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Course Info

  • Course Number / Code:
  • 21H.302 (Spring 2005) 
  • Course Title:
  • The Ancient World: Rome 
  • Course Level:
  • Undergraduate 
  • Offered by :
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
    Massachusetts, United States  
  • Department:
  • History 
  • Course Instructor(s):
  • Prof. William Broadhead 
  • Course Introduction:
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  • 21H.302 The Ancient World: Rome



    Spring 2005




    Course Highlights


    This course features an extensive reading list. This course also features archived syllabi from various semesters.


    Course Description


    This course elaborates the history of Rome from its humble beginnings to the fifth century A.D. The first half of the course covers Kingship to Republican form; the conquest of Italy; Roman expansion: Pyrrhus, Punic Wars and provinces; classes, courts, and the Roman revolution; Augustus and the formation of empire. The second half of the course covers Virgil to the Vandals; major social, economic, political and religious trends at Rome and in the provinces. Emphasis is placed on the use of primary sources in translation.
     

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