CLSICS 205G - Running a Business in Ancient Rome

3 Credit(s) | Lecture | Graded or pass/fail
Course can be counted for credit once

Description:
What can pre-industrial Rome teach students about running a business? Rome was a city without electricity or motorized transportation and its population was overwhelmingly illiterate. It was, nevertheless, a city which teemed with small businesses selling everything from fish-sauce to furniture to pillows to wine to gravestones to theater to fast food. In this course students will analyze historical, legal and archaeological evidence for large-scale and small-scale businesses to address questions such as how labor markets, banking and capital, demand, supply, production, transportation, international trade, and supply chains impacted Roman commerce. We can solve real-world business problems from the ancient world: how to develop marketing plans for shops; how to address farm concerns; and how to persuade investors to provide start-up capital.

Course Attribute(s):
Intermediate Seminar

Enrollment Requirements:
Prerequisites: ENGL 102 and a minimum of 30 credits

Degree students only

Students may not take more than one 200G (Intermediate Seminar) course.

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