The Fall of the Roman Republic
UndergraduateTAS-HTC2422024
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- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Prior study needed
- Duration
- 14 weeks
- Loan available
- HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
The Fall of the Roman Republic
About this subject
Upon completion of this subject, the student should be able to:
- Describe the major events and developments of the late Roman Republic
- Analyse a range of primary and secondary sources for the history of the late Roman Republic using appropriate methodologies
- Use primary sources to support an argument about the late Roman Republic.
- Express analysis of ancient sources and modern scholarship on the late Roman Republic clearly in writing
- Week 1 - Introduction to the unit. Conceptualising the 'Fall'.
- Week 2 - Scipio's Tears - The Punic Wars
- Week 3 - The Gracchi and the Agrarian Crisis
- Week 4 - Marius and the Roman Military. Lucretius' On the Nature of Things
- Week 5 - Sulla's Dictatorship
- Week 6 - The Conspiracy of Catiline
- Week 7 - The First Triumvirate
- Week 8 - Public Speaking in the Late Republic
- Week 9 - Caesar's Civil War
- Week 10 - Coins and Politics in the Late Republic
- Week 11 - Caesar's Rome
- Week 12 - Aftermath of the Ides of March
- Week 13 - Augustan Rome/Wrap-up and Review
This subject examines one of the most well documented periods in classical antiquity: the last century of the Roman Republic. We view the social, cultural, and political turmoil of this era through the lenses of ancient literary sources and modern scholarship. We analyse how ancient Romans perceived and represented the transformative changes and extraordinary individuals of the late Republic and interrogate how historiographical approaches towards this period have evolved since the 19th century. Our exploration begins with the sweeping socioeconomic impacts of the Punic Wars and ends with the reign of Augustus, the first emperor of Rome.
- Weekly online quizzes (10%)
- Two Primary Text Analyses (15%)
- Major Essay or Classics at Work project (35%)
- Take-home exam (40%)
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Entry requirements
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Conditional requisite: 25 credit points at the introductory level or higher
Additional requirements
- Other requirements - Teaching arrangements: weekly online lectures (1.5 hours) and 1 hour Web Conference weekly
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- 0.125 EFTSL
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