CLST 1.03 Antiquity Today

The Romans had the Colosseum, the Greeks had the dramatic stage. What does the different ways they staged violence tell us about the Romans and the Greeks? Can this help us understand staged violence in the modern world, such as that in video games? These are the sort of questions that we explore in CLST 1.03. Topics we cover include Greek and Roman attitudes toward violence, their approaches to classifying and evaluating sexual behaviors, their religious beliefs, and the ways they governed their societies. In all cases we will use what we learn about the Greek and Roman ways of doing things to help think about our own practices and predilections.

Instructor

Christesen

Degree Requirement Attributes

Dist:INT or LIT; WCult:CI

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Offered

• Winter