Course teached as: B004477 - STORIA ROMANA 3-years First Cycle Degree (DM 270/04) in LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE STUDIES Curriculum LETTERE ANTICHE
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.)
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.
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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"
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.
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.
Further information
Attending courses is obligatory.
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.
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 .