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ANCH314 Citizens and Society in Ancient Rome

Credit Points 6
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study
Armidale Semester 1 On Campus
Armidale Semester 1 Off Campus
Online level Level B - Internet access required
Intensive School(s) None
Supervised Exam There is a UNE Supervised Examination held at the end of the teaching period in which you are enrolled.
Pre-requisites 12 cp in ANCH, ARCH, ECON (units with a 4 or 5 as second digit [denoting ECON HIST] only or HIST
Co-requisites
Restrictions ANCH 214, 414
Notes None
Combined Units None
Coordinator(s) Iain Spence (ispence@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

This unit will examine the functioning of Roman society through the consideration of a number of key areas of Roman social relations: the economy, including slavery; the family, with special attention to women in family and society; and the place of religion in Roman life. Special attention will also be paid to attitudes within society towards groups such as foreigners and the poorer classes.

Prescribed Material
Mandatory

Text(s):

Note: Students are expected to purchase prescribed material

Selected Works
ISBN: 9780140440997
Cicero, Penguin
The Sixteen Satires
ISBN: 9780140447040
Juvenal, Penguin
The Love Poems
ISBN: 9780192836335
Ovid, OUP
As the Romans Did
ISBN: 9780195089745
Shelton, J.A., OUP
The Annals of Imperial Rome
ISBN: 9780140440607
Tacitus, Penguin
The Poems of Catullus
ISBN: 9780192835871
Catullus (trans. G. Lee), OUP
Letters of the Younger Pliny
ISBN: 9780140441277
Pliny, Pearson
Recommended Material
Optional
None
Disclaimer Offer of some subjects is subject to viability. Information in these unit descriptions is subject to change prior to commencement of semester.
   

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