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Lecture notes taken as a teacher at the University of Edinburgh, 1912-1940s

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-1828/2

Scope and Contents

This series contains the notes taken by Alexander Giles as a teacher and lecturer of Classical History at the University of Edinburgh, on his own lectures.
  1. Minute book of the Argonauts, 1912-1913.
  2. Greek History I and II - Alexander to the Roman Conquest (two volumes). Used for the class of Ancient History from 1914 to 1917.
  3. Greek History I and II (two volumes). Used for class of Ancient History from 1918 to 1927
  4. Greek History, 433-386 BC, from the outbreak of the Peloponnesian War to the King's Peace. Used for lectures from 1918 to 1936.
  5. History of the Roman Empire to the Foundation of Constantinople. Used for Class of Ancient History from 1916 to 1927
  6. Tacitus I, II and III (three volumes). Used for lectures to the Ordinary Latin Class from 1917 to 1919.
  7. History of the Roman Republic, I and II (two volumes). Used for lectures from 1918 to 1927.
  8. Roman History, 60 BC - 14 AD, I and II (two volumes). Used for lectures from 1919 to 1941.
  9. Roman History, 60 BC - 14 AD. 1940s.
  10. Roman History, 133-60 BC, 1936.
  11. Roman Empire, 14-96 AD. Used for lectures from 1920 to 1936.
  12. Roman Empire, 14-96 AD. Written in 1932 and, mostly, in 1942.
  13. History of the Roman Empire 133-60 BC, I and II (two volumes). Used for lectures from 1921 to 1933.
  14. Greek History, 621-490 BC. Used for lectures from 1922 to 1937.
  15. The Early History of Athens, to the reform of Christhenes. Used for lectures from 1922 to 1948.
  16. Greek History - introductory course I and II (two volumes), 1928.
  17. The Roman Republic (unbound lecture notes, in two folders), 1928.
  18. The Roman Empire from Augustus to Constantine, I and II (two volumes). Used for lectures from 1928 to 1933.
  19. Roman History Papers, Hadrian. Julius Caesar: creator or destroyer?, undated.

Dates

  • Creation: 1912-1940s

Conditions Governing Access

Open. Please contact the repository in advance.

Extent

27 notebooks

2 folders

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