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Roman history, society and culture under the early emperors as represented by the literary sources and material remains.
This course offers a study of Imperial Rome in the first two centuries of the Common Era. We begin with the principate of Augustus (27 BC – AD 14) and then study in some detail the Emperors of the first century AD, investigating significant events that occurred in the respective reign of each. We will also explore social, political and economic issues such as the lives/roles of some Imperial women and marginalized groups (i.e. slaves, foreigners), the constitution, and trade and the infrastructure of the city of Rome itself. The course will then move to the second century AD and the height of Roman territorial expansion under Trajan (AD 98 – 117). We will examine the emperors through the ‘golden age’ of Roman Imperial history to the death of Marcus Aurelius in AD 180 and conclude with a glimpse of Rome’s future in the troubled reign of Commodus and the accession of Septimius Severus.
Either 15 points of CLAS at 100-level with a B pass; or 30 points of CLAS at 100-level; or any 45 points from the Arts schedule
CLAS318
Gary Morrison
R. Alston; Aspects of Roman History AD 14-117 ; London and New York, 1998.
Domestic fee $670.00
International fee $2,850.00
* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.
For further information see Humanities .