Spring 2024


Splash Biography



ALEXANDER REED, ESP Teacher




Major: History, Classics

College/Employer: UC Berkeley

Year of Graduation: 2020

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Past Classes

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H570: How to Gain Absolute Power in 10 Easy Steps: The Roman Civil Wars and the Rise of Augustus in Splash Spring 19 (Mar. 16, 2019)
The transition from Republic to Empire during the civil wars of the first century BC has long been viewed as one of the defining moments in Western history. This transformation brought about a revolution in culture, politics, and society on such a scale as had never before been seen. By the end of this tumultuous period, the old aristocracy had been almost entirely wiped out, the state itself had been radically reshaped, and the course of history had been irreversibly altered - all this by a handful of ambitious young upstarts. Learn how they effected these changes and how you too can achieve such greatness!