Unit ROMAN HISTORY WITH EXERCISES OF LATIN EPIGRAPHY
- Course
- Humanities
- Study-unit Code
- GP005966
- Curriculum
- Classico
- Teacher
- Rita Lizzi
- Teachers
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- Rita Lizzi
- Hours
- 72 ore - Rita Lizzi
- CFU
- 12
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2024
- Offered
- 2025/26
- Learning activities
- Caratterizzante
- Area
- Storia, archeologia e storia dell'arte
- Academic discipline
- L-ANT/03
- Type of study-unit
- Obbligatorio (Required)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
- Language of instruction
- Italian
- Contents
- Institutions, culture, and religion in the Roman society from the eighth century BC to the sixth century AD, through the major events of Ancient Rome and Late Antiquity. Roman history and current politics: the formation and transformation of republican institutions through the Principatus and the reformed Empire of Diocletian and Constantine Relationship between Empire and Church.
- Reference texts
- For attending students: - A Manual chosen from the following: AA.VV. Storia di Roma, Edizioni del Prisma 2013; G. Geraci- A. Marcone, Storia romana, Le Monnier 2006; F. Santangelo-G. Traina, Il mondo dei Romani, Einaudi 2024. For the Latin Epigrapgy: A. Buonopane, Manuale di epigrafia latina, Carocci 2017. Who does not attend will have to add a volume to be cjhosen from: A. Marcone, Augusto, Salerno Editrice 2017; A. Marcone, Giuliano, Salerno Editrice 2019; L. Fezzi, Pompeo, Salerno Editrice 2019; Bettalli-Brizzi (a cura di), Guerre ed eserciti nell’antichità, Il Mulino 2019; L. Braccesi, Dissolute e maledette. Donne straordinarie del mondo antico, Salerno editrice 2022.
- Educational objectives
- This course is designed to contribute to the achievement of the following learning objectives, which are formulated according to the Dublin descriptors: I - Knowledge and Understanding the roots of the present through the critical analysis of historical events; the change and diversity in a diachronic dimension (through comparison between epochs) and in a synchronic dimension (through comparison between geographical and cultural spaces); to recognise the essential features of the socio-economic system in order to orient oneself in the productive fabric of one's own territory. II - Applied knowledge and understanding: be able to interpret and evaluate, in simple cases, the sources used; to be able to correctly classify the historical events on the time axis and in their spatial dimension; understand the basic conceptual nodes of the period treated and the relationships between the different phenomena and events. III - Making judgements: use sources for historiographical reconstruction and the elaboration of hypotheses; distinguish between reality and myth, between verified information and conjecture, and differentiate oneself from the multitude of educational institutions dealing with historical topics today, not least the various Internet sites and social networks. IV - Communication skills: elaborate and explain the topics covered in a correct, clear and appropriate way to the type of audience.
- Prerequisites
- To follow the lessons of this course, students must have the basic knowledge of Roman history and ancient civilization, which generally is acquired in a good high school.
- Teaching methods
- The course is organized as follows: - Lectures that will cover all the issues and problems related to Roman History They will be preceded by brainstorming and followed by extensive debate-debate.
- Learning verification modality
- The exam involves two written tests, and a final oral exam (on the official schedule dates) that consists of a discussion-interview on the topics covered during the course and on the inscriptions studied in-depth. The duration of the oral final exam varies according to the performance of the student.
- Extended program
- The course will be organized in two parts: an institutional (48 hours) and one dedicated to Latin epigraphy with practical exercises (24 hours). In the first part the main events and issues of Roman History will be examined from the seventh century BC. C. to the sixth century AD., with particular reference to the institutional and political development of ancient Rome, looking at how such a small city state was able to conquer an Empire as big as the present Europe and to govern it by effectively administering it for many centuries. In the section devoted to Latin epigraphy, the main arguments for reading, interpreting and dating Latin inscriptions will be addressed, starting with a selection of documents: the various types of writing; Personal names; the cursus honorum; Imperial Titles. Following are the main characters of the different types of inscriptions – epitaphs, dedications to the gods; honorary inscriptions; inscriptions engraved on monuments; public and private epigraphic acts; the instrumentum – some of which will be read, translated and commented.
- Obiettivi Agenda 2030 per lo sviluppo sostenibile
- Quality education; gender equality; reducing inequalities.