CLS 395-01 - Advanced Special Topic: Roman Religion, Ritual, and Identities

4 credits (Spring)

Cross-listed as: REL 395-01. This course will examine a range of topics related to Roman religion, including the basics of Roman ritual, Roman gods, and Roman piety. It will also consider complicated topics like how Romans treated superstition and magic, how Roman religion changed over time, and what counted as “Roman” religion at all from a variety of scholarly perspectives. Evidence spans roughly 600 years of Roman history, from several different genres and from across Europe and the Mediterranean.

Prerequisite: ARH 250, CLS 231, CLS 242, CLS 250, CLS 257, CLS 258, GLS 242, HIS 257, HIS 258, HUM 102, LAT 333, LAT 344, PHI 231, or REL 101.
Instructor: Wagner