Discuss the relationship between Romans, Etruscans and Greeks. How were these cultures different and what did they have to offer to each other? Are there some parallels to earlier constellations of ancient cultures that we have already encountered?

Discuss the internal development of Christianity from its roots in Jewish religion to the point where it attained a dominant and exclusive position in the Roman Empire during the fourth and fifth century AD/CE

Describe the fate of the Roman Empire as a miltiary power from the reign of Ausgustus to its fall in the fifth century AD/CE. Make specific reference to its most important challenges.