Roman Emperors: From Augustus to Nero - ARTS3283
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
School: School of Humanities and 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: 48 UOC overall, including 6 UOC at level 1 and 6 UOC at level 2 in one of the following streams, History
Excluded: ARTS3272
CSS Contribution Charge: 1 (more info)
Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule
Further Information: See Class Timetable
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Description
Subject Area: History
The course explores the history of Rome's first dynasty and how it managed the transition from republic to monarchy. The Roman Emperors considers how the new order was created and how it developed its legitimacy. You will examine the lives of Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius and Nero, and such extraordinary imperial women as Livia, Julia and Agrippina the Elder. As well as engaging with the work of leading historians, you will read the salacious and gossip-filled Lives of Suetonius in order to assess the merits of biography as an historical source, and analyse modern media representations of the dynasty, including Robert Graves' I Claudius.