Ancient History and Latin

About this course

Ancient history and Latin together provide one of the most intellectually rigorous routes into understanding the ancient world. Latin is the language in which Rome's statesmen, poets, historians, and philosophers wrote, and gaining proficiency in it unlocks direct access to an enormous range of primary texts, from Cicero's political speeches and Virgil's poetry to Caesar's military histories and Tacitus's incisive accounts of imperial power. Ancient history situates those texts in their political, social, and cultural contexts, using a wide range of sources, including inscriptions, coins, archaeological evidence, and papyri, alongside literature, to reconstruct the societies of Greece and Rome and the worlds they knew and shaped. At the University of Edinburgh, this four-year programme allows you to develop genuine proficiency in Latin alongside a thorough grounding in ancient history,

Where its graduates go

The 5 largest scored destinations, covering 45% of graduates; the headline also reflects the subject baseline.

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• 50 / 100Business and Financial Project Management Professionals · 5% of graduatescards →
• 48 / 100Business and public service associate professionals · 15% of graduatescards →
• 40 / 100Natural and social science professionals · 10% of graduatescards →

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