Rome - ARTS2282
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
School: School Humanities & Languages
Course Outline: School of Humanities & Languages
Campus: Sydney
Career: Undergraduate
Units of Credit: 6
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
Enrolment Requirements:
Prerequisite: 30 units of credit at Level 1
Excluded: ARTS2274, HIST2660, HIST2667
CSS Contribution Charge: 1 (more info)
Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule
Further Information: See Class Timetable
Available for General Education: Yes (more info)
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Description
Subject Area: History
This course traces the rise of Rome from a small city-state to the largest power in the Mediterranean world. Explores the political, social and cultural development of Roman civilisation from 753 BCE to 565 CE. Examines how Rome as a state and people dealt with internal conflict and external adversities and eventually transformed from a pluralistic state into an autocratic empire. Rome's political history and development are treated, as well as the social and cultural life of Rome and its Empire. Focuses on the evolution of Rome, as well as its relationship with other cultures.
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