SOC-WORLD 16 - The Rome of Augustus

Institution:

Harvard University

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Roman culture and society in a period of radical transformation, the lifetime of the first emperor, Augustus (63 BCE-14 CE). Focuses on the interplay between a new set of political realities and developments in literature, the visual arts, and the organization of private and social life. Readings (all in translation) from Catullus, Cicero, Virgil, Horace, Livy, Propertius, Ovid, and Tacitus, with special attention to the two great masterworks of the period, Virgil's Aeneid and Ovid's Metamorphoses. Most lectures illustrated with slides.

Credits:

4.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.harvard.edu

Phone Number:

(617) 495-1000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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