Social, Cultural and Instutitional history of the Late Roman Empire

Pre-requisites: No specific requirements.

Course objectives: Acquiring indispensable knowledge of the institutional, social and cultural history of the Late Roman Republic.

Course description: Students will be introduced to the institutional, social and cultural history of the Late Roman Republic starting with the Diocletian period. The course will address both development of already existing and later newer institutions, examine social relations and categories, as well as major events in cultural history.

Learning Outcomes: Mastering basic concepts in institutional, social and cultural history of the Late Roman Republic.

Literature/Reading:

• The Cambridge Ancient History XII: The Crisis of Empire A.D. 193-337, Cambridge 1996.
• The Cambridge Ancient History XIII: The Late Empire, AD 337–425, Cambridge 1997.
• The Cambridge Ancient History XIV: Late Antiquity: Empire and Successors, AD 425–600, Cambridge 2001.
• A. H. M. Jones, The Later Roman Empire I-III, Cambridge 1964.
• E. Stein, Histoire du Bas-Empire, Paris 1958.