21st January 2010, 02:02 PM
I feel I ought to add my two cents worth here, having taken the Rome and It's Neighbours course at leicester a couple of years ago!
I would start by saying that it is a very interesting course, and David Mattingly is rightly considered one of the experts in the field.
However, assuming you've already heard all the positive points, I would warn you that (in my opinion) the actual archaeological side of things can be a little weak. Some of the other lectureres are very much of the ancient history school, and as an archaeologist, I found this quite limiting.
That said the course is very flexible, and if you already have an idea about what you want to do, I'd deffinately recomend looking into it!
I would start by saying that it is a very interesting course, and David Mattingly is rightly considered one of the experts in the field.
However, assuming you've already heard all the positive points, I would warn you that (in my opinion) the actual archaeological side of things can be a little weak. Some of the other lectureres are very much of the ancient history school, and as an archaeologist, I found this quite limiting.
That said the course is very flexible, and if you already have an idea about what you want to do, I'd deffinately recomend looking into it!