CLASS 2682 - History of Rome II

(crosslisted)
(also HIST 2671) (HB) (HA-AS)

Spring. 4 credits.

CLASS 2681 is not a prerequisite for CLASS 2682. Open to first-year students.

E. Rebillard.

This course is the second part of a two-term survey of Roman history and will examine the history of the Roman Empire from the beginnings of the Augustan Principate (31 BC) to the fall of the Western Empire in the fifth century (476 AD). We will consider the creation and development of the imperial regime, explore the various types of challenges (military, cultural, and religious) to the hegemony of the Roman state, and try to understand the transformations of Roman society and culture down to the middle of the fifth century AD.