Unit ANCIENT TOPOGRAPHY
- Course
- Cultural heritage
- Study-unit Code
- GP005310
- Curriculum
- Archeologia
- Teacher
- Francesco Marcattili
- Teachers
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- Francesco Marcattili
- Hours
- 36 ore - Francesco Marcattili
- CFU
- 6
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2020
- Offered
- 2022/23
- Learning activities
- Caratterizzante
- Area
- Discipline relative ai beni storico-archeologici e artistici, archivistici e librari, demoetnoantropologici e ambientali
- Academic discipline
- L-ANT/09
- Type of study-unit
- Obbligatorio (Required)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
- Language of instruction
- Italian
- Contents
- Aspects of topography and urbanism in ancient Greece and Rome.
Foundation and urban development of the Greek and Roman cities (es. Athens, Poseidonia-Paestum, Rome, Pompeii, Ostia, etc.). - Reference texts
- Students must also choose ONE of the following books to read:
- G. Bonora, P.L. Dall’Aglio, S. Patitucci, G. Uggeri, La topografia antica, Bologna 2000 (Clueb)
- L. Quilici, S. Quilici Gigli, Introduzione alla topografia antica, Bologna 2004 (Il Mulino). - Educational objectives
- The first aim of the course is to provide a basic grounding in topics as the topography and urbanism of the Greek and Roman cities.
- Prerequisites
- Basic knowledge of Greek and Roman archeology and history.
- Teaching methods
- Face to face lectures; PPT presentations.
- Other information
- Students are expected to attend class regularly.
- Learning verification modality
- The evaluation process provides an oral exam (duration: about 20 min.) on topics discussed in the lectures.
- Extended program
- The first aim of the course is to provide a basic grounding in topics as the use of ancient sources, the building construction methods, and the roads. In the second part of the course, through the examination of some examples (Athens, Sparta, Pergamos, Metapontum, Poseidonia-Paestum, Rome, Pompeii, Ostia, etc.), the foundation and the development of cities will be examined.