Berkley Center

How can we write a history of migration in the Roman empire? This course introduced students to a host of issues stemming from this question, with a chronological focus spanning the history of the Roman empire, from the foundational stories of Aeneas’ flight and Romulus’ asylum to the forced migration of “Romans” from Rome in the later Roman empire by other migrating peoples. Contemporary definitions of mobility, such as displacement and migration, and persons on the move (asylum seeker, refugee, migrant, immigrant) were scrutinized for their applicability to the Roman world. This course (CLSS 244) was taught by Evan Jewell as a Doyle Seminar in spring 2020. Please refer to the current course catalog for an up-to-date description of the course.