Course Schedule and Catalog

Department: *Classics*

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Distribution Group: Distribution Group I

Credit Hours: 3

Description: ROMAN CIVILIZATION ***** DISTRIBUTION COURSE GROUP 1 ***** Topic: The Age of Augustus .This course will consider the period in Roman history between 31 BC and 14 AD, when the emperor Augustus restored stability to the Roman world, oversaw the expansion of the empire, and rebuilt Rome as a capital city. The Age of Augustus witnessed an unparalled flowering in the literary arts and a revolution in art and architecture whose legacy persits to this day. We will examine in detail the political events and cultural life of this vital time, paying particular attention to the continuity between the late Republic and the Augustan period, Augustus' construction of his public identity, imperial and non-imperial patronage in poetry and the visual arts, and the role of literature, art, and architecture in the formation of Augustan ideology in Rome and in the provinces. The course offers a thorough picture of one of the most significant, yet in some ways most elusive, periods in antiquity. ***** Also offered as HART 320.