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ANCH305 Greek Imperialism and Democracy 454-323 BC

Updated: 25 March 2009
Credit Points 6
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study
Armidale Semester 2 Off Campus
Armidale Semester 2 On 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 or HIST or ARPA or ECON (units with a 4 or 5 as second digit [denoting ECON HIST] only) or RELS or candidature in a postgraduate award
Co-requisites None
Restrictions ANCH201 or ANCH301 or ANCH405 or ANCH505
Notes None
Combined Units ANCH505 - Greek Imperialism and Democracy 454-323 BC
Coordinator(s) Greg Horsley (ghorsley@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

A study of imperialism and democratic institutions in the Greek world in the context of Greek history from the middle of the fifth century to the death of Alexander. Special attention will be paid to Athenian imperialism in the fifth century, to the practice of democratic government in Athens, to the attempts of Sparta, Athens and Thebes to gain hegemony in the fourth century, to the growth of Macedonian influence in the Greek world under Philip II, and to Alexander's conquest of the Persian empire.

Prescribed Material
Mandatory
Text(s):

Note: Students are expected to purchase prescribed material

The Campaigns of Alexander
ISBN: 9780140442533
Arrian (ed. A. de Selincourt and revised by J.R. Hamilton), Penguin Classics 1976
Text refers to: Semester 2 , On and Off Campus
The Athenian Constitution
ISBN: 9780140444315
Aristotle (ed. P. Rhodes), Penguin Classics 2002
Text refers to: Semester 2 , On and Off Campus
From the End of the Peloponnesian War to the Battle of Ipsus
ISBN: 9780521299497
Harding, P., Cambridge University Press 1985
Text refers to: Semester 2 , On and Off Campus
The Rise and Fall of Athens
ISBN: 9780140441024
Plutarch (ed. I. Scott-Kilvert), Penguin Classics 1964
Text refers to: Semester 2 , On and Off Campus
The Age of Alexander
ISBN: 9780140442861
Plutarch (ed. I. Scott-Kilvert), Penguin Classics 1977
Text refers to: Semester 2 , On and Off Campus
The History of Alexander
ISBN: 9780140444124
Quintus Curtius Rufus, Penguin Classics 1984
Text refers to: Semester 2 , On and Off Campus
A History of My Times
ISBN: 9780140441758
Xenophon (ed. R. Warner), Penguin Classics 1979
Text refers to: Semester 2 , On and Off Campus
History of the Peloponnesian War
ISBN: 9780140440393
Thucydides, Penguin Classics 1963
Text refers to: Semester 2 , On and Off Campus
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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