206 Module Overview

Module 5 contains the following content – all original by author or contained in the Lumen textbook.

Textbook Reading – Chapter 6, The Origins of Eturia-Crises of the Republic

Discussion Forum:

This discussion will be based on the textbook reading.  For your initial post in this discussion please answer the following questions:  “Based on what you read in this chapter, what caused the fall of the Roman Republic?  Specifically, what were the weaknesses of the Republic that led to its end and the rise of the Roman Empire?”

Initial posts must be at least 200 words in length and have at least one quote from the textbook.

After posting your initial post you are required to reply to at least one other student.  Replies must be at least 100 words in length and have at least one new quote from the textbook (not a quote you used in your initial post and not a quote that is in the post you are replying to).

All posts must be made by the deadline for the discussion forum to receive full credit.

Short Essay:

Submit your short essay for Module #4 here.  The question for this essay is: “What accounts for the success of the Roman Republic?  What political and military policies and strategies made Rome powerful?”

This essay must be at least 500 words in length and have at least one quote from the textbook to recieve full credit.

Quiz: Some questions are from the Boundless text, some are original.  The course Map links to the quiz.