This module is not currently running in 2024 to 2025.
This module examines in detail the history of the Roman Republic from 350 BC through to 100 BC, and provides both a survey of a major period of Roman history and an opportunity to study in greater depth the political, social, and economic consequences of the development of Rome's imperial ambitions in the Mediterranean. Students will read widely in the ancient sources, historical, literary and documentary. Students will read widely from a range of works including Polybius, Plutarch, Livy, Appian, Cicero, and Sallust.
Total Contact Hours: 20
Private Study Hours: 130
Total Study Hours: 150
Main assessment methods
Essay (2,500 words) – 70%
Short Critical Assessment (1,200 words) – 30%
Reassessment methods
Reassessment Instrument: 100% Coursework
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The intended subject specific learning outcomes.
On successfully completing the module students will be able to:
1 Articulate the main events, issues and themes in the history of the Roman Republic from the commencement of imperial expansion to 100 BC;
2 Demonstrate a conceptual understanding of the complex processes relating to administrative, constitutional, social, economic and religious change in the Roman Republic during this period;
3 Thoughtfully examine special features of the period such as the evolution of the imperial bureaucracy and the working of the mechanism of patronage, both in the centre and the provinces;
4 Demonstrate an understanding of the relevant different kinds of evidence (official, literary, visual and archaeological) and be able to show familiarity with and assess and use of the key documents, and have an understanding of the uses of the different categories of evidence in the investigation of historical problems;
5 Construct historical arguments, orally and in writing, which deploy established techniques of the discipline, such as independence of thought and knowledge of the ancient sources, literary and otherwise;
6 Demonstrate familiarity with the ancient sources, historical, literary and documentary, and have an understanding of inscriptional evidence for the history of the Roman Republic.
The intended generic learning outcomes.
On successfully completing the module students will be able to:
1 Demonstrate the skills necessary for documentary and textual analysis;
2 Demonstrate initiative to undertake research and reading;
3 Demonstrate their communication skills using a variety of methods.
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