LLT-587: Fall of the Roman Republic

Credits 3.00
Academic Level
Graduate
Instructional Method
Lecture
Examines events of the late Roman Republic and contrasts this period with the stable reign of Trajan at the height of the Roman Empire. Eyewitness accounts by Cicero, Caesar, Pompey and their contemporaries and the correspondence between Trajan and Pliny will be read in Latin and discussed. [ 3 credits ]