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 2024
- Offered
- 2024/25
- 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
- The course is divided into two parts:
1) History of the historiography on the ancient Rome in both Greek and Latin language, and examination of the various historiographical genres and authors, with special attention to ancient biography, which is theoretically distinct from the historiography, but actually strictly related to it; examination of the features of the sources of other literary genres, but useful for the second part of the course.
2) Historical reconstruction, through constant resort to Greek and Latin sources, of the period from the conspiracy against Caesar to the battles of Philippi (October 3 and 23, 42 BC). - 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 only 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. Alessandra Di Pilla: alessandra.dipilla@unipg.it) - Educational objectives
- The main knowledge that Students are expected to acquire will be:
- Knowledge of historiography on ancient Rome and its categories, as well as of ancient biography;
- knowledge of the history and historiography of the events and of the dynamics taking place at the end of the Roman Republic.
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 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.
Students with disabilities and/or DSA may request, in consultation with the Professor, teaching tools useful to facilitate study. For general information, please consult the University Services at https://lettere.unipg.it/home/disabilita-e-dsa and contact the Departmental Contact Person (Prof. A. Di Pilla). For the 2023/2024 academic year, the University of Perugia has admitted 11 categories of Students to distance learning. Students who may be interested are invited to check the possibility of attending lectures in DAD on the website Procedura DAD - Università degli Studi di Perugia (unipg.it) - Other information
- The course is now scheduled to start towards the end of February 2025.
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.
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 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. 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 period from the conspiracy against Caesar to the battles of Philippi).
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. Alessandra Di Pilla: alessandra.dipilla@unipg.it). - Extended program
- The course is divided into two parts.
The first part of the course will aim at outlining a history of the historiography on the ancient Rome in both Greek and Latin language. Particular attention will be given to the use of sources in ancient historiography, to the differences between ancient and modern concept of historical writing, to the various types of historiographical genres and to the development of biography, which is theoretically distinct from the historiography, but actually strictly related to it – and this is especially true in the particular case of lives devoted to military and political personalities. The lectures will also deal with the main ancient authors of historical and biographical works: some significant and extensive passages from their works will be examined in order to draw attention to the features and the ideologies of the writers. The features of some other literary sources useful for the second part of the course will be also presented.
The second part of the course, on the topic Nel segno di Cesare: dalla congiura delle Idi di marzo alle battaglie di Filippi, will be devoted to the historical reconstruction, through constant resort to Greek and Latin sources (mainly historiographical and biographical, but when necessary supplemented and compared with other types of sources), of the events from the death of Caesar to the victory of Antony and Octavian over the armies of Brutus and Cassius (battles of Philippi, October 3 and 23, 42 BC).: Antony's winning line in the spring of 44, Caesar’s funus publicum with the consequent Octavian's appearance on the scene and the progressive marginalization of the conspirators, the role of Cicero, the war of Modena, the Second Triumvirate and the proscriptions, and the war waged by Antony and Octavian against Brutus and Cassius will be the main themes of analysis of the lectures. - Obiettivi Agenda 2030 per lo sviluppo sostenibile
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