Aims :
This course aims to:

• Examine the history of Egypt from c. 30 BC - c. AD 300
• Increase understanding of the history of the Roman Empire
• Develop skills in assessing and using various kinds of source material
• Explore issues of cultural change and interaction over an extended period
• Improve skills of written presentation
• Develop an understanding of issues of methodology, especially in relation to the study of a foreign society, and the way in which historians reconstruct Egyptian society and the political implications of different approaches.

Objectives :
By the end of this course students should normally be able to:

• Derive historical information from a documentary or literary text or a number of such texts
• Discuss methodological issues related to the study of Roman Egypt and the reconstruction of Romano-Egyptian society
• Present in an acceptable way an extended piece of writing concerning issues of historical interest covered in this course
• Demonstrate familiarity with the major themes in Romano-Egyptian historiography
• Deploy critical skills to examine their own social assumptions in the context of historical writing and research