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B001570 - ROMAN HISTORY
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Academic Year 2022-23
Course year
First year - First Semester
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
12/09/2022 ⇒ 02/12/2022
Attendance required
Yes
Type of Evaluation
Final Grade
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Lectureship
Mutuality
Course teached as:
B001570 - STORIA ROMANA
3-years First Cycle Degree (DM 270/04) in HISTORY AND CONSERVATION OF CULTURAL HERITAGE (ARCHAEOLOGY, FINE ARTS, ARCHIVES AND LIBRARIES)
Curriculum BENI ARCHIVISTICI E LIBRARI
B001570 - STORIA ROMANA
3-years First Cycle Degree (DM 270/04) in HISTORY AND CONSERVATION OF CULTURAL HERITAGE (ARCHAEOLOGY, FINE ARTS, ARCHIVES AND LIBRARIES)
Curriculum BENI ARCHIVISTICI E LIBRARI
Teaching Language
Italian
Course Content
Themes of Roman Civilization and History from the Origins to Late Antiquity with special focus on sources.
Suggested readings (Search our library's catalogue)
For curriculum beni artistici and beni archivistico-librari, a book to choose between:
- G.A. Cecconi, La città e l'Impero. Una storia del mondo romano dalle origini a Teodosio il Grande. Carrocci, 2009 (e successive edizioni)
- G. Geraci - A. Marcone, Storia romana. Editio Maior. Le Monnier, 2017
For curriculum beni archeologici:
For all students:
L'amministrazione dell'Italia romana. Dal I secolo a.C. al III secolo d.C. Fondamenti, Le Monnier 2018, pp. 3-97.
Students non attending courses will receive special bibliography including:
Part A:
- G. Geraci - A. Marcone, Storia romana. Editio Maior. Le Monnier, 2017
Part B: 2 books to choose between:
- W. Eck, Augusto e il suo tempo, Mulino 2010 (or english edition)
- F. Santangelo, Gaio Mario, Milano, Jouvence 2021.
- G. Cresci Marrone, Marco Antonio, Roma, Salerno editore 2020.
- A. Marcone, Costantino il Grande, Bari, Laterza 2013.
- G.A. Cecconi, La città e l'Impero. Una storia del mondo romano dalle origini a Teodosio il Grande. Carrocci, 2009 (e successive edizioni)
- G. Geraci - A. Marcone, Storia romana. Editio Maior. Le Monnier, 2017
For curriculum beni archeologici:
For all students:
L'amministrazione dell'Italia romana. Dal I secolo a.C. al III secolo d.C. Fondamenti, Le Monnier 2018, pp. 3-97.
Students non attending courses will receive special bibliography including:
Part A:
- G. Geraci - A. Marcone, Storia romana. Editio Maior. Le Monnier, 2017
Part B: 2 books to choose between:
- W. Eck, Augusto e il suo tempo, Mulino 2010 (or english edition)
- F. Santangelo, Gaio Mario, Milano, Jouvence 2021.
- G. Cresci Marrone, Marco Antonio, Roma, Salerno editore 2020.
- A. Marcone, Costantino il Grande, Bari, Laterza 2013.
Learning Objectives
By the end of the course students know the issues and the most important events in Roman history (about politics, institutions, mindset, religion, economics) and can frame them critically as well. Students know the basic methodology of historical research and analysis of literary and documentary sources.
Prerequisites
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Teaching Methods
Formal lessons.
Further information
Attending courses is obligatory for a minimum of two/thirds out of the total amount of hours.
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 of oral and critical discussion of the student.
Course program
he main methodological problems in the reconstruction of Roman history: documentary sources and historiography; Periodization problems.