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This course explores the various ways in which technology form and innovation reflects and shapes ancient communities' responses to their environment. By considering evidence for manufacturing and production, this class explores issues of artisan status, resource procurement and production environments. Significant portions of the class are dedicated to experimental reconstruction of ancient production methods and techniques.

Examination of the material evidence for Late Biblical Judaism and Early Christianity, studied in relation to coeval religious trends in the greater Mediterranean world, and the social and political context of the Hellenistic and Roman periods.

Survey of ancient Greek drama, with attention to themes, production and performance, and literary interpretation. Emphasis on the major tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides. (Gen.Ed. AL)

Lives, roles, contributions, and status of women in Greek and Roman societies, as reflected in classical literature and the archaeological record. (Gen.Ed. HS)

Archaeology of the Roman world during the Republic and Empire period. Methods, progress, and ethics of archaeological research. Emphasis on remains displaying the architectural and urbanistic development of Roman cities and colonies in Italy, North Africa, and Britain, and on their contribution to western civilization. (Gen.Ed. AT)

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A focus on the Roman legal system as a whole, including its institutions and history. Introduction of legal reasoning, development of legal rules over time, and the operation of the legal system in Roman society.