Jacques-Louis David, The Intervention of the Sabine Women (1799)

Paris, Musée du Louvre

https://www.louvre.fr/en/oeuvre-notices/intervention-sabine-women

We will explore the history of the Roman Republic from the foundation of the city up to the civil wars of the first century BC. We will see how Rome became the dominant power first of Italy, and then of the entire Mediterranean world, destroying or absorbing its rivals. Topics will include the Punic Wars against Carthage, the conquest of Greece, and the rise of the Dictators.

10 weeks, Wednesday 14 April – Wednesday 23 June (incl., with half-term break on 2 June)

Please note that this is a WEA course, and can only be booked directly with the WEA. For further details and booking, please follow this link.