A tour through 300 years of Greek and Roman history and shifting multiethnic empires, from the death of Alexander to the death of Cleopatra (30 BCE). We read a lot: overviews of the Hellenistic Age and the Roman Republic as well as original works by Menander, Epicurus, Cleanthes, Callimachus, Theocritus, Aratus, Apollonius Rhodius, Polybius, Plautus, Terence, Ennius, Sallustius, Cicero, Caesar, Lucretius, Catullus, and others.
Course Master
Credits
4 credits
Pre-requisites
None
Co-requisites
None
Term
Spring 2021
Discipline
PL (Philosophy)
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Tuesday
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15:20
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18:15
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15:20
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18:15
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| Title | Author | Publisher | ISBN Number |
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The Hellenistic Age (2016) also available as ebook via AUP Library
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Oxford University Press
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9780198759010
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On the Nature of the Universe (transl. Ronald Melville, 2008)
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Oxford University Press (Oxford World's Classics)
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9780199555147
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The Roman Republic: A Very Short Introduction (2012)
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Oxford University Press
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9780199595112=pbk (also as ebook)
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The Argonautika (transl. Peter Green, expanded ed. 2008)
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University of California Press
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9780520253933=pbk (ebook: 9780520934399)
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The War for Gaul (transl. by James J. O'Donnell, 2019)
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Princeton University Press
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9780691216690=pbk (ebook: 9780691186047)
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Carmina (transl. by Len Krisak, 2014)
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Fyfield Books, Carcanet (Manchester, UK)
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9781847772596=pbk (ebook: 9781847774934)
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Type
CCI
Can be taken twice for credit?
Off
Level
Undergraduate
CAMS ID
41543
Code
PL3117
Name
EMPIRE AND INDIVIDUAL: FROM ALEXANDER TO CAESAR
First Name
Jula
Last Name
Wildberger
Real name
Start Date
Sunday, January 17 2021
End Date
Tuesday, April 27 2021
Start Month
January
Exam Date
Tuesday, May 04 2021 - 15:00
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