Theme

The theme of this module's discussion board is class and culture.

Reading

Please read the following before answering the questions below:

• Livy: The Rape of Lucretia

• Ovid: Amores 1.4

Directions

Please answer the following questions in an original discussion post:

• How did Livy and Ovid's views about marriage and sex in Roman society differ?

• In what ways did they seem to share certain assumptions about Roman cultural institutions?

When you have completed your response, please respond to another classmate's post. You can engage in friendly debate or add additional analysis and points to

your classmate's post.

Note: You will not be able to view your classmates' posts until you make your first post.

Your initial post should be at least 250 words in length, but not exceed 500 words. Your response to your classmate's post should be at least 2-3 substantive

sentences.