AGRS 130D
The Roman Economy
This course is designed to provide advanced undergraduates with a broad overview of the economy of the Roman Empire. It is organized around a series of weekly topics that will be explored through readings selected to provide students with exposure to the theory, evidence, and methods currently being employed by historians and archaeologists to investigate that particular aspect of the Roman economy. No knowledge of Greek or Latin required.
Topics
- Students obtain a familiarity with the general features of the economy of the Roman world. Students obtain a basic familiarity with the various kinds of evidence available regarding the Roman economy, the methods that scholars use to employ these, and the possibilities and limitations of these kinds of evidence. Students develop their skills in summarizing scholarly literature and in the critical discussion of this. Students develop their skills in the analysis and interpretation of archaeological and historical evidence and in the presentation of their analyses in written form.
Official catalogue course objectives and student learning outcomes
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027