1. In what way does Roman epic get us to think about power and politics through vision and visuality? Discuss in relation to at least two epic poems:
Naevius Bell. Pun., fr. 1; 57; 31-32; 5962;
Ennius Annales, fr. 80100; 210-227; 231234; 409416;
Virgil Aeneid, Books 1, 6, and 12);
Ovid Metamorphoses Book 3;
Lucan, Bellum Civile – Civil War, Book 1
Statius. Thebaid, Book 1
2. How does Roman historiography convey its moral message? Discuss in relation to two historians:
Sallust, Bellum Catilinum – The Conspiracy of Catiline, 1-25;
Livy, Ab urbe condita, Preface and Book 1.1-21;
Tacitus Annales, I.1-51