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Questioning Classical History

Key information

  • Module code:

    5AACHI96

  • Level:

    5

  • Semester:

      Autumn

  • Credit value:

    15

Module description

Topic: Sulla to Caesar

 

The course covers the last generation of the Roman republic, primarily focusing on the political and military events between 88 and 43 BCE. It traces the process which led to the replacement of the traditional system of shared aristocratic government by a hereditary monarchy.

Central themes include the rise of the late republican dynasts, above all Marius, Sulla, Pompey and Caesar, the role of the army in politics, the gradual destabilisation of domestic politics, and the challenges posed by the expanding empire as well as its socio-economic impact. The current debate about the nature of the ‘fall’ of the republic – accidental or inevitable - will also be analysed and placed in a wider historiographic context.

Assessment details

2,500 word essay (100%)

Teaching pattern

10 x 1-hour lectures and 10 x 1-hour seminar (weekly)

Department

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