CL 226 - Empire and Power:Individual and Family in Ancient Rome

Institution:

Colorado College

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Focus on how conservative Roman republican ideals were reconciled in an increasingly Hellenized empire dominated by an imperial dynasty. Topics include the changing status of traditional gender types and established class systems, the role of rulers, women and freedmen in Tacitus, Juvenal, Martial, Suetonius, Seneca, Apuleius, Lucian, Plutarch, Aristides, Dio Chrysostom and Claudian. Attention will also be given to representations of women and imperial families in art and statuary. (Also listed as Feminist and Gender Studies 225 and History 227.) 1 unit - FitzGibbon.

Credits:

1.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.coloradocollege.edu

Phone Number:

(719) 389-6000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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