CLA260H1 Lecture : Session 2 What is Classics.doc
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Some useful introductions, especially (but not only) for those relatively new to the field: Mary beard and john henderson, classics: a very short introduction (oup 1995) Christopher kelly, the roman empire: a very short introduction (oup 2006) Beyond the obvious study of ancient greek and roman civilisation" defining the field of classics can be surprisingly difficult. In practice most attempted definitions include references to chronological scope; geographic scope; and disciplinary scope. All are problematic and tend to be fuzzy: chronological scope. The usual focus is on classical" greece (roughly the 5th and 4th centuries bce), and later republican and early imperial. Rome (roughly the 2nd century bce to the 2nd century ce). However, the field is usually taken to include much earlier and later material: for greece, goes back at least to 8th century bce and start of the. Archaic" period; frequently also to c. 1200 bce (approximate conventional end of the bronze age in the aegean) to include the.
