Macquarie University students have a responsibility to be familiar with the Student Code of Conduct, and particularly with the Academic Honesty policy. (Links to both will be found under "Policies and Procedures" below.) Note particularly that any work found to be plagiarised will normally receive 0%. The issue of plagiarism will be specifically discussed in the first tutorial, but it is the responsibility of the student to be aware of University and Departmental policy on academic honesty.

Late Assignments:

Unless a Special Consideration request has been submitted and approved, (a) a penalty for lateness will apply – two (2) marks out of 100 will be deducted per day for assignments submitted after the due date – and (b) no assignment will be accepted more than seven (7) days (incl. weekends) after the original submission deadline. No late submissions will be accepted for timed assessments – e.g. quizzes, online tests.

IMPORTANT NOTE ON FINAL MARKS: Please note with respect to the marks you receive for work during the session: that the marks given are indicative only; final marks will be determined after moderation. See further the note on Results in the Policies and Procedures section below.

Technology:

Lectures will be given live and also made available on Echo360. Visual materials used in lectures will be made available as PDF files on iLearn. Brief bibliographies, lists of people, places and technical terms will be made available for each lecture as PDF files on iLearn.

Access to a computer and the Internet are required. Basic computer skills (e.g., internet browsing, use of the Library's online resources and skills in word processing) are also a requirement. You will need a copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader, since (as noted above) most Unit documents are provided in PDF format. This software is freely available on the Internet. Please consult the Course Convenor for any further, more specific requirements.

Tutorials will be held for Internal students; for External students there will be regular postings on iLearn and discussion on the Online Forum.

Lectures and Tutorials:

For lecture times and classrooms please consult the MQ Timetable website: http://www.timetables.mq.edu.au. This website will display up-to-date information on your classes and classroom locations. At the time of printing the details were as follows:

Lecture times: Wednesday 9am, C5A313 (= 12SW 313), and Thursday 11am, W6B208 (= 25WW 208).

Tutorial times: Wednesday, 10am, in X5B039 (= 29WW 039); Thursday, 12 midday, in W5A 101 (= 23WW 101). Enrolment numbers may lead to some additions to or modifications of these times.

Books you will need:

The two prescribed books for the Unit are

(1) M.M. Austin, The Hellenistic World from Alexander to the Roman Conquest, 2nd edition, Cambridge, 2006,

(2) G. Shipley, The Greek World after Alexander, Routledge, 2000.

Tutorial discussion will focus around the detailed examination of particular documents. Most of these come from Austin's book. The others will be provided in the main Unit booklet, which will be made available as a PDF download from the Unit iLearn page. Students will need to work through the documents in detail before coming to the Tutorial, and in many cases do some wider reading as well. There is little point coming to the Tutorial without doing this reading. Our aim will be to explore issues raised by the documents in as much detail as possible.

Other Material:

A PDF file of introductory material, Unit requirements, Weekly schedule, Tutorial questions and a full Unit Bibliography will be made available on iLearn. There is no need to print it out; in most cases only 2-3 pages per week will be needed in class.

Lecture and Tutorial topics may vary from those below: for full details see the main Unit Booklet, downloadable from the Unit iLearn page at the start of Semester.

Week 1, beginning Monday July 30th.

Lecture 1: The Greek world in the mid-Fourth Century B.C.: Philip II and Alexander III of Macedon.

Lecture 2: The Death of Alexander and the outbreak of the Wars of the Successors.

Tutorial:   Course structure and requirements. General discussion.

Week 2, beginning Monday August 6th.

Lecture 3: The Wars of the Successors continued.

Lecture 4: The Development of Hellenistic Monarchy.

Tutorial:   Numismatic evidence.

Week 3, beginning Monday August 13th.

Lecture 5: The Rise of Ruler Cult.

Lecture 6: Other New Institutions of the Hellenistic Kings and the Decline of local Autonomy.

Tutorial:  Demetrius in Athens: Early Ruler Cult.

