Course overview
The course explores the ‘game of thrones’ in the Hellenistic kingdoms from Alexander the Great to Cleopatra and next analyses the complexities of the Hellenistic Mediterranean: its many environments and fragmented ecologies, the advanced economy, warfare, the centrality of slavery, and cultural responses to this ever-more-cosmopolitan world. In doing so students will learn how to use and combine various types of evidence, especially written and archaeological evidence, to tell true stories about the past. They will come to understand the limits and possibilities of what can be known and what claims historians can responsibly make.
- Kings
- Cities
- Culture
Course learning outcomes
- Demonstrate a scholarly approach to and methodology for historical interpretation of relevant historical texts and material evidence
- Use and repurpose archaeological and epigraphic evidence to support arguments about the Hellenistic world
- Understand and critique scholarly arguments
- Analyse scholarly theories about the ancient world and critique their usefulness and truth
- Understand the chronology and geography of the Hellenistic Mediterranean and its influence upon human affairs
- Explain Hellenistic values, how they are expressed in the evidence, and their relationship with human action.
Availability
Class details
Adelaide City Campus East
Class number 27969
Section TU01
Size 40
Available 40
Class number 27968
Section WS01
Size 40
Available 40
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