LAT 425, 426 - Topics in Ancient History (4, 4)

Ancient history is a complex set of causes and practices whose recovery and interpretation are best studied in their original contexts. The ancient Mediterranean world was a diverse and multi-faceted region, and these courses provide the tools and methodologies of historical inquiry, and engage with the various ways the past is appropriated in the modern world. Course may be repeated as subject matter changes. Course uses materials in the original language and has a prerequisite of LAT 102 or permission of department chair. Pre- or corequisite: HUM 124. Fall and Spring.