LATN388A

We will read Latin verse inscriptions, many of which are funerary. They are by turns moving and amusing, and reflect a social stratum often well below that of the major literary authors normally encountered by undergraduates, and are thus extremely important for Roman social history. This course has three components, therefore: Latin reading, social history, and epigraphy, i.e., the study of (Latin) inscriptions. Primary readings are in Latin.