Unit ROMAN HISTORY
- Course
- Humanities
- Study-unit Code
- GP005062
- Curriculum
- Moderno
- Teacher
- Roberto Cristofoli
- Teachers
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- Roberto Cristofoli
- Hours
- 72 ore - Roberto Cristofoli
- CFU
- 12
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2019
- Offered
- 2020/21
- Learning activities
- Caratterizzante
- Area
- Storia, archeologia e storia dell'arte
- Academic discipline
- L-ANT/03
- Type of study-unit
- Opzionale (Optional)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
- Language of instruction
- Italian.
- Contents
- Beni Culturali:
History of Rome from the foundation of the City to the fall of the Western Roman Empire; lectures on specific aspects.
Lettere curriculum moderno 6 cfu; other Cds 6 cfu:
History of Rome from the foundation of the City to the end of the Republic; lectures on specific aspects.
Lettere curriculum moderno 12 cfu; other Cds 12 cfu:
History of Rome from the foundation of the City to the fall of the Western Roman Empire; lectures on specific aspects; monographic part devoted to "Cicero's political role in 44 BC". - Reference texts
- Beni Culturali:
Students who attend lectures are expected to study the handbook G. Geraci-A. Marcone, “Storia romana”, Mondadori Education, IV Edizione 2016, EAN: 9788800746953 (or another advanced handbook) as well as the contents of all lectures (54 hours).
In addition to the above, Students are also expected to know: Roman history from 180 A.D. to the fall of the Western Roman Empire (this part has to be studied in the chosen handbook); all passages from ancient authors introduced and analysed during the course (the knowledge of these passages at least in Italian translation is compulsory).
Students who are unable to attend lectures must contact the Professor, who will provide them with an alternative learning programme with additional and different books.
Lettere curriculum moderno 6 cfu; other Cds 6 cfu:
Students who attend lectures are expected to study the handbook G. Geraci-A. Marcone, “Storia romana”, Mondadori Education, IV Edizione 2016, EAN: 9788800746953 (or another advanced handbook) as well as the contents of all lectures (36 hours, up to the Late Roman Republic included).
In addition to the above, Students are also expected to know all passages from ancient authors introduced and analysed during the course (the knowledge of these passages at least in Italian translation is compulsory).
Students who are unable to attend lectures must contact the Professor, who will provide them with an alternative learning programme with additional and different books.
Lettere curriculum moderno 12 cfu; other Cds 12 cfu:
Students who attend lectures are expected to study the handbook G. Geraci-A. Marcone, “Storia romana”, Mondadori Education, IV Edizione 2016, EAN: 9788800746953 (or another advanced handbook) as well as the contents of all lectures (72 hours, with the last 18 devoted to a monographic part on “Cicero’s political role in 44 BC”).
In addition to the above, Students are also expected to know: Roman history from 180 A.D. to the fall of the Western Roman Empire (this part has to be studied in the chosen handbook); all passages from ancient authors introduced and analysed during the course (the knowledge of these passages at least in Italian translation is compulsory).
Students who are unable to attend lectures must contact the Professor, who will provide them with an alternative learning programme with additional and different books. - Educational objectives
- Beni Culturali:
The main knowledge that Students are expected to acquire will be:
- knowledge of history and of institutions of ancient Rome from the foundation of the City to the fall of the Western Roman Empire, with constant reference to the chronology and to the geographic location of events and phenomena;
- knowledge of political, military, social and cultural life of ancient Rome.
The main skills that will allow Students to apply their acquired knowledge will be:
- ability to recognize the methods by which scholars of ancient Roman history reconstruct the events and the phenomena;
- ability to use the specific language of the discipline;
- development of an appreciation of peculiar aspects and problems of a civilization in the course of its general evolution.
Lettere curriculum moderno 6 cfu; other Cds 6 cfu:
The main knowledge that Students are expected to acquire will be:
- knowledge of history and of institutions of ancient Rome from the foundation of the City to the Late Roman Republic, with constant reference to the chronology and to the geographic location of events and phenomena;
- knowledge of political, military, social and cultural life of ancient Rome.
The main skills that will allow Students to apply their acquired knowledge will be:
- ability to recognize the methods by which scholars of ancient Roman history reconstruct the events and the phenomena;
- ability to use the specific language of the discipline;
- development of an appreciation of peculiar aspects and problems of a civilization in the course of its general evolution.
