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Welcome to Classics at the University of Cape Town. This section of the School of Languages and Literatures is home to a wide range of courses in ancient cultural studies and language.

The courses offered by the Section fall into two main categories: Greek and Latin Language courses and Classical Culture courses.

Greek and Latin language classes begin with an intensive first year course for those who have never studied the language before. Students who have already matriculated in Greek or Latin will begin at second year level.

The Classical Culture courses, dealing with Mediterranean, especially Greek and Roman, History, Culture, Mythology and Literature, and North Africa, require no knowledge of Greek or Latin. Although the Culture Courses are mostly centered on the Mediterranean there are courses dealing with North Africa.

news:

Grant Parker, Associate Professor of Classics at Stanford University will be visiting UCT during the first semester of 2010. He is a former student of the University of Cape Town (1985-1991) and his interests include Latin and classical reception.

On 14 October 2009 Professor David Wardle delivered his Inaugural Lecture entitled The Roman emperor as god & man: An African Biographer's Perspective. (more info) Click here to listen to the lecture in mp3 format.

The third season of the Capena Excavation Project finished at the end of July. The team have made some exciting progress and discovered the remains of a Roman Bath House. The ancient settlement of Capena (on a site now known as la Civitucola) dates back to the early Etruscan period (late eighth century BC) and was occupied until the fourth century AD

events:

10th UNISA CLASSICS COLLOQUIUM
University of South Africa, Pretoria
Date: October 15 - 17, 2009

28th BIENNIAL CASA CONFERENCE:
Rhodes University
Date: July 2011

Classics Section, School of Languages and Literatures
Beattie Building, 5 University Avenue, University of Cape Town, Private Bag X3, Rondebosch 7701, South Africa
Tel: + 27 21 650 2607 / 2895