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ANHS3602: Law and Disorder at Rome

2025 unit information

We live in an era in which the interests of national security are balanced against the rule of law In Rome too crisis and emergency whether genuine or the product of partisan rhetoric could threaten the rule of law This unit explores the idea that the collapse of the rule of law engendered the collapse of the Republic whilst also seeking to promote stimulating and topical discussion about the rule of law in democratic societies like our own.

Unit details and rules

Managing faculty or University school:

Arts and Social Sciences

Study level Undergraduate
Academic unit Classics and Ancient History
Credit points 6
Prerequisites:
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12 credit points at 2000 level in Ancient History or History or Philosophy or Ancient Greek or Latin
Corequisites:
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None
Prohibitions:
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None
Assumed knowledge:
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None

At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:

  • LO1. demonstrate advanced understanding of the cultures and history of the ancient world with a focus on the Greco-Roman world and of the methods used by historians to study them
  • LO2. demonstrate an ability to identify and analyse historical data
  • LO3. demonstrate an understanding of the cultures, literatures, peoples and ideas of the ancient past with a particular focus on Rome
  • LO4. demonstrate an ability to work with a wide range of primary materials from the ancient world
  • LO5. demonstrate an ability to ask and investigate the answers to appropriate historical and historiographical questions
  • LO6. effectively apply the skills and knowledge of an ancient historian to issues encountered in an interdisciplinary context
  • LO7. demonstrate high-level skills in inventive and ethical research, critical thinking and the analysis of complex historical problems
  • LO8. exhibit interpersonal and communication skills, professional ethics, cultural competence and the ability to work effectively in collaborative contexts.

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Semester 2 2025
Normal day Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
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Semester 1 2021
Normal day Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
Semester 1 2021
Normal day Remote
Semester 2 2023
Normal day Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney

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