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Handbook 1997 : Faculty of Arts : Classical Studies

104-228/328 Imperial Rome

Availability:

Not offered in 1997.

Credit Points:

16.7 2nd and 3rd year

Coordinator:

Assoc. Professor R D Scott

Prerequisite/s:

Any two Arts subjects or permission of the Head of the Department.

Contact:

Two lectures and a tutorial a week, or equivalent.

Subject Description:

The history, social and literary life of Rome in the first four centuries AD. Students on completion of the subject should have acquired an understanding of Imperial Roman literature and society through the study of the evidence for the period and have also acquired the necessary skills for the interpretation of this evidence.

Assessment:

3000 words of written work (50%) and a 2-hour examination (50%).

Prescribed Texts:

  • Petronius, Satyricon, Penguin.
  • Suetonius, The Twelve Caesars, Penguin.
  • Tacitus, The Annals of Imperial Rome, Penguin.
  • Boyle A and Sullivan J, Roman Poets of the Early Empire, Penguin.
  • Wells C, The Roman Empire, Fontana.
  • Cameron A, The Later Roman Empire, Fontana.
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