131-042 Roman History: 500 Years of Oligarchy

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131-042 Roman History: 500 Years of Oligarchy
Note	Formerly available as 131-233/333. Students who have completed 131-233 or131-333 are not eligible to enrol in this subject.
Availability	2nd and 3rd year
Credit Points	12.5
HECS Band	1
Coordinator	Prof R Ridley
Prerequisites	Usually 25 points of first year history, see Prerequisites.
Semester	Not Offered (view timetable)
Subject Description	There are few systems of government as long-lived as the 500 years of old Roman oligarchy which governed the Republic. In this subject we ask such questions as: 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 a focus on historical method such as how does one reconstruct the remote historical past? How does one control sources subject to heavy political bias? On completion of the subject students should have acquired a sound knowledge of Republican Rome and have built on methods of investigation of the theory and practice of history.

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