The Ancient World: Greece

Lecture: MW 11-12, 3-133
Recitation 1: F 11-12, 66-154
Recitation 2: F 12-1, 66-154

History of Ancient Greece from the Bronze Age to the death of Alexander. Major social, economic, political, and religious trends. Homer, heroism, and the Greek identity; the hoplite revolution and the rise of the city-state; Herodotus, Persia, and the (re)birth of history; Empire, Thucydidean rationalism, and the Peloponnesian War; Aristotle, Macedonia, and Hellenism. Emphasis on use of primary sources in translation.

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Offered Spring 2026

Catalog	Subject	Faculty	Level	HASS	Category
21H.132	The Ancient World: Rome Lecture: MW 12-1, 4-231 Recitation 1: R 12-1, 56-191 Recitation 2: F 1-2, 56-180	William Broadhead	Introductory	HASS-H	CI-H
21H.134 14.70	Medieval Economic History in Comparative Perspective T 7-10, 16-160	Anne E. C. McCants Ellan Spero	Introductory	HASS-S	CI-H
21H.234 WGS.262	Gender and Sexuality in the Ancient Mediterranean World (NEW) TR 1-2:30, 4-251	Eric Driscoll	Intermediate	HASS-H
21H.240	The World of Charlemagne TR 9:30-11, E51-385	Eric J. Goldberg	Intermediate	HASS-H	CI-H

Not Offered This Term

Catalog	Subject	Faculty	Level	HASS	Category
21H.007 21L.014	Introduction to Ancient and Medieval Studies Lecture: M 1-2:30, 66-160 Recitation 1: W 1-2:30, 66-160	Eric Driscoll Stephanie Frampton	Introductory	HASS-H	CI-H
21H.133	The Medieval World	Eric J. Goldberg	Introductory	HASS-H
21H.230	Barbarians, Saints, and Emperors	Eric J. Goldberg	Intermediate	HASS-H
21H.237	The City of Athens in the Age of Pericles	Eric Driscoll	Intermediate	HASS-H
21H.238	The Vikings	Eric J. Goldberg	Intermediate	HASS-H
21H.239	The City of Rome in the Age of the Caesars TR 3:30-5, 66-160	William Broadhead	Intermediate	HASS-H
21H.330	Ancient Empires: Persians and Greeks in Antiquity Not Offered Regularly; Consult Department	Staff	Seminar	HASS-H
21H.331	Julius Caesar in the Fall of the Roman Republic	William Broadhead	Seminar	HASS-H
21H.332	Medieval Warfare	Eric J. Goldberg	Seminar	HASS-H
21H.333	Early Christianity	Eric J. Goldberg	Seminar	HASS-H
21H.336	The Making of a Roman Emperor	William Broadhead	Seminar	HASS-H