AGRS130D
AGRS 130D :  The Roman Economy
Social Sciences Building 185
TuTh
J. T. Peña
11:00 - 12:30

This course is designed to provide advanced undergraduates with a broad overview of the economy of the Roman Empire.  It is organized around a series of weekly topics that will be explored through readings selected to provide students with exposure to the theory, evidence, and methods currently being employed by historians and archaeologists to investigate the Roman economy.  The weekly topic will be developed in a lecture presented during the Tuesday class meeting, generally supplemented by the reading of an article or book chapter relevant to that topic.  The Thursday class meeting will be devoted to the critical discussion of an article or book chapter that bears on the weekly topic.  Students will complete two take-home projects designed to provide them with experience in the analysis and interpretation of archaeological and textual data bearing on the Roman economy.