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Hunt, Peter

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  • I study Greek history. My areas of specialization are foreign policy thinking, warfare, and slavery in the classical period. I also study Roman slavery. I am currently working on Plutarch's Life of Phocion and the end of Athenian democracy in the early Hellenistic Period.

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  • ancient slavery, comparative slave societies, Athenian law, historiography, Thucydides, Demosthenes, ancient international relations, Plutarch, Phocion, democracy, Pétain

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  • CLAS 1051 - The World of the Ancient Greeks
    Primary Instructor - Spring 2018 / Fall 2018 / Spring 2020 / Spring 2024
    Surveys of the emergence, major accomplishments, failures and the decline of the ancient Greeks, from the Bronze Age civilizations of the Minoans and Mycenaeans through the Hellenistic Age (2000-30 B.C.). No Greek or Latin required. Same as HIST 1051.
  • CLAS 4021 - Athens and Greek Democracy
    Primary Instructor - Fall 2018
    Studies Greek history from 800 B.C. (the rise of the city-state) to 323 B.C. (the death of Alexander the Great). Emphasizes the development of democracy in Athens. Readings are in the primary sources. Same as CLAS 5021 and HIST 4021.
  • CLAS 4031 - Alexander the Great and the Rise of Macedonia
    Primary Instructor - Fall 2020
    Covers Macedonia's rise to dominance in Greece under Philip II and the reign and conquests of Alexander the Great. Recommended prerequisite: one of the following CLAS 1051, 1509, 2039, 2041, 4021, 4041, 4071, 4139, 4149, GREK 3113, HIST 1051. Same as CLAS 5031 and HIST 4031.
  • CLAS 4071 - Seminar in Ancient Social History
    Primary Instructor - Spring 2019 / Fall 2019
    Considers topics ranging from demography, disease, family structure, and the organization of daily life to ancient slavery, economics, and law. Focuses either on Persia, Greece, or Rome and includes a particular emphasis on the methodology required to reconstruct an ancient society, especially the interpretation of problematic literary and material evidence and the selective use of comparisons with better known societies. No Greek or Latin required. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours. Same as CLAS 5071 and HIST 4071.
  • CLAS 4101 - Greek and Roman Slavery
    Primary Instructor - Spring 2021 / Fall 2022 / Spring 2023 / Fall 2024
    Surveys slavery in ancient Greece and Rome beginning with its growth, economics and political effects, moving to the life experiences of slaves, resistance and revolt, and finishing with the ideology of slavery. Focuses throughout on the challenge of understanding classical slavery on the basis of scattered and biased evidence and on the controversies that have surrounded this topic. Same as HIST 4101 and CLAS 5101.
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