Classics

About this course

Classics is the study of the ancient Greek and Roman worlds in all their complexity: their languages, literatures, history, philosophy, art, archaeology and the ways in which these civilisations have shaped Western culture, law, politics and thought for the past two millennia. It is one of the oldest academic disciplines and one of the most rigorous, demanding close attention to primary sources in their original languages and the kind of patient interpretive scholarship that yields genuine insight into radically different but deeply influential ways of organising human life. At Birkbeck College in London, this part-time programme immerses you in the cultures and languages of ancient Greece and Rome, with deep knowledge of ancient Greek and Latin enriching your engagement with a wide range of options in ancient history, literature, archaeology and philosophy. The part-time mode makes cla

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