CLST 102 Lecture 1: CLST 102 Sept 13

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLST 102
• Professor: Fabio Colivicchi

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Clst 102 lecture 1 sept 13 th. Colonization was mostly on the coasts, surrounding mediterranean sea, aegean sea and black sea. Colonization wasn"t only in greece, was also found along italy, asia, etc. Expanded with the kingdom of alexander in 323 bce. Inscriptions = laws, decrees, official documents, graffiti, etc. Literary works = historical works or other genres, contemporary or later than the events. Three major sources on athenian history were herodotus, thucydides and xenophon. Herodotus and thucydides focuses a lot on what happened before that laid up to a war. Source example: athenian decree about the foundation of a colony at brea in thrace, c. 445 bce. Other sources of information include pottery, coins, painting, statues, items, etc. Problem with archaeology sources is that they don"t explain everything. Small communities of people who trade, sail, g fishing. Thucydides, the peloponnesian war, 1. (second half of the 5th cent.