| Explore the dynamic Mediterranean world of the so-called Hellenistic Period between Alexander the Great and Cleopatra (323-30 BCE). Consider the multi-cultural and multi-ethnic societies in places ranging from Spain to Mesopotamia, including the Carthaginian Empire anchored in North Africa, the Greek cities and their neighbours in South Italy and Sicily, Antigonid Macedonia, Ptolemaic Egypt, and the Seleucid Empire based in Syria. Investigate how a wide array of evidence sheds light on the complex interplay between groups like rulers and ruled, foreign soldiers and local populations, and worshippers of old gods and new. |
