Unit name | Historical Survey: Ancient Rome |
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Unit code | CLAS10036 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | C/4 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24) |
Unit director | Dr. Edwin Shaw |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
None |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | Department of Classics & Ancient History |
Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
This unit will provide a survey of Ancient Roman History, from the origins of the city (8th century BC) to the Flavian dynasty (AD 100). It will focus on broad questions of colonialism, imperialism, and civic identity by reviewing Rome’s changing political infrastructure alongside its expansion through the Italian peninsula and across Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East. The unit will develop students’ skills of researching ancient history through primary sources, and of building up a body of knowledge about different historical periods.
Successful students will be able to:
This unit will involve a combination of independent investigative activities, long- and short-form lectures, and discussion. Students will be expected to engage with materials and participate on a weekly basis. Feedback will be provided for both formative and summative assessments, and this will be supported by meetings with tutors.
500 word poster with 100 word written comparison of sources (formative). [ILOs 1, 2, 5]. 2. 1,500 word essay (summative) (100%). [ILOs 1-5].
Alston, Richard. 2015. Rome’s Revolution: death of the Republic, and birth of the Empire. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Cornell, T.J. 1995. The Beginnings of Rome. Italy and Rome from the Bronze Age to the Punic Wars. London: Routledge.
Flower, Harriet. ed. 2004. The Cambridge Companion to the Roman Republic. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Flower, Harriet. 2010. Roman Republics. Princeton: Princeton University Press.