CLAS276
Are We Rome?
Credit only granted for: CLAS276 or CLAS289A. Formerly: CLAS289A. America, from its very origins as an independent nation, saw itself as the new Rome: its system of government is built on Roman precedents, its national buildings look as if they came from the Roman Forum, and its leisure activities take us to stadiums modeled on the Colosseum. America's relationship to Rome, however, raises its greatest anxiety: will America fall as Rome did? In 1776, the year of American independence, Edward Gibbon published his History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire; America has been thinking about the trajectory of its history alongside Rome's from the very beginning.
Spring 2024
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Spring 2023
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Average rating:
3.83
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18 reviews
Average rating:
4.39
18 reviews
Average rating:
4.39