Course module - The Roman Empire 31 BC-AD 235: Rome's Golden Age
Code : CLAH20051 Credit rating: 20 Semester : 1
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Aims
This course unit is designed as a foundation for understanding how historians interpret the evidence for the first three centuries AD, and as an introduction to the skills necessary for practicing as an ancient historian.
Objectives (Learning Outcomes)
Students who satisfactorily complete this course will have developed the following abilities:
Knowledge and understanding: On successful completion of the course, students will have acquired a comprehensive knowledge of the history of the Roman empire in the period from 31 BC to AD 235.
Intellectual skills : On successful completion of the course, students will have developed critical skills in dealing with primary sources and solving the problems presented by such material; they will also have acquired considerable ability to carry out independent research, managing the information obtained, and communicating their findings in a coherent and scholarly way.
Practical skills: On successful completion of the course, students will have participated in activities which involve group discussion as well as individual effort, and will have developed further their computer literacy.
Transferable skills and personal qualities : On successful completion of the course, students will have developed critical skills in dealing with primary sources and solving the problems presented by such material; they will also have acquired considerable ability to carry out independent research, managing the information obtained, and communicating their findings in a coherent and scholarly way. They will have participated in activities which involve group discussion as well as individual effort, and will have developed further their computer literacy.
Assessment
One 2-hour unseen examination (50%) and 2 x 2000-word essays (50%).
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THIS COURSE IS AVAILABLE AS A FREE CHOICE.
This course-unit examines the political system established at Rome by Octavian at the end of the "Republican" period which is normally known as the "Principate" or "High Empire" until its disintegration in the third century AD. We will look at the tensions and development in the structures of the state in this period, the role of the army and foreign policy, life in the provinces of the empire, and social issues including religious practices and the rise of Christianity.
1 dedicated consultation hour per week.
Course Content
This course-unit examines the political system established at Rome by Octavian at the end of the "Republican" period which is normally known as the "Principate" or "High Empire" until its disintegration in the third century AD. We will look at the tensions and development in the structures of the state in this period, the role of the army and foreign policy, life in the provinces of the empire, and social issues including religious practices and the rise of Christianity.
Course Materials
Tutor(s)
Mazza, Dr Roberta
Timetable
Timetable:
Lecture, Mondays 10-11am and Wednesdays 12-1pm
Teaching Methods
Two one-hour lectures per week, one one-hour seminar per week.
Preliminary reading
The course books for this unit are
C Wells, The Roman Empire (Fontana),
Tacitus, Annals (Trans. J Yardley, Oxford University Press),
Suetonius, The Lives of the Caesars (Trans. C Edwards, Oxford University Press).
Other, indicative reading:
Translations of the major works of other ancient writers such as Pliny the Younger, Cassius Dio and Herodian (among others)
Translated documents in N. Lewis and M. Reinhold, Roman Civilization (Vol. II), and in R.K Sherk, From Augustus to Hadrian
M Goodman, The Roman World
P Garnsey & R Saller, The Roman Empire
A.H.M. Jones, Augustus.
R Syme, The Roman Revolution
David S. Potter, ed., A Companion to the Roman Empire (Wiley-Blackwell)