LATIN 350 - Readings in Caesar and Tacitus:Greeks,Romans and Barbarians

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Willamette University

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Taught 3 hours a week in conjunction with CLAS 250/HIST 250 (Greeks, Romans and Barbarians), one hour per week translating Caesar, and Tacitus. Herodotus, Caesar and Tacitus will be consulted, along with comedy, tragedy, fragments of ethnographers and passages from other primary sources to see how perceptions of barbarians changed over time, affected by the ways that Greek and Roman interactions with them changed. In order to better understand how recent history shapes our interpretation of ancient culture, we will study post-colonialist, Afro-centric, and "anti-anti-Semitic" approaches to the Greco-Roman image of Egyptians, Persians, Indians, Scythians, Libyans, Ethiopians, Phrygians, Lydians, Gauls, Britons, and Germans. Credit may not be earned for both LATIN 350 and CLAS 250. Prerequisite: LATIN 232 General Education Requirement Fulfillment: Thinking Historically; Writing centered Offering: Triennially in spring Instructor: Bachvarova

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1.00

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Institution Website:

www.willamette.edu

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(503) 370-6300

Regional Accreditation:

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

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Semester

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