MEAS CLASSICS 387 Course Outline.

INSTRUCTOR: J. J. Rossiter, Tory 2-46. Office Hours: Monday 09:00 - 12:00, or by appointment. Tel: 492-3539 (office);

E-mail: jeremy.rossiter@ualberta.ca

COURSE DESCRIPTION: North Africa before Islam. The history and archaeology of North Africa (focusing mainly on Libya and Tunisia) from the 1^st millennium BC to the eve of the Arab conquest. Topics will include Greek and Phoenician settlement, Punic civilization, Roman colonization, and the Vandal and Byzantine conquests. Emphasis will be placed on the reading and interpretation of primary source material. Required textbook: Susan Raven, Rome in Africa (3^rd ed., London 1993).

MARKS AND ASSIGNMENTS: The final grade will be based on two exams worth 30% and 40% respectively and a take-home assignment worth 30%. Exams will consist of a combination of short answer and short written questions.

RESERVE READING: The following books have been put on reserve in the Social Sciences and Humanities Library.

Bianchi Bandinelli, R, The Buried City: Excavations at Leptis Magna (New York 1966)

Birley, Anthony, Septimius Severus, the African Emperor (London 1989)

Blanchard-Lemée, R, Mosaics of Roman Africa: Floor Mosaics of Tunisia (NY 1996)

Boardman, John, The Greeks Overseas (New York 1999)

Lancel, Serge, Carthage, A History (London 1995)

MacKendrick, Paul, The North African Stones Speak (Chapel Hill 1980)

Mattingly, David, Tripolitania (London 1994)

Reynolds, Joyce (ed), Cyrenaican Archaeology: an International Colloquium = Libyan Studies Vol. 25 (1994)

Reynolds, Joyce and

Ward-Perkins, John, The Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania (Rome 1950)

PERIODICALS: The following periodicals contain reports on new work in North African archaeology and history.

Antquités Africaines (French) History, epigraphy and archaeology in North Africa

Karthago (French) Current archaeology in Tunisia

Libya Antiqua (English) Current archaeology in Libya

Libyan Studies (English) Current research in Libya

Quaderni di

Archeologia della Libia (Italian) History, epigraphy and archaeology in Libya

Foreign Language Books: There are many books in French, Italian and German dealing with the history and archaeology of North Africa. You are not expected to read these, but if you have one of these languages, you may find them useful. Here is a short selection:

Bonacasa, N, Ensoli, S., Cirene (Rome 2000) - in Italian

Ennabli, Liliane, Carthage, une métropole chrétienne (Paris 1997) - in French

Goodchild, Richard, Kyrene und Apollonia (Zurich 1971) - in German

Squarciapino, M, Leptis Magna (Basel 1966) - in German

COURSE OUTLINE:

1. BACKGROUND AND GREEK SETTLEMENT

WEEK 1 Sep. 9^th Introduction. Methods and Objectives.

WEEK 2 Sep. 14^th - 16^th Land and source material. Greek Settlement: Cyrene

WEEK 3 Sep. 21^st - 23^rd Phoenician Settlement: Kart Hadasht

2. PHOENICIAN SETTLEMENT AND PUNIC CULTURE

WEEK 4 Sep. 28^th - 30^th Punic Culture: The Tophet

WEEK 5 Oct. 5^th - 7^th Punic Wars: Karthago

3. ROMAN CONQUEST AND COLONIZATION

WEEK 6 Oct. 12^th - 14^th Roman Africa: Africa Vetus

WEEK 7 Oct. 19^th - 21^st Roman Expansion: Africa Proconsularis

WEEK 8 Oct 26^th Mid-Term Exam (30%)

Oct. 28^th Roman Urbanism: Leptis Magna

WEEK 9 Nov. 2^nd - 4^th Roman Urbanism (cont.): Carthago

WEEK 10 Nov. 9^th Review

Nov. 11^th No Class (Remembrance Day)

WEEK 11 Nov. 16^th - 18^th Late Roman North Africa

Nov. 16^th Take-Home Assignment due (30%)

4. LATE ANTIQUITY: VANDALS AND BYZANTINES

WEEK 12 Nov. 23^rd - 25^th Vandal Conquest

WEEK 13 Nov. 30^th - Dec. 2^nd Byzantine Re-Conquest

Dec. 7^th Review

Dec. 20^th 2.00 pm Final Exam (40%) Two Hours

The mid-term and final exams will consist of written responses to questions based on the source material (textual and archaeological) studied in class. The take-home assignment will consist of two short (1000 word) essays.

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