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This course examines the relationship between the three pillars of military activity—people and systems, institutions and processes, and religious and intellectual traditions—in western history, from classical antiquity through the early Middle Ages...

A continuation of Foundations I, this course addresses the same set of questions by examining relationships among the three central pillars of military activity—the people and systems employed in combat, the institutions and processes which direct...

Specialized historical survey of the politics and culture of ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt, Persia and Israel.

Emphasis on politics and culture from the Mycenaean Age to Philip of Macedon's conquest of Greece.

A survey of Roman history from 753 to 44 B.C. Students will explore the foundations of Rome in archaic Italy and its unlikely rise to become the dominant military power in the Mediterranean, then trace Rome’s descent into civil war and autocracy...

A survey of the military, political, and intellectual history of ancient Rome between Julius Caesar’s assassination and the death of Constantine the Great. This course studies the foundations and transformation of the Roman principate and its impact...

Rise of Alexander, his Persian conquests, and Hellenistic culture from India in the east to Rome in the west.

A survey of the military, political, and intellectual history of ancient Rome from 337-641 A.D. This course examines the decline, fall, and transformation of the Roman Empire after Constantine’s death to the establishment of the Gothic kingdoms in...

English history from the coming of the Romans through the early 16th century, with emphasis on Anglo-Saxon, Norman and Plantagenet England.