Classical Culture and Civilisation O'level

The study area SEC Classical Culture and Civilisation is informed by the National Curriculum Framework (NCF).

Classical Culture and Civilisation tests students on the history of Classical Greece and Rome, and their familiarity with literary texts written during the period.

At the end of the programme, the student will be able to demonstrate knowledge of the: 

• History of Greece (6th to 4th. centuries BC): Spartan and Athenian Constitutions, The Athenian Empire, An overview of the Persian and Peloponnesian Wars, the Rise of Macedon and Alexander the Great
• History of Rome (509 B.C. to the reign of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius): The Roman Republican Constitution, its achievements and its downfall, the Birth of an Empire, Augustus and the Julio-Claudians, the Rebirth of the Empire under the Flavians, the Five Good Emperors.