CLAS 160D3 - Classical Culture and Society: Critical Concepts from Ancient Greece and Rome

This course examines different cultural concepts and social realities that prevailed in ancient Greece and Rome and that have persisted in subsequent cultures and societies of the world, to one extent or another, such as in Europe and the US. The course addresses the complex relationships between material, literary, and cultural remains. Topics may include crime and punishment in Greece and Rome; healers, wonder workers, and sages; city and country life; the place of religion in ancient Mediterranean societies; the Greek and Roman city; food and feasts; warfare and migrations; Greeks, Romans, and 'barbarians.'