The study of the Ancient World can be hugely rewarding, offering a rich, varied range of options for investigation and consideration. However, it's that very richness which can make it difficult to know exactly where to begin. To help, we've produced some suggestions for further reading on the three subjects we've focused on - cities, maths and medicine - and a range of courses which pick up on the themes of What The Ancients Did For Us.

Courses

A103 - Introduction to the Humanities – an introductory course for all the Arts subjects; looking at paintings and architecture, listening to music, reading poetry, drama and a novel, and discussing philosophy, religion and history.

A296 - Reading Classical Greek – take the first step in reading classical Greek literature including extracts from Plato and Aristophanes.

A297 - Reading Classical Latin - take the first step in reading classical Latin. You will read ‘real Latin’ taken from past masters including Plautus and Cicero.

AA309 – Culture Identity and Power in the Roman Empire – take a tour around the Roman Empire – from Roman Italy, Greece, Asia Minor to North Africa and Britain, where the cultures and identities of local people interacted with the Roman rule.

A396 - Continuing Classical Greek – intermediate Greek course covering virtually all basic classical Greek grammar. You will start reading a variety of texts (poetry, history, drama, oratory and philosophy) including the set book, Plato’s dialogue Symposium.

A860 - The Postgraduate Foundation Module in Classical Studies – both Greek and Roman civilisations are studied on this course and research skills developed for more independent postgraduate studies.

AT272 - Ancient and Medieval Cities: A Technological History – the course will show not only how towns and cities have from earliest time been shaped by applications of technology, but also how such applications have been influenced by politics, economics and culture.

AT308 - Cities and Technology: from Babylon to Singapore – a fuller version of AT272. The study ranges from pre-industrial mud-brick settlements of the Near East, through the influence of industrialisation on cities as diverse as Manchester and Moscow, to today’s ‘wired’ cities.

MA290 - Topics in the History of Mathematics – this course studies Mathematics' long and fascinating history, including the Greeks’ idea of rigorous proof. You don’t need much mathematics, but it would help.

T173 - Engineering the Future - an introductory course that looks at what engineering is, and how it is practised in modern society.

T211 - Design and Designing - this course looks at the design processes that generate products, gives you practice in basic design skills, and develops your understanding of what it is like to be a designer.

T307 - Designing for a Sustainable Future - this course looks at how innovation occurs; at how designers, technologists and others create and develop new ideas, designs and inventions; and at how these are translated into marketable products.

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Content last updated: 13/01/2005

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