Menù principale
B001570 - ROMAN HISTORY
Main information
Teaching Language
Course Content
Suggested readings
Learning Objectives
Prerequisites
Teaching Methods
Further information
Type of Assessment
Course program
Academic Year 2017-18
Coorte 2017 - 3-years First Cycle Degree (DM 270/04) in HISTORY OF ARCHAEOLOGY, FINE ARTS, ARCHIVES AND LIBRARIES
Course year
First year - Annualità singola
Belonging Department
History, Archaeology, Geography, Fine and Performing Arts (SAGAS)
Course Type
Single education field course
Scientific Area
L-ANT/03 - ROMAN HISTORY
Credits
6
Teaching Hours
36
Teaching Term
18/09/2017 ⇒ 06/06/2018
Attendance required
Yes
Type of Evaluation
Final Grade
Course Content
show
Course program
show
Lectureship
- 1 semester - last names A-L CECCONI GIOVANNI ALBERTO
- 2 semester - last names M-Z MASTROROSA IDA GILDA
Teaching Language
Italian
Teaching Language
Italian
Course Content
I part- TIMES, SPACES, STRUCTURES OF ROMAN HISTORY
The course takes into consideration the essential characteristics (institutional, social, political etc.) of the Roman World from its origins to the Republican and Imperial ages. An emphasis will be put on chronological phases of Roman History, the genesis and consolidation of the Empire, the Roman Citizenship.
II part- ROMAN ITALY AND THE CRISIS OF EMPIRE (MAXIMINUS THE THRAX TO DIOCLETIAN, 235-284 A.D.)
The course takes into consideration the essential characteristics (institutional, social, political etc.) of the Roman World from its origins to the Republican and Imperial ages. An emphasis will be put on chronological phases of Roman History, the genesis and consolidation of the Empire, the Roman Citizenship.
II part- ROMAN ITALY AND THE CRISIS OF EMPIRE (MAXIMINUS THE THRAX TO DIOCLETIAN, 235-284 A.D.)
Course Content
Outlines of Roman Civilization and History from the Origins to Late Antiquity with special focus on political, social and economic aspects.
Suggested readings (Search our library's catalogue)
I PART
Two readings are necessary:
1) An handbook (one, chosen among the following):
- G.A. Cecconi , La città e l'impero , Carocci , Roma 2009 (or following reprints) or alternatively
- G. Clemente, Guida alla storia romana, Mondadori , Milano (any edition ) or alternatively
- M. Pani, E. Todisco, Storia romana dalle origini alla tarda antichità, Carocci, Roma nuova ed. 2014
2) An integrative essay (chosen between the two following):
- G. Alfoeldy, Storia sociale di roma antica - Il Mulino , Bologna ed. 2012
- G. Poma, Le istituzioni politiche del mondo romano, Il Mulino, Bologna ed. 2009
II PART
Obligatory however are two anong the following three papers:
M. Silvestrini, Il potere imperiale da Severo Alessandro ad Aureliano, in Storia di Roma Einaudi, III.1, Torino 1993, pp. 155-191;
F. Millar, Italy and the Roman empire: Augustus to Constantine, in "Phoenix" 60 (1986), pp. 295-318;
E. Lo Cascio, La dinamica della popolazione in Italia da Augusto al III secolo, Actes du colloque international de Rome (25-28 mars 1992), Rome 1994, pp. 91-125.
Further bibliography will be provided at the beginning of the module on the basis of the topics studied in class.
.
Two readings are necessary:
1) An handbook (one, chosen among the following):
- G.A. Cecconi , La città e l'impero , Carocci , Roma 2009 (or following reprints) or alternatively
- G. Clemente, Guida alla storia romana, Mondadori , Milano (any edition ) or alternatively
- M. Pani, E. Todisco, Storia romana dalle origini alla tarda antichità, Carocci, Roma nuova ed. 2014
2) An integrative essay (chosen between the two following):
- G. Alfoeldy, Storia sociale di roma antica - Il Mulino , Bologna ed. 2012
- G. Poma, Le istituzioni politiche del mondo romano, Il Mulino, Bologna ed. 2009
II PART
Obligatory however are two anong the following three papers:
M. Silvestrini, Il potere imperiale da Severo Alessandro ad Aureliano, in Storia di Roma Einaudi, III.1, Torino 1993, pp. 155-191;
F. Millar, Italy and the Roman empire: Augustus to Constantine, in "Phoenix" 60 (1986), pp. 295-318;
E. Lo Cascio, La dinamica della popolazione in Italia da Augusto al III secolo, Actes du colloque international de Rome (25-28 mars 1992), Rome 1994, pp. 91-125.
Further bibliography will be provided at the beginning of the module on the basis of the topics studied in class.
.
Suggested readings (Search our library's catalogue)
1. G. GERACI - A. MARCONE, Storia romana, Milano, Mondadori 2011 -
2. F. JACQUES - J. SCHEID, Roma e il suo Impero. Istituzioni, economia, religione, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2005. -
3. Selected passages from classical historiography and other sources will be available during the lessons. -
4. Additional bibliography will be recommended at the beginning of the course, focussing on specific areas (such as social history; economic history; religious history; military history; gender history; cultural history).
