The Lives (and Sometimes Violent Deaths) of the Roman Emperors

Undergraduate

explores the ancient Roman imperial world through the lens of emperors’ lives. The course introduces students to the biographies of Rome’s emperors—both “depraved” ones, such as Nero and Commodus, and “wise” ones, such as Augustus and Trajan—while guiding a critical investigation into the meanings of the lives of the famous and the powerful in antiquity and beyond.