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Title: Barbarians and Beyond
Course Section Number: HIS-210-02SR
Department: History
Description: The Ancient Greeks famously divided the entire world into two categories: "Greeks" and "Barbarians"-that is, everyone else. But how exactly did they define these two contrasting identities? And who got to decide? For that matter, what did the so-called "barbarians" think of all this? This course will examine fundamental questions of identity, culture, and power in the Ancient Mediterranean. We will survey what ancient peoples-ranging from Greeks and Romans to Egyptians, Gauls, Germans, Phoenicians, and more-thought about their own origins and identities. We will also consider how questions of ethnic, civic, religious, racial, and linguistic identity and diversity impacted the everyday lives of people in the Ancient Mediterranean. HIS-210-02SR is for seniors only.
Credits: 1.00
Start Date: January 19, 2026
End Date: May 9, 2026
Meeting Information:
01/20/2026-05/07/2026 Lecture Tuesday, Thursday 01:10PM - 02:25PM, Hays Science, Room 319
Faculty: Gorey, Matthew

Course Status & Cross-Listings

Cross-list Group Capacity: 25
Cross-list Group Student Count: 0
Calculated Course Status: OPEN
Section Name/Title Status Dept. Capacity Enrolled/
Available/
Waitlist
HIS-210-02SR (cross-listing)
Barbarians and Beyond
OPEN History 6 0 / 6 / 0
CLA-113-01 (primary)
Barbarians and Beyond
OPEN Classics 19 0 / 19 / 0
CLA-113-01SR (cross-listing)
Barbarians and Beyond
OPEN Classics 6 0 / 6 / 0
HIS-210-02 (cross-listing)
Barbarians and Beyond
OPEN History 19 0 / 19 / 0
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