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The Ancient World
Heroes and History 2
Rome’s great historians and storytellers rooted their narratives of the making of Rome in the deeds of a series of heroes and antiheroes. A mixture of myth and history reflected the Romans’ desire to understand their place in a bigger story. This course looks at the different ways Vergil, Livy, Tacitus, and Plutarch examined the contributions of individual excellence and failings to Rome’s development. These analyses provide lasting insights into the nature of politics that will continue to shape the discipline over the ensuing centuries.
Featuring Interviews With
Angie Hobbs – University of Sheffield
Barry Strauss – Cornell University
Angie Hobbs – University of Sheffield (UK)
Clifford Ando – University of Chicago
David Levene – New York University
Edith Hall – Durham University, UK
Gregg Woolf – University of California, Los Angeles
Kathryn Tempest – University of Roehampton
Maria Wyke – University College, London
Michael Scott – University of Warwick
Shushma Malik – University of Cambridge
course readings
Virgil – Aeneid
Plutarch – Lives: Caesar, Cato the Younger, Antony, Brutus
Livy – Early History of Rome
Tacitus – Annals
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