BA (Hons) Ancient History Bachelor's degree at the University of Kent

An introduction to Classical history, literature and culture. Spanning almost two thousand years from the Bronze Age Mycenaeans to the Greeks living under the Roman Empire, you'll explore the major events, developments and themes of ancient Mediterranean history and civilisation and will gain an introduction to key historical evidence. There will be a strong focus on Greek literature.

Covers classical archaeology chronologically, from the Minoans to Late Antiquity, and methodologically, covering the evidence and non-invasive research methods archaeologists use to tell the story of Mediterranean societies.

Explores Roman history from the overthrow of the first Roman monarchy and the foundation of the Roman Republic (509 BCE) to the dramatic rise and fall of Julius Caesar's autocracy (44 BCE), and finally the near-collapse of the Roman Empire in the third century CE.

Investigates the topics of migration and displacement in the ancient world, exploring it in relation to phenomena such as war, violence, trauma, captivity, slavery, trade, diversity, multiculturalism, race, ethnicity and imperialism.

An introduction to ancient Greek mythology, including the mythological structure of the Greek pantheon. You'll explore fascinating topics such as star myths and cosmogony.

An introduction to studying Egyptology and the archaeology of ancient Egypt and its culture, monuments, and civilisation. Explore the diversity of methodologies and debates concerning Egyptian archaeology.

Covers the latest discoveries and provides grounding in basic concepts and techniques in studying archaeological evidence, examining the archaeological process with examples from prehistoric, ancient, and medieval settings.

Develops a strong foundation in ancient Greek/Latin, and the fundamentals of grammar and sentence structure, improving your ability to read, comprehend, and translate simple sentences and short passages of ancient Greek/Latin.

Builds on foundations in ancient Greek/Latin, continuing to cover the fundamentals of grammar and sentence structure, improving your ability to read, comprehend, and translate simple sentences and longer passages of ancient Greek/Latin.

An introduction to some of the major works of ancient Greek and Roman literature such as tragedy, the epic, satire, the novel, and poetry, developing your ability to understand and critically assess how the Greeks and Romans dealt with concepts such as love, violence, and justice.

Explores the history of Early Empire from Augustus to Domitian, studying both the imperial power at the top and the experiences of Rome's one million ordinary inhabitants at the bottom through literary, material and archaeological sources.