Spring 2027

Rome: Lust for Glory

ROME: LUST FOR GLORY examines the development of Rome as a metaphoric and physical focal point of Italian artistic and cultural sensibilities from the Augustan era to today.

offering recorded3–4 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Loren Eadie3.8/5

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2023: 3.12 GPA, 51.7% A/AB (n=29 letter grades); Spring 2024: 3.22 GPA, 70.0% A/AB (n=30 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.47 GPA, 76.3% A/AB (n=38 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Demonstrate knowledge of Roman society and culture in both Antiquity, the Pre-Modern, and Modern Eras.

  • Examine, analyze, and interpret texts in translation and material culture.

  • Critique Roman society and culture throughout the periods under review and compare them to other societies and cultures and to each other.

Source: UW Guide 1 UW Guide 2

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ILS/ITALIAN 350 used by

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2023: 3.12 GPA, 51.7% A/AB (n=29 letter grades); Spring 2024: 3.22 GPA, 70.0% A/AB (n=30 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.47 GPA, 76.3% A/AB (n=38 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

LOREN EADIE is recorded teaching in Fall 2015, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2023: 3.12 GPA, 51.7% A/AB (n=29 letter grades); Spring 2024: 3.22 GPA, 70.0% A/AB (n=30 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.47 GPA, 76.3% A/AB (n=38 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Development of Rome's mythical status in literature, art, architecture, and film
  • Cultural influence during the late-Middle Ages, Renaissance, Risorgimento, and rise of Fascism
  • Roman society and culture in Antiquity, the Pre-Modern, and Modern Eras

Skills

  • Think critically about how diverse material productions reflect one another and the ideas of their age
  • Examine, analyze, and interpret texts in translation and material culture

Grades

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ILS/ITALIAN 350 · Spring 2027

Rome: Lust for Glory

Recorded 2026-10-14
ILS/ITALIAN 350 · Spring 2027

Rome: Lust for Glory

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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