Module overview
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge and Understanding
Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- The relationship between textual and material evidence
- Key characteristics of Bronze Aegean, Greek, Roman and Byzantine societies
- Debates on the factors that affected political, social and ideological developments in the Ancient World
- The chronology, history and societies of the Ancient World from Dark Age Greece to the emergence of Islam
- The latest research on the history of diverse contexts and societies in the Ancient World
Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Express familiarity with and interpret critically a variety of primary sources from the Ancient World
- Compare the characteristics of key periods within the Ancient World
- Identify and evaluate different historical interpretations of the Ancient World
- Assess potential contributing factors to change within the Ancient World (social, political, cultural and religious)
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Critically analyse a diverse range of source material
- Use a range of perspectives in problem-solving
- Organise and structure material to write confidently
- Communicate a coherent and convincing argument in written formats
Syllabus
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
Type | Hours |
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Tutorial | 1 |
Lecture | 22 |
Completion of assessment task | 80 |
Wider reading or practice | 42 |
Preparation for scheduled sessions | 110 |
Follow-up work | 34 |
Seminar | 11 |
Total study time | 300 |
Resources & Reading list
Textbooks
Kraus, C.S. and A.J. Woodman (1997). Latin Historians. Cambridge: CUP.
Elsner, J (1996). Art and Text in Roman Culture. Cambridge: CUP.
Price, S. and P. Thonemann (2011). The Birth of Classical Europe: A History from Troy to Augustine. New York: Penguin.
Shipley, G (2000). The Greek World after Alexander 323-30 BC. London: Routledge.
Marincola, J (1997). Authority and Tradition in Ancient Historiography. Cambridge: CUP.
Cornell, T.J (1995). The Beginnings of Rome. London: Routledge.
Cameron, A (1993). The Mediterranean world in late antiquity, AD 395-600. London: Routledge.
Crawford, M (1992). The Roman Republic. London: Fontana.
Walbank, F.W (1992). The Hellenistic World. London: Fontana.
Erskine, A., (ed) (2003). A Companion to the Hellenistic World. Oxford: Blackwell.
Beard, M., J. North and S. Price (1998). Religions of Rome. Vol. 1, A history. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Rohrbacher, D (2002). The historians of late antiquity. London: Routledge.
Champion, C.B., (ed.) (2004). Roman Imperialism: Readings and Sources. Oxford: Blackwell.
Wells, C (1992). The Roman Empire. London: Fontana.
Mitchell, M.M and F.M. Young (eds) (2006). The Cambridge History of Christianity, vol. 1: Origins to Constantine. Cambridge: CUP.
Gill, C (1995). Greek Thought. Greece and Rome New Surveys in the Classics. Oxford: OUP.
Cameron, A (1993). The Later Roman Empire. London: Fontana.
Brown, P (1993). The making of late antiquity. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press.
Hornblower, S (2002). The Greek World 479-323 BC. London: Methuen.
Kleiner, D (1992). Roman Sculpture. New Haven: Yale University Press.
Goodman, M (1997). The Roman World 44 BC - AD 180. London: Routledge.
Assessment
Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Written assignment | 40% |
Essay | 60% |
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% |
Written assignment | 40% |
Repeat Information
Repeat type: Internal & External