Course Details

This course describes the political and geographic reasons for the rise of Rome and the foundation and expansion of the Roman Empire. Aspects of Rome's contributions to social and political history, literature, philosophy, art and architecture, and influences on Western civilization are explored, as are the lives of both ordinary and extraordinary individuals. Finally, this course discusses the reasons for the disintegration and decline, after eleven centuries, of the Roman Empire.

This course is applicable towards the following certificate:
*World History