Course summary

This Ancient History BA allows you to explore a wide range of diverse periods, places, and cultures thanks to a broad syllabus that gives you the freedom to follow your interests. As well as history you could also choose to study topics in literature, art, archaeology, and philosophy, and learn ancient languages. Your studies can cover a vast geographical area, from Roman Britain to the Black Sea, Persia, and North Africa. You’ll also learn how to work with primary and documentary sources, such as literary texts, and ancient inscriptions. This will help you to engage with the various types of history you’ll encounter, including social, cultural, political, military, economic, and religious history, and to scrutinise current debates in scholarship. You’ll join the best department for Classics research in the UK (REF 2021) and benefit from a unique range of teaching from the Bronze Age to Modern Greece. And you’ll get to build your experience beyond your ancient history course with a wealth of extracurricular opportunities that can include an expenses-paid field trip to an ancient site in the Mediterranean and an active Classics Society. Key benefits

• Classics at King’s is ranked first in the UK for research excellence (REF 2021) and fifth among UK Classics Departments in the QS World Rankings 2025.

• Become part of one of the largest Classics departments in the UK, offering unique coverage from the Bronze Age to Modern Greece.

• Make the most of our central London location and proximity to the British Museum and other cultural institutions, which are incorporated into your teaching.

• Combine focus and flexibility by pursuing your interests in a department renowned for the quality of its teaching and the student experience.

• Acquire analytical and presentational skills that employers value, which could lead to careers in law, banking, the civil service, heritage-related professions, the media, education, the civil service, information technology, and the performing arts