Undergraduate Course: The Roman World in the Second Century AD (LLLE07003)
Course Outline
| School | School of History, Classics and Archaeology |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 7 (Year 1 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 10 |
| Home subject area | Lifelong Learning (HCA) |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This is a for-credit course offered by the Office of Lifelong Learning (OLL); only students registered with OLL should be enrolled.
For Edward Gibbon, author of The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, the second century AD was the time when 'the condition of the human race was most happy and prosperous'. In this survey of Rome and its provinces during that period we shall investigate how justified Gibbon's famous assessment was.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2013/14 Lifelong Learning - Session 2, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Learn enabled: No |
Quota: None |
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Web Timetable |
Web Timetable |
| Course Start Date |
16/01/2014 |
| Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Lecture Hours 10,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 10,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
78 )
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| Additional Notes |
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| Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| No Exam Information |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course, students should be able to:
¿ assess the development of the Roman Empire in the second century;
¿ analyse and compare the different provinces of the Roman Empire;
¿ evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of different kinds of historical evidence;
¿ demonstrate the above learning outcomes in the assessment.
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Assessment Information
| The assessment is a 2000 word essay, worth 100% of the total mark. |
Special Arrangements
This is a for-credit course offered by the Office of Lifelong Learning (OLL); only students registered with OLL should be enrolled.
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Additional Information
| Academic description |
Not entered |
| Syllabus |
Content of course
1. Introduction : historical contextualisation; overview of the 2nd century by surveying briefly the reigns of the four principal emperors of the 2nd century - namely, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius and Marcus Aurelius.
2. The Spanish and Gallic provinces in the 2nd century with special focus on their romanisation and the persecution of the Christians in Gaul.
3. Britain in the 2nd century - the walls of Hadrian and Antoninus Pius; developments in the province to the south of the walls.
4. The Danubian provinces - Trajan's conquest of Dacia and the wars on the Danube of Marcus Aurelius.
5. Greece with special focus on Athens under Hadrian; Herodes Atticus.
6. Asia Minor - cultural and religious developments with special focus on Ephesos.
7. The eastern provinces with special focus on the events in the province of Judaea under Hadrian (i.e. suppression of the Bar Kokhba revolt).
8. The Romans in North Africa with special focus on the area covered by present day Tunisia.
9. Cultural, religious and economic developments during the 2nd century - e.g. the Second Sophistic, the spread of Christianity, the beginnings of urban decline, the impact of plague.
10. Overall assessment of the 2nd century. Was Gibbon justified in seeing the age as the time when humanity was at its happiest and most prosperous? Surveying the future - the empire after the death of Marcus Aurelius in AD 180.
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| Transferable skills |
Not entered |
| Reading list |
Essential
Garzetti, A., 1974. From Tiberius to the Antonines : A History of the Roman Empire AD 14-192. London: Methuen, 1974.
Goodman, M., 1997. The Roman World 44 BC - AD 180. London/New York: Routledge.
Recommended
Bowman, A.K., Garnsey, P. and Rathbone, D.,eds. 2000. The Cambridge Ancient History.
Volume 11, The High Empire A.D. 70-192. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Huskinson J., ed. 2000. Experiencing Rome : Culture, Identity and Power in the Roman Empire. London: Routledge.
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| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
Not entered |
| Keywords | ZZoll |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Sally Crumplin
Tel:
Email: Sally.Crumplin@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Sabine Murdoch
Tel: (0131 6)51 1855
Email: Sabine.Murdoch@ed.ac.uk |
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