History (HIST) - Empire and Resistance in Ancient Greece and Rome
HIST 3636 Empire and Resistance in Ancient Greece and Rome
Prerequisites:
Twelve credits of History with at least 3 credits at the 2000-level; or any 54 credits completed.
Antirequisites:
CLAS 3636
Hours:
3 classroom hours per week
Credits:
3
Description:
Students examine the methods of imperial expansion and control in the ancient Greek and Roman worlds, from Alexander the Great, to the Hellenistic Successor Empires, and the Roman Empire from its inception to its decline in the Fifth Century CE. Students pay special attention to the techniques of imperial rule and to the variety of resistance movements that developed in response to claims of imperial hegemony, and the various techniques of resistance they employed.