Focus on how conservative Roman republican ideals were reconciled with an increasingly Hellenized empire dominated by an imperial dynasty. Following a brief survey of prior Roman history, the course will examine the development of the Roman state in the first century AD under the Julio-Claudian emperors. The course will proceed to consider the Empire’s evolution and management under subsequent Flavian and Antonine dynasties. The city, its monuments, its art, its literature, bureaucracy and territorial expansion, the role of women, various social and minority groups, and the growth of Christianity will all be discussed.

1 unit — Buxton

Offerings

Term	Block	Title	Instructor	Location	Student Limit/Available	Updated
Spring 2022	Block 8	History of the Roman Empire	Clayton Schroer	Cossitt Hall 110E	25 / 7	05/16/2022
Fall 2022	Block 4	History of the Roman Empire	Richard Fernando Buxton	TBA	25 / 17	05/16/2022