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Distribution Course in Hist & Tradition. Class of 2009 & prior only. Staff. The analysis of non-literary Latin texts from antiquity preserved on various types of permanent media, mainly stone and metal, is the primary concern of the discipline of Latin epigraphy. Such texts, which have been recovered in hundreds of thousands, constitute one of the most important sources of data for the modern-day historian of Rome. The student will be introduced to the conventions of editing and reading epigraphical texts, and to the major collections of Latin inscriptions. The seminar will then concentrate on different types of documents in order to understand their formatting and style, as well as the kinds of historical evidence that can be derived from them. Public and private inscriptions, from the decrees of emperors and senatorial careers to personal curse tablets and the simple tombstone epitaphs of the urban poor, will be considered as examples of the range of epigraphical texts available to the modern researcher.
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Staff. A separate topic is offered in either the history of Ancient Near East, Greece or Rome.
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3.00 Credits
Cohen. This course will examine the material and social culture of classical Athens. Through a close reading of original sources (primarily court presentation and comic productions) and through the evaluation of modern studies, we will seek to understand the societal,familial, economic, religious and sexual dimensions of the Athenian life, and to evaluate the alleged dictorial dominance of this society by the small minority of male "citizens." The class will deal with such topics as the legal, social and fiancial position of wealthy slaves and business women; the clandestine economy of tax evasion and bank fraud; the political and economic content of male and female prostitution. The entire seminar will study certain core materials, and individual students will report on selected subjects. Admission is open to those with a reading knowledge of ancient Greek and/or some expertise in social science discipline broadly-defined (such as history, gender studies, economics, anthropology or law).
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3.00 Credits
Staff. An introduction to the principles and practices of Greek Epigraphy. Study of selected Greek inscriptions.
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3.00 Credits
Grey. Scholars have long debated the nature of the ancient economy, the terms in which it can best be approached, and the decision-making processes that underpinned economic behavior in antiquity. In particular, controversy has surrounded the extent to which the economies of Greco-Roman antiquity can be modeled using contemporary tools of analysis. In recent scholarship, many of the tenets laid down by Moses Finley in his The Ancient Economy have been re-evaluated, with the result that the field is currently in a state of intellectual ferment. It is the purpose of this course to explore the terms in which contemporary debates over ancient economic systems are formulated, with reference to a variety of societies and periods, from the palace economies of the Mycenaean period to the system of taxation introduced in the early fourth century by the emperor Diocletian and his colleagues in the Tetrarchy.
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3.00 Credits
Cohen. This course will examine if and how "power" --- the manifold aspects of control, command and influence in a society -- transcended political arrangements in classical Athens, and manifested social, economic and sexual dimensions. Through a close reading (in Greek or English, as students prefer) of Athenian court presentations and comic material and through the evaluation of modern studies, we will seek to understand the social, economic, and sexual dimensions of Atheninan life. The class will deal with such topics as the alleged dictorial dominance of Athenian life. The class will deal with such topics as the alleged dictorial dominance of Athenian society by the small minority of male "citizens,"; the legal, social and financial position of wealthy slaves and business women; the clandestine economy of tax evasion and bank fraud; the context and functioning of male and female prostitution. The entire seminar will study certain core materials, and individual participants will report on selected subjects.
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3.00 Credits
Staff. This course will examine theoretical and impirical frameworks for pre-modern forms of exchange. We will focus on substantist and formalist economic theories and will consider the archaeological evidence for such phenomena as barter, gift exchange, administered economies, markets, local exchange, and long distance overland and maritime trade. Our goal is to develop mid-range models for reconstructing ancient economies. The course will emphasize but not be limited to complex societies of the New and Old World.
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3.00 Credits
Haselberger. Topic varies.
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