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On completion of this module students should be able to:
- Recognize the key people, events, and dates in Roman history from the assassination of Julius Caesar in 44 B.C. to the death of Augustus in A.D. 14.
- Understand the process by which Augustus remodelled the Roman state and created a hereditary monarchy from the institutions of the Republic.
- Evaluate the usefulness of different types of evidence in reconstructing Roman history in this period, in particular coins, art and architecture, literary texts, and inscriptions.
- Analyse and comment on modern scholarly interpretations of the history, literature, and visual culture of the Augustan period.
Lectures
1: Introduction
2: The Ides of March
3: Caesar’s heir
4: The Triumvirate
5: Sextus Pompey and Sicily
6: Antony and Cleopatra
7: The Battle of Actium
8: The Republic Restored
9: The New Golden Age
10: The City of Rome
11: Virgil’s Aeneid
12: Augustan Poetry
13: Army and Frontiers
14: Imperial Family and Succession
15: Augustan Culture
16: Conclusion
For online delivery these topics will be broken down into smaller units.
Tutorials
1. After the Ides of March
2. Divi filius: son of a god
3. Civil War Politics and Propaganda
4. Augustan Poetry
5. Death of Augustus
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Lectures | 18 |
Tutorial | 5 |
Specified Learning Activities | 39 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 38 |
Total | 100 |
Not applicable to this module.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Continuous Assessment: Learning Journal 1 | Week 5 | n/a | Graded | No | 15 |
Essay: Final Essay | Coursework (End of Trimester) | n/a | Graded | No | 50 |
Continuous Assessment: Learning journal 2 | Week 7 | n/a | Graded | No | 15 |
Multiple Choice Questionnaire: Online Quiz | Week 9 | n/a | Graded | No | 20 |
Resit In | Terminal Exam |
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Autumn | No |
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
Individual feedback on learning journal entries, group feedback on quiz.
Name | Role |
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Dr Martin Brady | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Assoc Professor Aude Doody | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Dr Nicholas Freer | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Assoc Professor Alexander Thein | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Ms Gillian OSullivan | Tutor |
Ms Niamh Tobin | Tutor |