LAT30030 Tacitus Agricola: Empire and Resistance

Academic Year 2024/2025

This module focuses on Tacitus' 'Agricola', to be studied in the original Latin. The text is a biography of Agricola, governor of Britain in the late 1st century AD. The module is taught in small classes, which are devoted to reading the text and discussing points of interest. Students will be expected to prepare a section of the text for each class, and to be able to translate and discuss it.

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Learning Outcomes:

On completion of this module students should be able to:- translate the text with confidence and accuracy- make effective use of a commentary- write a short literary-historical commentary on selected passages- analyse the genre and key themes of the Agricola- evaluate Tacitus as a writer, political thinker and historian

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Small Group

17
Specified Learning Activities

60
Autonomous Student Learning

30
Total

107
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
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Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations
Learning Requirements:

Students should have studied Latin for at least one year.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade

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Carry forward of passed components
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Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
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Name Role
Dr Helen Dixon Lecturer / Co-Lecturer