Ancient Rome: Slaves, Empire and Film
UndergraduateLTU-CAH2ANR2025
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- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Enrol by
- 23 Feb 2025
- Entry requirements
- Prior study needed
- Duration
- 12 weeks
- Price from
- $2,124
- Upfront cost
- $0
- Loan available
- HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
Ancient Rome: Slaves, Empire and Film
About this subject
On successful completion you will be able to:
- Comprehend, analyse and evaluate primary and secondary sources, using both in historical enquiry.
- Identify the context of ancient literary and historical sources, and articulate the relevance of this context in analyses of ancient texts and material artefacts.
- Synthesise, critique and apply disciplinary scholarship in the context of interpreting ancient Roman society and its connections to the modern world.
- Formulate and articulate a persuasive, evidence-based argument in an essay relating to ancient Roman society and its connections to modern culture.
- Roman Foundation Myths
- Roman Social Institutions
- Julius Ceasar
- The Collapse of the Republic
- Rome Under Augustus and Nero
- Roman Entertainment
- Ancient Rome in Modern Culture
This subject introduces you to the society, literature and art of ancient Rome through major historical figures such as Julius Caesar, Cleopatra, Augustus and Nero. You will also learn more about the legacy of Roman culture in the modern world. You will read ancient Roman literature and examine material culture to better understand Roman hierarchies of power, based around class, slavery, gender roles and entertainment, such as arena spectacles. While we focus on the city of Rome, you will also study Pompeii, and consider Rome's history of military conquest in building a vast empire. Central to this subject is looking forward to the way in which Rome is now depicted in art and on screen in television and movies, including HBO's series Rome, Russell Crowe in Gladiator, and Doctor Who: Fires of Pompeii. Through studying these modern texts alongside ancient sources you will be introduced to the discipline of Classical Reception Studies.
This is a level 2 subject. Please consider the subject pre-requisites before enrolling. This subject includes live sessions with the expectation of student attendance and participation.
- Online source analysis task (600 word equivalent). This task will assess comprehension and analysis of sources introduced early in semester. (15%)
- Regular discussion-based activities and written analyses of assigned seminar readings (1400 word equivalent) (35%)
- Research essay (2000 word) (50%)
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Entry requirements
Others
Pre-requisites: Students must have completed 60 credit points of Level one subjects.
Past La Trobe University students who have previously completed MDS1TRW (The Roman World: Myth and Empire) are ineligible to enrol in this subject.
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
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What to study next?
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Health Sciences
UndergraduateLAT-AHS-DEG
UndergraduateLAT-ART-DEG
UndergraduateLAT-HSC-DEG
UndergraduateLAT-BUS-DEG
Bachelor of Information Technology
UndergraduateLAT-TEC-DEG
Bachelor of Psychological Science
UndergraduateLAT-PYS-DEG
UndergraduateLAT-CYS-DEG
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