LATN 30202 - Race and Ethnicity in the Roman Empire

Course Credit: 1
Maximum Credit: 0

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RACE AND ETHNICITY IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE This course investigates race and ethnicity in the Roman literature and its later reception. What wemean by race today does not easily map onto ancient Rome. Yet modern ideas of race have profoundly influenced the reception of Roman texts. How did Romans understand human difference? How do their understandings compare to our own?How have later scholars, political groups, andcontemporary audiences approached race in theRoman world? And what have been the consequencesof these approaches? This course examines suchquestions through close readings of Latin textsand the study of the role of race in their reception. [AH, D]