ARTHIST 190|CL190 Sex, Lies & Politics in Ancient Rome: Suetonius & the 12 Caesars (Main)

AGENDA

I. Introductions

II. Library Access Quiz

III. Review this libguide http://guides.main.library.emory.edu/ARTHIST-CL190Ceasars

ACTIVITIES 

• Background Research - Conduct a search for your emperor in these two databases and be prepared to discuss the differences in your results Brill's New Pauly http://pid.emory.edu/chzhc) and Oxford Bibliographies Online. Classics http://pid.emory.edu/fjr4c.  
• Books - Conduct the same search in DiscoverE and Worldcat (https://www.worldcat.org/) .  What differences?
•  Find a relevant article in JSTOR , using the advanced search option
• VI. Find a relevant image in ARTstor

1. 
   64982  Le antichita romane      Piranesi, Giovanni Battista         FOLIO 2018 20 V. 1                      

2.       64983  Ioannis Baptistae Piranesii antiquariorum regiae societatis Londinensis socii Campus                Piranesi, Giovanni Battista         FOLIO 2012 

3. 4779     Della trasportatione dell'obelisco vaticano et delle fabriche di nostro signore Papa Sisto V                Fontana, Domenico,       DT62 .O2 F6 1590 FOLIO                          
4. 48519  Colonna Traiana eretta dal Senato, e popolo romano all'imperatore Traiano Avgv        Bartoli, Pietro Santi        NA9340 .R8 B3 1673 FOLIO     
5. 48520  Effigies antiquae Romae ex vestigiis aedificiorum ruinis testimonio veterum auctor    Ligorio, Pirro                G6714 .R7 L53 1773 FOLIO       

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