BA Ancient History
Royal Holloway, University of London
Entry requirements
A level: ABB-BBB (Required subjects: We require English Language and Mathematics GCSE at grade 4 (C)) IB: 6,5,5 at Higher level or 32 points overall.
About this course
BA in History, focusing on the ancient civilisations of Greece and Rome across the Classical period from 600 BCE to 700 CE. Core topics include Research Methods and Historical Research. The programme includes a supervised dissertation of 8,000 to 10,000 words, and optional modules in archaeology, literature, philosophy and ancient languages. A year abroad is also available.
Modules
- Greek History and the City State
- Key Themes in Roman History
- Studying Classical Antiquity
- Beginner’s Greek
- Intermediate Greek
- Greek Language and Reading
- Beginner's Latin
- Intermediate Latin
- Latin Language and Reading
- Introduction to Greek Literature
- Roman Literature of the Empire
- Introduction to Ancient Philosophy
- Introduction to Greek Archaeology
- Introduction to Roman Archaeology
- Advanced Greek
- Advanced Latin
- The Rise and Fall of the Roman Republic
- Rome and its Empire from Augustus to Commodus
- Greek History to 322 BC
- Spinning the Past: Greek Historiography from Herodotos to Diodoros
- Historiography of the Roman World
- Intensive Greek
- Aspects of Modern Greek Language and Culture
- Homer (In Translation)
- Greek Drama (In Translation)
- Virgil’s Aeneid: The Empire in the Literary Imagination
- Augustus: Propaganda and Power
- The Good Life in Ancient Philosophy
- Second Year Projects
- Intensive Latin
- From Dig to Digital: Archaeological Theory, Method and Practice
- Tacitus and the Making of Empire
- Life in the Big City
- Athenian Law and Social History
- Extended Essay (Dissertation)
- Further Aspects of Modern Greek Language and Culture
- Augustus
- The Rise of the Roman Empire: An Economic and Social history
- Alexander the Great
- The Good Life in Ancient Philosophy II
- Understanding Pompeii and Herculaneum
- City of Athens
- Christians and Pagans from Constantine to Augustine (AD 306-430)
- Contemporary Approaches to Latin Literature
- Art, Architecture and Identity in the Hellenistic World
- Encounters with Latin Poetry (in Latin)
- Food in the Ancient World
- History and Fiction
- Of Masks & Voices: Gender and Performance in Ancient Greece
- Thinking Myth: classical myth and its reception
- Roman Protests and Riots