This unit involves an in-depth study of a largely rural area of Roman Asia Minor during the early centuries of the growth of Christianity. Christianity in the life of small cities including Pisidian Antioch, Apollonia, Eumeneia and Temenothyrae will be examined. Issues relating to how centre and periphery interacted in the Roman empire will be studied. This unit offers students the opportunity to special studies of particular places, specifically the study of ancient local history of the cities in the region. -- Course Website
Instructor: Associate Professor Paul McKechnie
Prerequisites: Admission to MA in (Ancient History or Coptic Studies or ECJS or Egyptology or History or Late Antiquity or Ancient Art and Architecture) or PGDipArts in (Ancient History or ECJS) or PGCertArts in (Ancient History or Coptic Studies)
