CLAS 4020 Julio-Claudian Rome: City of Empire

(Prior to Fall 2010, this course was known as CLAS 61.1.
The information below might still reflect the old course numbers. Bracketed numbers, if any, are the old course numbers. Learn more...)

3 classroom hours plus conference and independent research; 4 credits

Establishment of a dynasty. Literary and historiographical reflections of empire. Changes in the urban environment and provincial landscape: housing, public buildings, monuments, boundaries, land use. Developments in the social hierarchy: slavery, class issues, role of women, ethnic and religious minorities. Emphasis on research methodologies.

Prerequisite: English 1012 [2] and at least sophomore standing; or permission of the chairperson.

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