Classical Studies 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Proto-Indo-European Language, Multispectral Image, Pictogram

• School: Western University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: Classical Studies 1000
• Professor: Christopher Brown

Document Summary

There"s no need to be afraid of looking stupid. The powerpoint files will be made available on sakai before the lectures, but. The powerpoint file for a given class is not a reliable substitute for the lecture. The tas will be taking notes (referred to as the weekly index). Bc = before christ; ad = anno domini ( in the year of our lord"). comes after the 5th. c. bc. More recently, the convention bce (= before common era) and ce (= common era) In the years bc, time is reckoned backwards, so that the 4th c. (= century) bc. Literary sources (language, greek and latin literature, inscriptions) The focus of the course is the period between ca. 1500 bc and 476 ad, namely from the. Greek bronze age to the fall of the roman empire. has. The ancient situation for time-reckoning was much more complex than it is now.