Ancient History Major

Total units 48 Units

Areas of interest History
Major code ANCH-MAJ

Academic career Undergraduate

The Ancient History major focuses on two of the great civilisations of the ancient Mediterranean, Greece and Rome. These civilisations have been enormously influential down to modern times: the Greeks invented democracy, history, philosophy and the scientific method, while the Mediterranean has never again been united as it was under Roman rule, and Rome’s legacy continues to resonate in modern oratory, law, urbanization and international relations. Much of Western culture claims descent from Greece and Rome, yet these ancient societies were also exotically different from our own.

The First Year courses in Ancient History treat Classical Greece and Late Republican Rome, while also training students in how to use and read ancient sources (in translation). Later Year courses will cover a range of periods and aspects of Greek and Roman history, including politics, war and imperialism, society and economy, and mythology, art and architecture.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:

speak with some authority on ancient Greek and Roman history;
think critically and analytically about major issues and controversies in ancient Greek and Roman history;
write more effectively and critically, and master oral communication;
distinguish between primary and secondary sources and critically evaluate them;
demonstrate an ability to manage their time, schedules and deadlines effectively
develop a global perspective by studying the histories of two very different and chronologically distant cultures

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Requirements

This major requires the completion of 48 units, which must include:

A maximum of 12 units may come from completion of courses from the following list:

Code	Title	Units
ANCH1013	Ancient Athens: democracy and empire	6
ANCH1014	Rome: Republic to Empire	6
CLAS1003	The Myths of Greece and Rome: Mortals, Immortals, and Monsters	6

A maximum of 48 units may come from completion of courses from the following list:

Code	Title	Units
ANCH2015	Travellers and Geographers in Antiquity	6
ANCH2016	Bad neighbours: Law and life in ancient Athens	6
ANCH2017	Emperors and Madmen: The Early Roman Empire	6
ANCH2020	A region in antiquity: Gallipoli and western Turkey	12
ANCH2021	Ancient World in Film	6
ANCH2022	Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic World	6
ANCH2101	Cultures in conflict: Greeks, Romans and others in southern Italy and Sicily	12
ANCH2024	Dark Age to democracy: early Greek history, 1000-480 BC	6
ANCH2025	Imperialism, Conquest and Colonisation in the Ancient Mediterranean World	6
ANCH2026	Rome: After Empire (Europe 400–800 AD)	6
ANCH2102	State, sanctuary and community: archaeology of settlement and memory in ancient Greece	12

A maximum of 12 units may come from completion of courses from the following list:

Code	Title	Units
CLAS2011	Traditional Grammar (L)	6
GREK2101	Intermediate Ancient Greek	6
GREK2119	Continuing Ancient Greek (L)	6
GREK2125	Advanced Ancient Greek	6
LATN2101	Intermediate Latin	6
LATN2119	Continuing Latin (L)	6
LATN2125	Advanced Latin	6

A maximum of 12 units may come from completion of courses from the following list:

Code	Title	Units
ARCH2037	Post-Roman Archaeology of Britain: Arthur and the Anglo Saxons	6
ARCH2056	Britons and Romans: Archaeology of the Western Roman Empire	6
ARCH2055	Archaeological Fieldschool	6
HIST2110	Approaches to History	6
HIST2243	Vikings, Crusades, Mongols: Shaping Medieval Europe, c. 850–1300	6

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