VAST 276 - Rome:Science,Technology,and Civilization

Institution:

Lafayette College

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Science and technology shaped values in classical and late antiquity throughout the areas in Eurasia and Africa controlled by Rome. This seminar examines how Rome's receptiveness to the Epicurean atomic theory; its engineering, technology, and applied science; its vast systems of transportation, communication, education, and entertainment; its political, administrative, and legal systems; and the conduit that its institutions provided for the transmission of values and ideas decisively shaped the modern world. Rosa

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.lafayette.edu/

Phone Number:

(610) 330-5000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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