Postgraduate Course: Government and Society under Diocletian (ANHI11001)
Course Outline
School | School of History, Classics and Archaeology |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
Summary | This course considers aspects of constitutional and social history in a key period of Classcial Antiquity after the chaotic decades of the Third Century and before the official patronage of Christianity. The course will be conducted through guided reading and seminars. |
Course description |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisites | None |
Course Delivery Information
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Learning Outcomes
Students will acquire a detailed knowledge and understanding of Roman history from the late third century CE to the rise of Constantine, and the various methododlogies used by historians to examine political, social, economic and religious questions.
Students will further skills in collecting and synthesising evidence from primary and secondary sources; comparing different sets of evidence to reach conclusions, using ancient and modern comparators; evaluating and criticising the work of historians in the field; formulating questions to illuminate the subject; structuring argument to address such questions
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Additional Information
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Contacts
Course organiser | Prof Andrew Erskine
Tel: (0131 6)50 3591
Email: Andrew.Erskine@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mr Nicholas Ovenden
Tel: (0131 6)51 3937
Email: Niko.Ovenden@ed.ac.uk |
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