Classics & Ancient History
The history, literature, culture, philosophy and languages of Ancient Greece and Rome.
Classics & Ancient History

In this course, Dr Andrew Sillett (University of Oxford) explores Cicero’s Pro Cluentio. In the first module, we provide some of the key context for Cicero’s speech. When did the trial take place, and why is this important? What were the key...
5 lectures
0:46:49
Dr Andrew Sillett
Oxford University
Classics & Ancient History

In this course, Professor Richard Seaford (University of Exeter) explores several aspects of Greek tragedy and comedy. In the first module, we think about the contribution made by vase painting to our understanding of Greek theatre. After that ...
8 lectures
1:08:32
Prof. Richard Seaford
Exeter University
Classics & Ancient History

In this course, Dr Ed Bispham (University of Oxford) explores several aspects of the politics of the Late Republic. In the first module, we think about the extent to which structural deficits within the Republican constitution were responsible for...
6 lectures
1:14:49
Dr Ed Bispham
Oxford University
Classics & Ancient History

In this course, Professor Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones (University of Cardiff) presents the Persian Empire through non-Greek sources including Persian art and architecture, sculpture and epigraphy, and parts of the Hebrew Bible. In the first module, we...
6 lectures
0:40:34
Prof. Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones
Cardiff University
Classics & Ancient History

In this course, Dr Chris Whitton (University of Cambridge) explores the story of Germanicus and Piso in Tacitus’ Annals. In the first module, we think about the figure of Germanicus himself, Tiberius’ adopted son and his heir-apparent ...
6 lectures
1:02:13
Dr Christopher Whitton
Cambridge University
Classics & Ancient History

In this course, Dr Sharon Marshall explores Virgil’s Aeneid through five key questions. In the first module, we think about whether the Aeneid should be read as a pro- or anti-Augustan poem. After that, we explore the nature of the relationship ...
5 lectures
0:50:47
Dr Sharon Marshall
Exeter University
Classics & Ancient History

In this course, Professor Llewelyn Morgan (University of Oxford) explores Horace’s Odes and Satires. The first two modules focus on the Odes. In the first, we think about the nature of Horace’s lyric poetry, focusing in particular on what ...
6 lectures
0:59:19
Prof. Llewelyn Morgan
Oxford University
Classics & Ancient History

In this course, Dr Regine May (University of Leeds) explores the story of Cupid and Psyche in Apuleius’ Metamorphoses. In the first module, we think about the literary and historical context of Apuleius’ Metamorphoses, before turning in the second...
5 lectures
1:03:18
Dr Regine May
Leeds University
Classics & Ancient History

In this course, Dr Emily Hauser (University of Exeter) explores the status and role of women in the Iliad and the Odyssey. In the first module, we think about why women matter in Homer, and the difficulty of recovering the experience of ancient...
5 lectures
0:46:29
Dr Emily Hauser
Exeter University
Classics & Ancient History

In this module, Dr Chris Whitton (University of Cambridge) explores Tacitus’ Histories, Book 1. In the first module, we provide an introduction to Tacitus and the Histories at a whole, before turning in the second and third modules to the figures...
7 lectures
1:06:40
Dr Christopher Whitton
Cambridge University
Classics & Ancient History

In this course, Dr Emma Aston (University of Reading) explores Book 7 of Herodotus’ Histories. We begin by thinking about Herodotus as a historian, the aims in his ‘Histories’, and the extent to which the ‘Histories’ represents both a ...
5 lectures
0:44:48
Dr Emma Aston
Reading University
Classics & Ancient History

In this course, Professor Esther Eidinow (University of Bristol) thinks about Christiane Sourvinou-Inwood’s theory of ‘polis religion’ as a means of understanding Greek religious practice. We begin in the first module by thinking about some of the...
5 lectures
0:50:13
Prof. Esther Eidinow
Bristol University