2. F. JACQUES - J. SCHEID, Roma e il suo Impero. Istituzioni, economia, religione, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2005. -
3. Selected passages from classical historiography and other sources will be available during the lessons. -
4. Additional bibliography will be recommended at the beginning of the course, focussing on specific areas (such as social history; economic history; religious history; military history; gender history; cultural history).
Learning Objectives
PART I
Giving the student the ability to orient themselves on the major issues , institutions and even political and social events of the Roman history from its origins to late antiquity . Among the topics that will be examined more closely and that the student will come to know more deeply , there will be the organization of government and the Roman Empire structures and the phenomenon of Romanization
PART II
Roman Italy during the III Century "Crisis"
Giving the student the ability to orient themselves on the major issues , institutions and even political and social events of the Roman history from its origins to late antiquity . Among the topics that will be examined more closely and that the student will come to know more deeply , there will be the organization of government and the Roman Empire structures and the phenomenon of Romanization
PART II
Roman Italy during the III Century "Crisis"
Learning Objectives
The purpose of the course is to provide the students with: a) knowledge of institutional events and aspects of Roman history;
b) awareness of the relationship between politics and socio-economic dynamics in Roman society; c) ability in examining and interpreting texts and sources related to the topic of the course.
b) awareness of the relationship between politics and socio-economic dynamics in Roman society; c) ability in examining and interpreting texts and sources related to the topic of the course.
Prerequisites
For students of Classics a knowledge of Latin and Greek is required.
A knowledge at least of Latin would be useful also for students who will attend the first part of the course.
A knowledge at least of Latin would be useful also for students who will attend the first part of the course.
Prerequisites
Course with no prerequisites.
Teaching Methods
PART I
For the reading of the sources and other educational purposes, given the expectation of a very high number of students , which makes it impractical to use photocopies, the teacher will make use of PowerPoint presentations
PART II
Lessons ex cathedra or seminarial meetings depending on the number of students; teacher and students will evaluate if a part of the total hours available will be devoted to written papers and activities in the library, with a consequential lowering of the readings envisaged for the exams.
For the reading of the sources and other educational purposes, given the expectation of a very high number of students , which makes it impractical to use photocopies, the teacher will make use of PowerPoint presentations
PART II
Lessons ex cathedra or seminarial meetings depending on the number of students; teacher and students will evaluate if a part of the total hours available will be devoted to written papers and activities in the library, with a consequential lowering of the readings envisaged for the exams.
Teaching Methods
Formal lessons on the topic of the course - Analysis of classical texts, presented during the classes in original language and with a translation provided.
Further information
Attending courses is obligatory.
Further information
Course title: "Outlines of Roman History". -
CONDITIONS of REGISTRATION and ATTENDANCE: Students are required to register during the first 2 weeks of classes - Classes are mandatory (2/3 at least) and monitored closely.
CONDITIONS of REGISTRATION and ATTENDANCE: Students are required to register during the first 2 weeks of classes - Classes are mandatory (2/3 at least) and monitored closely.
Type of Assessment
Oral exam. The exam will be based both on the Roman History topics covered in the lessons and on the specific readings indicated by the teacher. The exam will ascertain the ability of comprehension and oral discussion of the student.
Type of Assessment
Final oral examination through questions and discussion about institutional questions and chronological aspects, aiming to test students' familiarity with the basic concepts of the discipline as well as their ability to interpret sources, to conceptualize, to evaluate and criticise received opinion, to present them through an appropriate vocabulary and clear and effective arguments.
Course program
PART I
The program will include a series of synthesis lessons dedicated to providing the student an overview of the entire Roman history. Insights on the periodization, the genesis of the empire and the Roman citizenship and Romanizaton will follow.
PART II
After an introductory part on Roman Italy after Augustus, the focus will be placed on the development of Roman Italy history during the III century with particular care dedicated to the policies of some emperors as Maximinus the Thrax, Decius, Gallienus, Aurelian. Further and more detailed information will be provided at the beginning of the course .
The program will include a series of synthesis lessons dedicated to providing the student an overview of the entire Roman history. Insights on the periodization, the genesis of the empire and the Roman citizenship and Romanizaton will follow.
PART II
After an introductory part on Roman Italy after Augustus, the focus will be placed on the development of Roman Italy history during the III century with particular care dedicated to the policies of some emperors as Maximinus the Thrax, Decius, Gallienus, Aurelian. Further and more detailed information will be provided at the beginning of the course .
Course program
"Outlines of Roman History" - The aim of the course is to give a profile on events and basic aspects of Roman Civilization and History from the origins to the late Empire (from the 8th century BCE to the 5th century CE), with special regard to the links between politics, society and economy, to the criteria of periodization, to the role played by some key-figures, through the analysis of classical sources related to the topics and the reading of modern and recent bibliography.