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OCR A Level · Shrewsbury

Classical Civilisation

The literature, art and ideas of the ancient world — class workbooks, revision, past papers and wider reading for A Level students at Shrewsbury.

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The four topics

Two years across the World of the Hero, Culture & the Arts and Beliefs & Ideas.

Four areas of study

Year One

A reconstructed ancient Greek sailing ship at sunset
World of the Hero

Odyssey

Year 1

Homer’s epic of homecoming — Odysseus’ ten-year journey from Troy back to Ithaca.

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The Augustus of Prima Porta marble statue
Culture & the Arts

Imperial Image

Year 1

How Augustus used art, architecture, coinage and poetry to shape his image and secure power.

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Year Two

Marble sculpture of Aeneas carrying his father Anchises
World of the Hero

Aeneid

Year 2

Virgil’s Roman epic — Aeneas, duty and destiny in the founding myth of Rome.

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The Acropolis of Athens seen from the Pnyx
Beliefs & Ideas

Democracy

Year 2

Power, politics and the people in fifth- and fourth-century Athenian democracy.

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Welcome to the course

A short introduction to Classical Civilisation at Shrewsbury — what you’ll study, how the two years are structured, and where to find everything you need.

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Beyond the classroom

Key Stage 2 Ancient Greece Open document ↗
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Imperial Image Podcasts

Student-made revision podcasts on Augustus — on SoundCloud and Spotify.

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Extra Opportunities & News

Lectures, competitions and wider-reading beyond the specification.

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