Topics in the history of the Greek and Roman empires and the surrounding area.

A survey of Roman history from the founding of Rome to the death of Julius Caesar.

A survey of the Roman world from Augustus to Constantine the Great.

History of Asia, Egypt, and the Mediterranean world from Alexander's expedition to Asia to Rome's defeat of the last of the Hellenistic monarchs at Actium (ca. 334 to 31 BC).

Examines the main works of ancient historiography, and provides grounding in the central issues with which these works engage.

Examines the sequence of civil conflict in Rome from the struggle of the orders through the rise of Constantine the Great.

Explore the development of complex societies in ancient Greece by studying its prehistory through archaeology.

Survey of Greek history from the emergence of the city-states to the rise of Macedonia.

Examine the historical development and ideological underpinnings of Athenian democracy, the first known democracy, from the sixth to fourth centuries BCE. Explore a broad range of primary sources and some secondary scholarships and gain a familiarity with the key principles and practices of this unique participatory government in its political, historical, and intellectual context.

Examine the practices of slavery in the ancient Mediterranean world, focusing on the case of Rome.

Examine how Roman law operated at three levels of granularity, focusing mainly on attested disputes that made it to court for resolution.

Examine the core question about the way the Late Roman Republic was governed: To what extent and in what ways was the Republic "democratic or not?