This course provides an introduction to the ancient Roman empire: how that empire came into being, how it evolved, how it came to govern much of the Mediterranean and European world, and how that empire declined. The course demonstrates the social and legal structures employed by a past society to govern an ethnically and religiously diverse population. The course also introduces students to the sources of our knowledge of the past, and illustrates how these sources are to be critically evaluated. This course complements other courses on the ancient Mediterranean world (such as HIST 100 / CAMS 100) and is a prerequisite to more advanced (400-level) courses in ancient Mediterranean history.
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Melvin and Rosalind Jacobs Endowed Fellow in the Humanities
Associate Professor of Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies, African Studies, and African American Studies
Pronouns: He/Him
Research Interests: Latin literature; Race, status, and difference in the ancient Roman world; Africana receptions of Ancient Greece and Rome/ Black Classicism; Reception Studies