Course Catalog - 2014-2015

     

CLAS 417 - ARCHITECTURE AND DYNASTY

Long Title: ARCHITECTURE AND DYNASTY IN THE EARLY ROMAN EMPIRE
Department: Classical Studies
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Seminar
Credit Hours: 3
Description: Nero is often remembered as the tyrannical emperor who let the city burn and gorged on ill-gotten luxury; his successors are conceived as good emperors who built the Coliseum, Imperial Palace and the vast majority of Rome's remaining monuments. In this course you will question whether things were so straightforward. Cross-list: HART 410.