Ammianus Marcellinus and his World

3 credits · Undergraduate

This course approaches the history and culture of the fourth century AD through its most important historian, Ammianus Marcellinus. The course will focus on (but not be limited to) a careful study of Books 14-25 of the Res Gestae, which span the reign of Ammianus' hero, Julian the Apostate. PREREQUISITES: CLAS 4801.03, CLAS 4802.03, CLAS 4811.03, CLAS 4812.03, CLAS 4822.03, CLAS 4851.03, or CLAS 4852.03 or permission of the instructor. FORMATS: Seminar