The Ancient World: Greece

Lecture: MW 12-1, 3-133
Recitation 1: F 1-2, 66-154
Recitation 2: F 2-3, 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 2024

Catalog	Subject	Faculty	Level	HASS	Category
21H.132	The Ancient World: Rome L01: MW 12-2; 4-231 R01: R; 56-191 R02: F 1-2; 56-180	William Broadhead	Introductory	HASS-H	CI-H
21H.133	The Medieval World TR 9:30-11; E51-390	Eric J. Goldberg	Introductory	HASS-H
21H.134 14.70	Medieval Economic History in Comparative Perspective W EVE 7-10; 16-160	Anne E. C. McCants	Introductory	HASS-S	CI-H
21H.331	Julius Caesar in the Fall of the Roman Republic TR 2:30-4; 56-162	William Broadhead	Seminar	HASS-H
21H.333	Early Christianity TR 2:30-4; E51-390	Eric J. Goldberg	Seminar	HASS-H

Not Offered This Term

Catalog	Subject	Faculty	Level	HASS	Category
21H.007 21L.014	Introduction to Ancient and Medieval Studies		Introductory	HASS-H	CI-H
21H.230	Barbarians, Saints, and Emperors	Eric J. Goldberg	Intermediate	HASS-H
21H.237	The City of Athens in the Age of Pericles TR 2:30-4, 66-160	William Broadhead	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	William Broadhead	Intermediate	HASS-H
21H.240	The World of Charlemagne	Eric J. Goldberg	Intermediate	HASS-H	CI-H
21H.330	Ancient Empires: Persians and Greeks in Antiquity Not Offered Regularly; Consult Department	Staff	Seminar	HASS-H
21H.336	The Making of a Roman Emperor	William Broadhead	Seminar	HASS-H