Unit HISTORY OF ROMAN HISTORIOGRAPHY
- Course
- Italian, classical studies and european history
- Study-unit Code
- GP005344
- Curriculum
- Civiltà e cultura dell'antico
- Teacher
- Roberto Cristofoli
- Teachers
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- Roberto Cristofoli
- Hours
- 36 ore - Roberto Cristofoli
- CFU
- 6
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2023
- Offered
- 2023/24
- Learning activities
- Caratterizzante
- Area
- Discipline storiche, filosofiche, antropologiche e sociologiche
- Academic discipline
- L-ANT/03
- Type of study-unit
- Opzionale (Optional)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
- Language of instruction
- Italian.
- Contents
- 1) Introduction to history of the historiography on the ancient Rome in both Greek and Latin language and examination of the various historiographical genres (with special attention to ancient biography, which is theoretically distinct from the historiography, but actually strictly related to it); thorough review of the historiographical and biographical sources on the end of the Republic.
2) Historical reconstruction, through constant recourse to Greek and Latin sources (mainly historiographical and biographical, but when necessary integrated and compared with those of other types), of the period from the conspiracy against Caesar to Octavian’s victory over Antony and Cleopatra, and therefore, in the final analysis, of the transition of Roman civilization from Late Republic to Principate. - Reference texts
- Students who attend classes are only expected to know the contents of the lectures and of all texts presented and analysed during the course.
If necessary, Students can brush up on their knowledge of ancient Roman history through an advanced handbook such as G. Geraci - A. Marcone, “Storia Romana. Editio Maior”, Ed. Le Monnier Università (Mondadori Education), Milano 2017, EAN 9788800746991, and their knowledge of ancient Roman historiography through the handbook “Introduzione alla storiografia romana”, Ed. Carocci, Roma 2019 (II Ed.), EAN 9788843094950.
Students who are unable to attend lectures must contact the Professor, who will provide them with an alternative learning programme indicating additional and different books.
In Unistudium Students can find the texts presented within the course.
Students with disabilities and/or with SLD who, having completed regular accreditation through SOL, have obtained access to University services, can apply for the compensatory tools ensured by law, for which consult https://www.unipg.it/disabilita-e-dsa. For the request, Students are invited to ask the teacher, who will put them in contact with the Disability and/or DSA Department Coordinator (Prof.ssa Alessandra Di Pilla: alessandra.dipilla@unipg.it) - Educational objectives
- The main knowledge that Students are expected to acquire will be:
- knowledge of historiographical and biographical sources on the Late Roman Republic (in both Greek and Latin language);
- deep knowledge of the history and historiography on the events and on the dynamics taking place in the period of the transition from Republic to Principate.
The main skills that will allow Students to apply their acquired knowledge will be:
- Students will be able to reconstruct the events of specific stages of the history of a civilization denoting a certain degree of autonomy;
- Students will acquire an appropriate methodology to analyze and to interpret sources for reconstructing the past. - Prerequisites
- In order to fully understand the contents of the course, it is useful that Students have attended the undergraduate course in Roman history, with particular reference to the basic notions concerning the First century BC.
- Teaching methods
- The course consists of frontal lectures (if required, through the use of synchronous telematic mode) with slide projection, also using problem solving strategies.
- Other information
- The course is scheduled to start towards the end of February 2024. Attendance at lectures is recommended and can foster a better and deeper understanding of the topics.
The Professor is available to speak individually with Students, who are asked to consult the web-page:
https://www.unipg.it/personale/roberto.cristofoli/didattica
Students who are unable to attend lectures must contact the Professor, who will provide them with an alternative learning programme.
Students with disabilities and / or with DSA are asked to consult the University Services on the page
https://lettere.unipg.it/home/disabilita-e-dsa; Students can also get in touch with the responsible contact person (Prof.ssa Alessandra Di Pilla: alessandra.dipilla@unipg.it)
To contact the Professor, write to: roberto.cristofoli@unipg.it - Learning verification modality
- Final oral examination. The examination lasts about 20-25 minutes and is aimed at evaluating Student’s knowledge at both general and specific level (namely by reference to historical reconstruction, in its various aspects, of the transition from Republic to Principate). The answers to the exam questions will determine an evaluation based on argumentative rigor, property of language, exhaustive exposition of the contents.
Students with disabilities and/or with SLD who, having completed regular accreditation through SOL, have obtained access to University services, can apply for compensatory tools, dispensatory measures and inclusive technologies ensured by law, that have be requested and agreed with the Professor well in advance before the date of the examinations. For general information, consult the page https://www.unipg.it/disabilita-e-dsa and contact the Disability and/or SLD Department Coordinator (Prof.ssa Alessandra Di Pilla: alessandra.dipilla@unipg.it). - Extended program
- The first part of the course will be aimed at outlining the main lines of the history of historiography on ancient Rome in both Greek and Latin language. Particular attention will be given to historiographical and biographical sources for the reconstruction of the transition from Late Republic to Principate.
The second and longer part of the course, on the topic "Dopo Cesare: il percorso della Repubblica verso la sua fine (anni 44-30 a.C.)", will be devoted to the historical reconstruction, through constant recourse to Greek and Latin sources (mainly historiographical and biographical, but when necessary integrated and compared with those of other types), of the events from the death of Caesar to Octavian’s victory over Antony and Cleopatra, with the changes that led to the establishment of a new institutional structure, the Principate. Through selected passages by literary sources and sometimes through other types of sources, the lectures will analyze the historical dynamics, the institutional solutions, the political summits, the instability of the Triumviral period and the efforts of the leaders to control the consensus of the people and soldiers, without neglecting the interpretative problems with which the moderns have grappled. - Obiettivi Agenda 2030 per lo sviluppo sostenibile
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