Associate Professor
Department of History
St. Augustine Center 434
(610) 519-4679
christopher.haas@villanova.edu
Ancient Greece and Rome
Late Antiquity
Early Christianity
Byzantium
Ancient Caucasus
Alexandria
Christopher Haas
Associate Professor
Department of History
St. Augustine Center 434
(610) 519-4679
christopher.haas@villanova.edu
Ancient Greece and Rome
Late Antiquity
Early Christianity
Byzantium
Ancient Caucasus
Alexandria
Angel - Ateni Sioni, Republic of Georgia
A comment from Thucydides apropos to the assistance given by the United States
to the beleaguered Republic of Georgia.
In 416 BC, the
small island of Melos was attacked by the Athenian navy, intent on absorbing
Melos into the Athenian empire. The Melians trusted in their age-old alliance
with Lacedaemon (Sparta). After a brief siege, Melos was destroyed.
The Lacedaemonians are exceedingly virtuous among themselves, according to their national standard of morality. But, in respect of their dealings with others, although many things might be said, a word is enough to describe them; of all men whom we know they are the most notorious for identifying what is pleasant with what is honorable, and what is in their interest with what is just.
Thucydides The Peloponnesian War 5.105
Georgia: a parliamentary democracy of 69,700 kmē with a population of 4.4 million in the territories controlled by the central government.
Kuwait: a constitutional monarchy in which less than half of the citizens are allowed to vote. Kuwait has a population of 3.1 million and an area of 17,818 kmē. Kuwait has the world's fifth largest proven oil reserves and is the 9th richest country in the world per capita.
Summer, 2008:
HIS 1040-001 --
Crossroads of Empires
The course's homepage is located
here
HIS 3017-001 -- The Roman Empire
The course's homepage is located here
Fall, 2008:
HIS 3011-001 -- Greek Civilization
The course's homepage is located here
HIS 3018-001 -- Pagan, Jews, and Christians in the Roman Empire
The course's homepage is located here
Other Recent Courses :
HIS-8204-001 -- Late Antiquity
The course's homepage is currently here
HIS 3017-001 -- The Roman Empire
The course's homepage is located here
HIS 4210-001 -- Byzantine Civilization
The course's homepage is located here
Resources for Ancient History
As you read an ancient historian, you might want
to refer to my page, "Working with Ancient Sources"
For a chronology of Roman
emperors, thorough biographies of each, links to coin images, and maps of the Roman
empire click here
