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Frontiers and Empires: Conflict and Diplomacy in the Ancient World
Undergraduate | MAQ-AHIX3223 | 2021
Previously MAQ-AHIX342
Course information for 2021 intake View information for 2024 course intake
Track the Roman Empire's military movements in the third and fourth centuries.
Study the spread of commerce and religion during this period. Stand at the Eastern Frontier as the Romans battle Persian armies. Gain insight into the Middle East today.
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Prior study needed
- Duration
- 18 weeks
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Frontiers and Empires: Conflict and Diplomacy in the Ancient World
About this subject
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
- Analyse and express judgement about the history of Rome's Persian Wars from the 3rd-4th centuries AD in oral and written form.
- Demonstrate skills in reading ancient texts from a variety of historical and cultural contexts, with particular attention to critically identifying issues involved in interpretation of culturally-distant texts.
- Demonstrate research skills supporting independent location and evaluation of information, suitable for research at university level and for other professional situations.
- Demonstrate written and oral communication skills.
- A week-by-week guide to the topics you will explore in this subject will be provided in your study materials.
This unit is an in-depth study of Rome's attempts to defend itself against a resurgent Iran in the late-third and early-fourth centuries CE. Students have the chance to study both military and diplomatic history of the two great empires, as well as religious change. Archaeological evidence is used extensively to help us to reconstruct our knowledge of Roman defensive systems.
- Tutorial Paper (20%)
- Research Essay (40%)
- Weekly written contributions to online discussions (20%)
- Online quizzes (20%)
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Entry requirements
Prior study
You must have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject:
MAQ-AHIX1240-Introduction to the Ancient Near East: History and Archaeology (no longer available)
Equivalent subjects
You should not enrol in this subject if you have successfully completed any of the following subject(s) because they are considered academically equivalent:
MAQ-AHIX242 (Not currently available)
MAQ-AHIX342 (Not currently available)
Others
NCCW (pre-2020 units): AHIX242, AHIS342, AHIX342
Pre-requisite: 10cp from AHIX unit at 1000 level and 20cp from AHIX units at 2000 level
Additional requirements
- Other requirements -
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Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
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