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Handbook 1997 : Faculty of Arts : History

131-233/333 Roman History: 500 Years of Oligarchy

Availability:

Not offered in 1997.

Credit Points:

16.7 2nd and 3rd year

Coordinator:

Assoc. Professor R T Ridley

Contact:

Two 1-hour lectures and a 1-hour tutorial a week.

Subject Description:

From the Monarchy to the beginning of the Principate. There are few systems of government as long-lived as the 500 years of old Roman oligarchy which governed the Republic. What were the secrets of its power? How and why did it conquer the Mediterranean world? Why did it fall to autocracy? There will also be much focus on historical method: how does one reconstruct the remote historical past? How does one control sources subject to heavy political bias? How does one identity major modern contributions to the debate?

Assessment:

Tutorial participation (10%), one essay of 3000 words (50%), either a 3-hour paper or a research essay (40%).
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