May 25, 2026  
2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

CLAS 104 Quest for Power: Famous Figures in History


An examination of the lives and times of select leaders from the ancient and modern worlds. Examples of figures to be covered are Pericles, Nero, Napoleon I and Adolf Hitler. Major literary monuments of the periods will be examined as well. Team taught by a member of the History Department and a classicist. This course satisfies one literature or one history requirement.

Often cross-listed with   

Credit 3 hrs
Grade Mode Normal (A-F) Course Rotation

Prerequisites -
Restriction by Major -
Restriction by Class -

Additional Information - See honors humanities courses

Equivalent Course(s) - HIST 104
Course History -


history , classics 


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