Postgraduate Course: Running the Roman Empire (online) (PGHC11501)
Course Outline
| School | School of History, Classics and Archaeology |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
| Course type | Online Distance Learning |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | It is one of the oldest questions in the study of ancient history: How could the Romans run an empire that encompassed all of modern Europe and much of the modern Near East, with the institutional apparatus of a city-state? The course will approach the question from different perspectives. Its focus will be on the interplay between administrative and ideological aspects. |
| Course description |
It is one of the oldest questions in the study of ancient history: How could the Romans run an empire that encompassed all of modern Europe and much of the modern Near East, with the institutional apparatus of a city-state? The course will approach the question from different perspectives. Its focus will be on the interplay between administrative and ideological aspects in the time between Augustus and the reforms of Diocletian (27 BCE - 284 CE). We will discuss the institutions that made Roman rule possible, approaching each of them from the perspective of a) the central government that invented them, and b) the provincials that filled them with meaning.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | Students MUST NOT also be taking
Running the Roman Empire (ANHI10096)
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Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Through screencasts, and self-study, gain a broad understanding of the history of the Roman Empire.
- Demonstrate, by way of coursework, an ability to read, analyse and reflect critically upon relevant scholarship and popular debates about the rise, fall and management of the Roman Empire.
- Demonstrate, by way of coursework, an ability to understand, evaluate and utilise a variety of primary source material and theoretical approaches.
- Demonstrate, by way of coursework, the ability to develop and sustain scholarly arguments in oral and written form, by formulating appropriate questions and utilising relevant evidence.
- Transfer the knowledge gained in this course to other imperial formations in world history, and evaluate general debates about the nature of "empire" and "imperialism" throughout the ages.
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Reading List
C. Ando, Imperial Rome AD 193 to 284, Edinburgh 2012.
M. Goodman, The Roman World 44 BC-AD 180, London 1997.
O. Hekster, Rome and its Empire, AD 193-284, Edinburgh 2008.
B. Levick, The Government of the Roman Empire. A Sourcebook, 2nd ed. New York 2000 |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Kimberley Czajkowski
Tel: (0131 6)50 9110
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Course secretary | Mrs Lindsay Scott
Tel: (0131 6)50 9948
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