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131-075 The Graeco-Roman City in Antiquity | |
Note | Formerly available as 131-297/397. Students who have completed 131-297/397 are not eligible to enrol in this subject. |
Availability | 3rd and 4th year |
Credit Points | 25 |
Coordinator | Dr N Vlahogiannis |
Prerequisites | 37.5 points of second/third year History, see Prerequisites. |
Semester | Summer (view timetable) |
Contact | A 1-month intensive field-work programme in Greece. Italy and Turkey, consisting of sixteen 1.5-hour lecture/workshops, sixteen 1-hour tutorials and at least sixteen site visits. A travel and accommodation package will be available |
Subject Description | This intensive subject examines ancient Greek and Roman societies and cities in Greece, Italy and Turkey. We will be based at three locations: i) Athens, with day trips to Mycenae, Delphi and Olympia; ii) the Hellenistic cities on the west coast of Turkey: Priene, Ephesus, and Aphrodisias; iii) Rome, with day trips to Ostia, Hadrian's Villa and Pompeii. Visits to sites and museums will be based around thematic issues that will build up a picture of the physical, economic, political and cultural evolution of ancient cities, and social life in these cities. The themes to be investigated include: the origins of cities; the city as a physical site; the city as seat of rank, authority and power; the economy and the marketplace; religion and myth; the individual in society; citizenship, the family, the individual and the state, work, sport, leisure and entertainment, gender and sexuality. |
Assessment | Written work totalling 8000 words. This will consist of 2000 words written abroad, and a research essay/s of 6000 words submitted in first semester. |
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