Syllabus :

Lectures and Seminars

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Lectures Seminars
1. The Coming of Rome: Antony and Cleopatra Introduction
2. Ethnicity-identity and Roman politics Cleopatra I
3. The Augustan Settlement Cleopatra II
4. Roman Administrative System Roman Attitudes towards Egypt: Augustan
5. Alexandria in Strabo Roman Attitudes towards Egypt: Juvenal
6. Alexandria and the Jews: Theories and Approaches Roman Attitudes towards Egypt: Plutarch
7. Alexandria in Philo Claudius’ Letter to the Alexandrians I
8. House and Household: Families and Family Structure Claudius’ Letter to the Alexandrians II
9. House and Household: Brother-Sister Marriage Women: Papyri I
10. House and Household: Living in Houses Women: Papyri II
11. Living in a Roman Village: Karanis Cannibals and Culture I
12. The Roman Army Cannibals and Culture II
13. Soldier and Society Demographics
14. Cities: Administration Brother-sister marriage
15. Cities: Culture Cities: Archaeology
16. Religion: Temples I Cities: Papyri
17. Religion: Temples II Problems: Writing about Egypt
18. Religion: Dying in Roman Egypt St Antony and Christianity I
19. Religion: The Coming of Christianity St Antony and Christianity II
20. Conclusions: Forward to Byzantium Conclusions