Classical Studies 1000 Lecture 1: Classics 1000 – Classes 1 to 6

• School: Western University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: Classical Studies 1000
• Professor: Christopher Brown

Document Summary

The greeks and romans left texts that we today could interpreted and read from the ancient world. We can find out where it happened, when it happened and get the ancient take on how they felt when events occurred. This course focuses on the period ca 1500 bc to ca ad 476. These dates are a modern convention, reflection of the modern calendar. A strong awareness of the changing seasons and months (astronomy) Caesar reformed the roman calendar, bringing it closer to the modern system. There was a very different take on time at the time of the ancient world compared to now. Ancients used stars to guide or navigate. All the ancients had their own calendar; the fact was none of them worked! Romans had a calendar that worked better then most (the julian calendar). Caesar reformed the roman calendar to something we use similar to today.