution The Conversion of Constantine Edicts of Toleration Government and Sovereignty Aristotle on Democracy Ostracism Pericles' Funeral Oration The Old Oligarch The Melian Dialog Roman Way of Declaring War Law of the Twelve Tables Running for Office in Rome Correspondence between Pliny and Trajan Codex Theodosianus Slavery Greek Slavery Slavery in the Roman Republic Army Polybius compares Roman army with the Macedonian Josephus on the Roman Army A Roman Triumph