Imperial Rome 2

(2 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

In this lecture style class, we are learning about the decline of paganism and the rise of Christianity in the late Roman Empire. In this class, the professor explains the origins and etymology of the words in French, Latin, and Greek to better contextualize some of the specialized vocabulary that we learn. She also connects our text to and suggests secondary reading from renowned French scholars on the topics taught, placing the history of the late Roman Empire in conversation with French intellectual history.