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| Campus | Haverford |
| Semester | Spring 2025 |
| Registration ID | LATNH104B001 |
| Course Title | Introduction to Latin Literature: Friends and Enemies of Rome |
| Credit | 1.00 |
| Department | Latin |
| Instructor | Farmer,Matthew Cullen |
| Times and Days | MW 10:00am-11:25am
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| Additional Course Info | Class Number: 1043 This is both an intermediate Latin course and an introduction to the study of Latin literature and culture. Readings will span a range of works in prose and poetry, including inscriptions and other material evidence for Roman culture. The focus of inquiry will be on understanding Roman identitytheir hopes, fears, achievements, and folliesby studying how they described friendship and their friends, and those enemies who resisted the Roman order, from the founding of the city, through its near destruction by Hannibal, and its cannibalization during the Civil Wars. The course will conclude with a brief historical simulation in which you will debate the fate of Rome as a Roman senator. ; Prerequisite(s): LATN 102 or equivalent, or instructor consent Humanities, A: Meaning, Interpretation (Texts) (Hav: HU, A) |
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