Ancient History

Course summary

Ancient History is a high-status, respected classical qualification that will make a job or university application form stand out from the crowd. There are two exams at the end of Year 13. Module 1 - Greek History This module focuses on the Greek city-states in the 5th Century BC. The course starts by looking at how these fought off the challenge of the Persians, as loosely shown in films such as ‘The 300’. It then moves on to examine how these city-states organized themselves and how Athens sought and achieved dominance over many of the others, bringing it into conflict with the Spartans. The module includes a depth study of the Spartans. Module 2 - Roman History This unit covers the fall of the Roman Republic and the foundation of the Roman Empire under Augustus. It then looks at the ten emperors that followed him, some of whom were very strange! These include Emperor Caligula, who made his horse a senator, and Emperor Nero, a very odd man, who loved his mother (a little too much!) but who later had her murdered. The unit includes an depth study of the final three emperors from this group: Vespasian, Titus, and Domitian.