Module overview
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Understand the interplay between historical sources and interpretations of them
- Understand how major interpretations of ancient sources develop and change
- Identify and evaluate different historical interpretations of the ancient world
- Express familiarity with and interpret critically a variety of primary sources from the ancient world
- Evaluate critically the methodological approaches used by scholars working on the ancient world
Knowledge and Understanding
Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- Key literary, visual and material sources that provide evidence for Greek, Roman and Byzantine history
- The latest research on the specific primary sources under consideration including application of digital technologies to dissemination and study
- Historical problems and questions raised by different types of primary sources from diverse contexts within the ancient world
- Different academic approaches to analysis of primary sources from the ancient world
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Use a range of perspectives in problem-solving
- Critically analyse a diverse range of source material
- Organise and structure material to write and present confidently
Syllabus
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
Type | Hours |
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Preparation for scheduled sessions | 60 |
Tutorial | 1 |
Follow-up work | 10 |
Lecture | 12 |
Seminar | 12 |
Wider reading or practice | 15 |
Completion of assessment task | 40 |
Total study time | 150 |
Resources & Reading list
Textbooks
Cameron, A (1993). The Later Roman Empire. London: Fontana.
Cornell, T.J (1995). The Beginnings of Rome. London: Routledge.
Hornblower, S (2002). The Greek World 479-323 BC. London: Methuen.
Goodman, M (1997). The Roman World 44 BC - AD 180. London: Routledge.
Kraus, C.S. and A.J. Woodman (1997). Latin Historians. Cambridge: CUP.
Beard, M. and J. Henderson (2001). Classical Art from Greece to Rome. Oxford: OUP.
Elsner, J (1996). Art and Text in Roman Culture. Cambridge: CUP.
Champion, C.B., (ed.) (2004). Roman Imperialism: Readings and Sources. Oxford: Blackwell.
Brown, P (1993). The making of late antiquity. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press.
Maas, M (2000). Readings in Late Antiquity: A Sourcebook. London: Routledge.
Gill, C (1995). Greek Thought. Greece and Rome New Surveys in the Classics. Oxford: OUP.
Erskine, A., (ed) (2003). A Companion to the Hellenistic World. Oxford: Blackwell.
Cameron, A (1993). The Mediterranean world in late antiquity, AD 395-600. London: Routledge.
Mitchell, M.M and F.M. Young (eds) (2006). The Cambridge History of Christianity, vol. 1: Origins to Constantine. Cambridge: CUP.
Walbank, F.W (1992). The Hellenistic World. London: Fontana.
Crawford, M (1992). The Roman Republic. London: Fontana.
Rajak, T (1983). Josephus: the historian and his society. London: Duckworth.
Wells, C (1992). The Roman Empire. London: Fontana.
Sedley, D (2003). Cambridge Companion to Greek and Roman Philosophy. Cambridge: CUP.
Rohrbacher, D (2002). The historians of late antiquity. London: Routledge.
Woodman, A.J (1988). Rhetoric in Classical Historiography. London: Areopagitica Press.
Stevenson, J. and W.H.C. Frend (1987). A New Eusebius: documents illustrating the history of the Church to AD 337. London: SPCK.
Shipley, G (2000). The Greek World after Alexander 323-30 BC. London: Routledge.
Gill, M.L. and P. Pellegrin (eds) (2006). A Companion to Ancient Philosophy. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell.
Marincola, J (1997). Authority and Tradition in Ancient Historiography. Cambridge: CUP.
Kleiner, D (1992). Roman Sculpture. New Haven: Yale University Press.
Assessment
Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Essay | 60% |
Commentary exercise | 40% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Coursework | 100% |
Repeat
An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Essay | 60% |
Commentary exercise | 40% |
Repeat Information
Repeat type: Internal & External