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Asif, formally purchased the film rights of the play from Imtiaz. Like Shakespeare who tapped the Lives of the historian Plutarch and used the historical characters to his convenience to create great ...

Authors read include Herodotus, Thucydides, Aristophanes, Plutarch, Xenophon, and the Greek orators. 2 hrs. lect., 1 hr. disc. This course is an introductory survey of Roman history, from the ...