Week 4, beginning Monday August 20th.

Lecture 7: The early Seleukid Kings.

Lecture 8: The early Ptolemies (I).

Tutorial: Models of Kingship in Polybius and Plutarch.

Week 5, beginning Monday August 27th.

Lecture 9: The early Ptolemies (II).

Lecture 10:The Antigonid Kings.

Tutorial:     Epigraphic evidence: Kings and Cities.

Week 6, beginning Monday September 3rd.

Lecture 11: The Hellenistic City States (I).

Lecture 12: The Hellenistic City States (II).

Tutorial:  Epigraphic evidence: Medicine and Miracles.

Week 7, beginning Monday September 10th.

Lecture 13: Hellenistic Art.

Lecture 14: Hellenistic Philosophy.

Tutorial:  Hannibal's treaty with Philip V of Macedon.

Mid-Semester BREAK

Week 8, beginning Monday October 1st.

Lecture 15: Hellenisation (I).

Lecture 16: Hellenisation (II).

Tutorial:     There is no tutorial this week.

Week 9, beginning Monday October 8th.

N.B. Major Essays due.

Lecture 17: Anti-Hellenic Reaction (I): Egypt under Ptolemy IV and V.

Lecture 18: Enter Rome.

Tutorial:     Babylonian evidence: Cuneiform Astronomical Diaries

Week 10, beginning Monday October 15th.

Lecture 19: Anti-Hellenic Reaction (II): Israel under Antiochus IV.

Lecture 20: Roman Intervention (II).

Tutorial:    Antiochus IV according to Polybius and Livy.

Week 11, beginning Monday October 22nd.

Lecture 21: Polybius; the Hellenisation of Rome.

Lecture 22: Roman Intervention (III).

Tutorial:     Papyrological evidence: The "Potter's Oracle".

Week 12, beginning Monday October 29th.

Lecture 23: Judaism, Hellenism and Rome.

Lecture 24: Hellenistic Religion (I).

Tutorial:     Hellenised Judaism in 1 & 2 Maccabees (Documents provided).

Week 13, beginning Monday November 5th.

Lecture 25: Hellenistic Religion (II).

Lecture 26: Unit Summary.

Tutorial:     No tutorial.

The Examination Period begins on Monday November 12th. The date of the examination has not yet been set.

The Unit was last offered in Semester 1, 2017, as "Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic Age". Since then AHIS204, "Philip II, Alexander the Great, and the Macedonian Empire" has been introduced. This Unit now begins with the situation at the death of Alexander, and covers the period down to the turn of the era.

In previous iterations of the Unit Short Papers could be submitted for any weekly Tutorial topic through Semester. For Semester 2 2018 students must submit their Short Paper from one of Weeks 2-7. Later tutorials are assessed under Participation.

Extensions and Special Consideration

All deadlines are firm unless an extension has been requested through the Special Consideration procedure.

Unless a Special Consideration request has been submitted and approved, (a) a penalty for lateness will apply – two (2) marks out of 100 will be deducted per day for assignments submitted after the due date – and (b) no assignment will be accepted more than seven (7) days (incl. weekends) after the original submission deadline. No late submissions will be accepted for timed assessments – e.g. quizzes, online tests."

IMPORTANT NOTE ON FINAL MARKS:

Please note with respect to the marks you receive for work during the session: that the marks given are indicative only; final marks will be determined after moderation. See further the note on Results in the Policies and Procedures section.

Always retain a copy of completed tasks in case of loss or other technical problems.

Completing the Unit

In order to complete the unit satisfactorily students must gain a mark of 50% or more overall.

Students will need to listen to the lectures and reflect on them, do the set weekly reading(s), and participate in either the Tutorials or the online discussion Forums in a manner which demonstrates they have done these things. They must submit all items of assessment, and hand in work which is formatted in accordance with Department of Ancient History guidelines, spell-checked, written in good English, and demonstrating both an understanding of the material in the lectures and readings, and independent reflection on the subject of the assessment.