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This course offers a survey of the literature, art and material culture of ancient Rome in the imperial period, from the reign of Augustus to the late second century AD.

Lectures: Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at 1pm; weekly seminars as scheduled in MyCampus

Grade D3 or above in one of the following: Classical Civilisation 1A (CLASSIC1001 or 1011), Classical Civilisation1B (CLASSIC1002 or 1012), Classical Greek Civilisation 1B (ADED 1017E), Latin 1A (LATIN1001), 1B (LATIN1002), Greek 1A (GREEK1001), 1B (GREEK1002), Archaeology 1A (ARCH 1001), Archaeology 1B (ARCH 1002), New Testament Greek (TRS1004).

CLASSIC2011

None

Group presentation (10 minutes) - 20%

Essay (2,500 words) - 50%

Examination (60 minute duration) - 30%

This course will provide the opportunity to:

■ study the management of empire from the Julio-Claudian to the Antonine periods;

■ examine the conceptual and physical environment of the city;

■ consider the development and practice of memorialisation and commemoration in different contexts;

■ explore literary, philosophical and political responses to monarchy and to empire;

■ explore key methods in the study of Roman literature, culture and society.

By the end of this course, students will be able to:

■ recognise the formal characteristics of imperial Roman literature, monuments and space;

■ relate the textual or visual evidence of the period to its social, political, cultural, material, and/or literary contexts;

■ explain the ways in which the Roman Empire was managed and administered;

■ relate processes of representation in literary and visual media;

■ evaluate modern approaches to Greco-Roman literature and culture;

■ develop, individually and in groups, their own interpretations of texts and images against the different cultural backgrounds of the Roman Empire.

Students must submit at least 75% by weight of the components (including examinations) of the course's summative assessment.