LEARNING OUTCOMES

The educational objectives, as part of the course of the Bachelor's degree (laurea triennale) in History, aim to provide students with the following knowledge, skills and abilities: possessing a basic knowledge of the historical development of the Roman world, of the main events and foundations of its civilization, inserted in the context of the ancient history of the Mediterranean world; achieving the methodological and technical skills necessary to address the documentary bases of Roman history, with particular reference to literary and epigraphic texts, without neglecting the archaeological evidence and the contribution of the documentary sciences; being able to orient oneself in bibliographical research and to know the ways of its updates through the use of research tools; recognizing the essential characteristics (political, economic, social, religious) of the Roman world and the main lines of evolution, in the diachronic and synchronic sense, of political institutions through the analysis of the surviving documentation.

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

Intended learning outcomes of this course in the context of the three year degree (laurea triennale) in history are for students to acquire the following knowledge, competencies, abilities and skills:

    1. basic knowledge of the historical of the development of the Roman world, principal events and foundation of its civilization in the context of the ancient history of the Mediterranean, as well as the relationship to modern  geography;  

    2. methodological and technical competencies to confront  the basic documentation of Roman history, with particular attention to literary, epigraphical and archaeological sources;

     3. orientation in bibliographical research and how to supplement and support with additional sources;

     4. familiarity with the essential characteristics (political, economic, social, religious) of the Roman world and the principal lines of the evolution diachronically as well as synchronically of the political institutions utilizing surviving documentation;

For students taking the course for 9 and 12 cfu

    5. learning some of the peculiar features of the society of the Roman world and of particular aspects of its daily life, on the basis of its sources.

PREREQUISITES

Being fond of history. Teaching presupposes the ability to study manuals and texts independently. Knowledge of Latin is not essential to take the Roman History course. 

TEACHING METHODS

The course will take place with lectures, for a total of 72 hours (for the students attending the course for 12 cfu), 60 hours (9 cfu), 40 hours (6 cfu). For every class is foreseen the support of Power Point slides and richly detailed documentation made available with photocopies especially regarding literary sources (transalated into Italian). 

Lessons will be held in presence. Attendance, although not compulsory, is recommended. Only those who attend lessons in presence will be deemed attending students. 

Students are requested to register to the related course available in the ‘Aula web’.

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

Contents for students taking the course for 12 cfu 

Introductory framework: background sources. Historical framework: events, society and civilization from the origines to the Justinian era. Institutional and geographical framework: organisation of the Roman state and its functioning. Introduction to Roman antiquities: aspects of Roman daily life in Roma and in the Roman world.

Contents for students taking the course for 9 cfu

Introductory framework: background sources. Historical framework: events, society and civilization from the origines to the Justinian era. Institutional and geographical framework: organisation of the Roman state and its functioning. Introduction to Roman antiquities: some aspects of Roman daily life in Roma and in the Roman world.

Contents for students taking the course for 6 cfu

Introductory framework: background sources. Historical framework: events, society and civilization from the origines to the Justinian era. Institutional and geographical framework: organisation of the Roman state and its functioning.

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

       It is advisable to supplement the study of the manual consulting an appropriate history atlas on the subject of the Roman world ( e.g: T. Cornell-J.Matthews, Atlante del mondo romano;  Richard J. A Talbert,  Roger S. Bagnall, Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World, can be consulted in Unige library) .

Bibliography for students taking the course for 12 cfu

Contents for students attending the course:

•  Classes notes (including introduction to Roman antiquities: Aspetti di vita quotidiana a Roma e nel mondo romano)
• G. Cresci Marrone, F. Rohr Vio, L. Calvelli, Roma antica. Storia e documenti, Manuale di storia romana, Il Mulino, Bologna 2020.

Contents for non attending students the course:

• G. Cresci Marrone, F. Rohr Vio, L. Calvelli, Roma antica. Storia e documenti, Manuale di storia romana, Il Mulino, Bologna 2020.
• G. Poma, Le istituzioni politiche del mondo romano, Il Mulino, Bologna (ed. 2009).
• Aspetti della storiografia romana, please send a mail to elena.cimarosti@unige.it to receive the copy text.

And a book chosen from:

        4. J. Carcopino, La vita quotidiana a Roma all'apogeo dell'Impero, Laterza, Paris 1939, trad. it. Bari 1941 (economica 1993 and following editions).

        4. F. Meijer, Un giorno al Colosseo. Il mondo dei gladiatori, Laterza, Roma-Bari 2004.
        4. F. Meijer, Il mondo di Ben Hur. Lo spettacolo delle corse nell’antica Roma, Laterza Roma-Bari 2006.
        4. B. Lançon, La vita quotidiana a Roma nel Tardo Impero, 1995, (trad.it. 1999), Bur Vite Quotidiane, Padova 2018.

    Bibliography for students taking the course for 9 cfu

Contents for students attending the course:

• Classes notes (including some introductives modules to Roman antiquities: Aspetti di vita quotidiana a Roma e nel mondo romano)
• G. Cresci Marrone, F. Rohr Vio, L. Calvelli, Roma antica. Storia e documenti, Manuale di storia romana, Il Mulino, Bologna 2020.

Contents for non attending students the course:

• G. Cresci Marrone, F. Rohr Vio, L. Calvelli, Roma antica. Storia e documenti, Manuale di storia romana, Il Mulino, Bologna 2020.
• G. Poma, Le istituzioni politiche del mondo romano, Il Mulino, Bologna (ed. 2009).
• Aspetti della storiografia romana, please send a mail to elena.cimarosti@unige.it to receive the copy text.

And a book chosen from:

• J. Carcopino, La vita quotidiana a Roma all'apogeo dell'Impero, Laterza, Paris 1939, trad. it. Bari 1941 (Economica Laterza 1993 and following editions): choosing between one of the two parts: Prefazione e Parte prima, L'ambiente della vita romana, pp. 3-158; Prefazione e Parte seconda: L'impiego del tempo, pp. 3-5, 167-301.
• B. Lançon, La vita quotidiana a Roma nel Tardo Impero, 1995, (trad.it. 1999), Bur Vite Quotidiane, Padova 2018; choosing between one of the two parts: Cronologia, Introduzione; Maiestas Quirini, la maestà quirinale e Plebes patresque, la plebe e i patri, pp. 7-153; Cronologia, Introduzione; Religio, religione e religiosità; Saeculum, il secolo, pp. 156-287

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  Bibliography for students taking the course for 6 cfu

Contents for attending students the course:

• Classes notes
• G. Cresci Marrone, F. Rohr Vio, L. Calvelli, Roma antica. Storia e documenti, Manuale di storia romana, Il Mulino, Bologna 2020.

Contents for non attending students the course:

• G. Cresci Marrone, F. Rohr Vio, L. Calvelli, Roma antica. Storia e documenti, Manuale di storia romana, Il Mulino, Bologna 2020.
• G. Poma, Le istituzioni politiche del mondo romano, Il Mulino, Bologna (ed. 2009).
• Aspetti della storiografia romana, please send a mail to elena.cimarosti@unige.it to receive the copy text.