Lettere curriculum moderno 12 cfu; other Cds 12 cfu:
The main knowledge that Students are expected to acquire will be:
- knowledge of history and of institutions of ancient Rome from the foundation of the City to the fall of the Western Roman Empire, with constant reference to the chronology and to the geographic location of events and phenomena;
- knowledge of political, military, social and cultural life of ancient Rome.
The main skills that will allow Students to apply their acquired knowledge will be:
- ability to recognize the methods by which scholars of ancient Roman history reconstruct the events and the phenomena;
- ability to use the specific language of the discipline;
- development of an appreciation of peculiar aspects and problems of a civilization in the course of its evolution and in particular stages of it. - Prerequisites
- In order to fully understand the contents of the course, all Students must have the basic notions of ancient history and especially of ancient Roman history, with particular reference to geography and to chronology.
- Teaching methods
- The course consists of frontal lectures that will deal with political, social, military and cultural history of Ancient Rome in general, as well as with more specific aspects; the contents of all lectures have to be supplemented by study of the handbook and of the passages from ancient authors introduced and analysed during the course.
- Other information
- The course is scheduled to start towards the end of February 2021. Attendance at lectures is recommended and can foster a better and deeper understanding of the topics.
Students who are unable to attend lectures must contact the Professor, who will provide them with an alternative learning programme.
To contact the Professor, write to: roberto.cristofoli@unipg.it - Learning verification modality
- Beni Culturali:
Final oral examination. The examination lasts about 25-30 minutes and is aimed at evaluating historical knowledge both general (knowledge of evenemential, geographical, chronological, political, social and cultural contexts) and applied to specific issues.
The answers to the exam questions will determine an evaluation based on the level of content knowledge and contextualization, argumentative and analytical skills, property of language.
Lettere curriculum moderno 6 cfu; other Cds 6 cfu:
Final oral examination. The examination lasts about 20-25 minutes and is aimed at evaluating historical knowledge both general (knowledge of evenemential, geographical, chronological, political, social and cultural contexts) and applied to specific issues.
The answers to the exam questions will determine an evaluation based on the level of content knowledge and
contextualization, argumentative and analytical skills, property of language.
Lettere curriculum moderno 12 cfu; other Cds 12 cfu:
Final oral examination. The examination lasts about 35-40 minutes and is aimed at evaluating historical knowledge both general (knowledge of evenemential, geographical, chronological, political, social and cultural contexts) and applied to specific issues.
The answers to the exam questions will determine an evaluation based on the level of content knowledge and contextualization, argumentative and analytical skills, property of language. - Extended program
- Beni Culturali:
The main sources for the history of ancient Rome; the political institutions of ancient Rome; Roman society; comprehensive exposition, with a deepening of specific aspects, of: the origins of Rome; the monarchical age; the Roman Republic; the first part of the Principate from Augustus until Marcus Aurelius (included). The remaining part of the Roman history until the fall of the Western Roman Empire (476 AD) has to be studied in the chosen handbook; Students are also expected to know the contents and the texts of two supernumerary lectures conceived as a basic introduction to Latin Epigraphy (Dott. Enrico Zuddas).
Lettere moderne 6 cfu; other Cds 6 cfu:
The main sources for the history of ancient Rome; the political institutions of ancient Rome; Roman society; comprehensive exposition, with a deepening of specific aspects, of: the origins of Rome; the monarchical age; the Roman Republic.
Lettere moderne 12 cfu; other Cds 12 cfu:
The main sources for the history of ancient Rome; the political institutions of ancient Rome; Roman society; comprehensive exposition, with a deepening of specific aspects, of: the origins of Rome; the monarchical age; the Roman Republic; the first part of the Principate from Augustus until Marcus Aurelius (included). The remaining part of the Roman history has to be studied in the chosen handbook; Students are also expected to know the contents and the texts of two supernumerary lectures conceived as a basic introduction to Latin Epigraphy (Dott. Enrico Zuddas).
In addition to the above described, the contents of the additional 18 hours of lecture devoted to “Cicero’s political role in 44 BC” are part of the exam program: some passages taken mainly from Cicero’s Letters and Philippics will be read and analyzed, as they reveal non only the interest, but the active involvement in the political struggle of their author, to such an extent that the historian Appianus, still in Civ. 4,19,73, in reference to the second phase of the aftermath of the Ides, talked of “the monarchy of an orator”.