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LATN 20203 - Empire and Late Republican Literature

Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0
(CLST)
EMPIRE AND LATE REPUBLICAN LITERATURE The late Republic was a period of rapid change in Rome. The empire expanded quickly, the elite became extravagantly rich, slaves poured into the metropolis, and warlords fought for control of the Mediterranean world. It was a period marked by great oratory and terrible urban violence. It was a period in which Romans reflected deeply on their empire. This course examines the literature of these tumultuous timres. It investigates how authors viewed their own place in history, how they charted the expansion of imperial Rome, and how they participated in the revolutions of late Republican Rome. [AH]