ESSAY: Writing about the Classical World
For this essay, you will be reflecting upon culture. Explore the notion of culture in relation to the material we have read about several significant pandemics in the Classical world of the ancient Mediterranean.
Discuss atleast three cultural reponses to these outbreaks of disease,from atleast two different pandemics.
Plague of Roma: Antonine Plague – Justinian Plague.
The Plague of Athens: Thucydides- Lucretius (Lucretius, De Rerum Natura)
Your response to be in the range of 750-1000 words. Unless stated otherwise,your essays to be double-spaced, in a standard 12-pt font, in MLA style. Identify any outside sources used. Be sure to support your statements with specific evidence.
