MA Ancient History
Entry requirements
A level: AAA IB: 36 (HL 6,6,5)
About this course
MA (Honours) in Ancient History, an anthropology, history and archaeology degree spanning Mediterranean societies from the emergence of Greek city-states to the collapse of the Roman Empire. The curriculum is delivered over four years full time, examining political, military, cultural, and environmental history across a wide geographic expanse. The first year introduces imperial power and urbanisation through compulsory modules such as Ancient Empires and Cities and communities in the ancient Mediterranean. The second year investigates methodologies and social structures through compulsory modules including Ancient Societies: Gender, Ethnicity, and Inequality in the Ancient World, Culture and Thought in the Late Roman Republic, Early Greek Poetry and Philosophy, Introduction to Archaeology, and Narratives of antiquity. Additional unassigned modules allow students to explore specialist topics like Egypt at the Crossroads: Multiculturalism in Late Antiquity, Floods, Famines, Plagues and Volcanoes: Roman Adaptation to the Environment, Experiencing the Gods in Ancient Greece, Poverty and social life in Late Antiquity, Religious Communities in the Late Antique World, Roman Slavery, The Culture of Roman Imperialism, The Environmental History of the Ancient Mediterranean World, The Rise of Rome. Early Italy from Prehistory to the First Punic War, and The Supremacy of Greece: Athens, Sparta and Thebes 479 to 366 BCE.
Modules
- Egypt at the Crossroads: Multiculturalism in Late Antiquity
- Floods, Famines, Plagues and Volcanoes: Roman Adaptation to the Environment
- Experiencing the Gods in Ancient Greece
- Poverty and social life in Late Antiquity
- Religious Communities in the Late Antique World
- Roman Slavery
- The Culture of Roman Imperialism
- The Environmental History of the Ancient Mediterranean World
- The Rise of Rome. Early Italy from Prehistory to the First Punic War
- The Supremacy of Greece: Athens, Sparta and Thebes 479 to 366 BCE
- Ancient Empires
- Cities and communities in the ancient Mediterranean
- Ancient Societies: Gender, Ethnicity, and Inequality in the Ancient World
- Culture and Thought in the Late Roman Republic
- Early Greek Poetry and Philosophy
- Introduction to Archaeology
- Narratives of antiquity