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Unit 1: Investigating the Ancient World Ancient History

This unit involves an investigation of how the ancient world has been represented. This involves an exploration of the remaining sources and how they have been interpreted. This unit focuses on issues relevant to the investigation of the ancient world …

Unit 1: Investigating the Ancient World | Ancient History | Humanities and Social Sciences | Senior secondary curriculum

Unit 4: Reconstructing the Ancient World Ancient History

This unit involves an investigation of a significant historical period through an analysis of relevant archaeological and written sources. Students will examine how these sources have been used to construct an understanding of the relevant social, political, …

Unit 4: Reconstructing the Ancient World | Ancient History | Humanities and Social Sciences | Senior secondary curriculum

ACHAH344

The nature and contribution of other sources, to an understanding of Thucydides’ work and the Peloponnesian War

ACHAH342

Thucydides’ motivations for writing The Peloponnesian War, including his revision of the contemporary view that Pericles was responsible for the outbreak of the Peloponnesian War, as well as the reasons for Athens’ failures

ACHAH345

Changing interpretations over time of key events in The Peloponnesian War, for example Cornford’s and de Ste. Croix’s consideration of economic factors as a cause of the Peloponnesian War

ACHAH213

The role and impact of violence in Roman politics, including the use of the Senatus Consultum Ultimum, and Civil War

ACHAH224

The role and impact of violence in Roman politics, including the use of client armies and civil war

ACHAH333

The causes of the Peloponnesian War, including the Megarian decree, the Potidean revolt and Thucydides’ theory of aitiai and prophasis

ACHAH341

Thucydides’ background/exile and how it influenced his writing of The Peloponnesian War, and the influence of the tragic tradition on his writing

ACHAH051

The differing representations and interpretations of the destruction of Troy (from the ancient past, to the more recent past, to today), including the tradition of the ‘Trojan War’; the role of Paris and Helen in the Trojan War; and that Troy was destroyed …

ACHAH022

Issues of conservation and preservation of the site/s, including factors which threaten the integrity or survival of the ancient site (for example environmental factors, war, terrorism, pillaging, poverty)

ACHAH053

The reliability and contestable nature of the representations of the destruction of Troy and the historicity of the Trojan War, including the significance of gaps in evidence, source selection, omission and emphasis

ACHAH200

Athens’ changing foreign policy in 461BC, its alliances with Megara and Thessaly, the First Peloponnesian War, the Athenian Land Empire, and Cimon’s possible recall

ACHAH210

The reasons for Sulla’s March on Rome, the Civil War, Sulla’s dictatorship and the effectiveness of the so-called ‘Sullan Restoration’ on the powers of the tribunate and Senate

ACHAH218

The reasons for the breakdown of the ‘First Triumvirate’ and the key events of the Civil War, including Caesar versus Pompey and the optimates; battles of Pharsalus, Thapsus and Munda

ACHAH319

The significance of key events in the period, including the Persian sack of Athens (480 – 479 BC) and the plague at Athens during the Peloponnesian War (431 – 404 BC)

ACHAH334

The significance of the Archidamian War, including key events for example the Plague, the Mytilenean revolt, Pylos and Sphacteria, Amphipolis; and key individuals for example Pericles, Cleon and Nicias

Unit 2: Ancient Societies Ancient History

This unit involves an investigation of how people lived in the ancient world through an examination of the evidence of the social, political and economic institutions and structures of TWO societies. Students will also study ONE significant feature of …

Unit 2: Ancient Societies | Ancient History | Humanities and Social Sciences | Senior secondary curriculum

ACHAH040

The nature of the sources most relevant to these interpretations and representations, for example Josephus Flavius’ The Jewish War, written and archaeological evidence for Roman military tactics and siege warfare, and the excavation work of Yigael Ya …

ACHAH043

The reliability and contestability of the interpretations and representations of Masada, including the accuracy of Josephus Flavius’ account in The Jewish War, debates about the meaning of the events at Masada in AD 73-74, the role of archaeology, and …

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