131-075 The Graeco-Roman City in Antiquity

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Credit Points

HECS Band

Coordinator

Prerequisites

37.5 points of Second/Third Year History, see Prerequisites.

Semester

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: Athens, with day trips to Mycenae, Delphi and Olympia; the Hellenistic cities on the west coast of Turkey: Priene, Ephesus, and Aphrodisias; Rome, with day trips to Ostia, Hadrian's Villa and Pompeii. Visits to sites and museums will be based around issues that contribute to a concept of the physical, economic, political and cultural evolution of ancient cities, and social life in these cities. Students should develop a familiarity with themes such as: 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.