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Ancient Text Cultures in Focus (Late Roman World)

Key information

  • Module code:

    6AACHI95

  • Level:

    6

  • Semester:

      Spring

  • Credit value:

    15

Module description

This module will introduce you to the history of a hundred-year period from the emperor Constantine’s death to the reign of the emperor Theodosius II. This is one of the pivotal centuries of Roman history, characterised varyingly by historians as a time of transformation, rupture, and continuity.

During this century, Christianity moved from being a sporadically persecuted minority religion to a faith promoted and eventually enforced by emperors; political and economic activities were brought under pressure by the movement of peoples within and without the empire’s borders; and the old rhythms of aristocratic cultural and social life had to accommodate both ascetic and episcopal demands and priorities.

Assessment details

3,000 word essay (100%)

Subject areas

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