Archaeological Sciences

Activity type

Discipline storiche

SSD

L-ANT/02

Year

N/D

Semester

N/D

CFU

6

Hours distribution

42 classroom hours

Lecturers

FRANCESCO GUIZZI
FRANCESCO GUIZZI

Activity type

Discipline storiche

SSD

L-ANT/03

Year

N/D

Semester

N/D

CFU

6

Hours distribution

42 classroom hours

Lecturers

JOHN THORNTON
JOHN THORNTON

In consistency with the educational purposes of the whole teaching course, aim of the teaching unit is to give students a basic knowledge and comprehension skills in the field of ROMAN HISTORY, with the help of advanced textbooks. Moreover, it will make the student able to apply the acquired knowledge in an expert and reflective way, making autonomous judgments, communicating ideas, problems and reflections in a clear and correct way, and developing the knowledge required to go further in the studies.

The course aims to provide students with the basic concepts needed for the study of Roman history, with a particular concern for political anthropology.

The students will acquire knowledge of the main stages of Greek and Roman history and understanding of the contexts in which the events took place and the main political, social, and economic phenomena of the period. Ability to remember and place this knowledge in chronological order. Critical analysis of sources through independent judgment and ability to communicate the knowledge acquired, with special attention to its transmission to a primary school class.

The same of the Cousrse in Archaeological Sciences.

Module: GREEK HISTORY
The main stages of Greek history will be followed with a focus on the institutional, social, economic and cultural developments of the various forms of aggregation and communities attested in the Greek world, from the second millennium BCE to the Hellenistic Age.


Module: ROMAN HISTORY
Introduction to the study of Roman History.
Profile of political – institutional, social-economic and cultural history of Rome, from its origins down to Late Antiquity
Topics are tentatively arranged according to the following syllabus:
Introduction to Roman History: methods, sources and historiography (6 h.)
Origins to the war against Veii (4 h.)
The imperial Republic (390-133) (4 h)
Late Republic (133-31) (6 h)
The Empire in balance (31 a.C. - 235 d.C.) (6 h.)
The Empire in flux (235-337) (4 h.)
The multiple destinies of the Empire (337-476) (2 h.)

Module: GREEK HISTORY
1) Texts of Ancient Autors downloadable from the drive of the teacher.
2) L. Breglia, F.Raviola, F.Guizzi, Storia Greca, Napoli (EdiSES) 2015.
3) L.Braccesi, Guida allo studio della storia greca, Roma-Bari (Laterza) 2005.



Module: ROMAN HISTORY
1) R. Arcuri - E. Caliri - C. Giuffrida - A. Lewin - R. Marino - A. Mastrocinque - L. Mecella - C. Molè - D. Motta - A. Pinzone - U. Roberto - R. Sassu - J. Thornton (coordinamento di M. Mazza), Storia di Roma dalle origini alla tarda antichità, Testi e studi di storia antica 26, Catania, Edizioni Del Prisma, 2013

or alternatively, another university textbook on Roman history, for example

Giovanni Geraci - Arnaldo Marcone, Storia romana, edito maior, Le Monnier Università

2) G. Geraci – A. Marcone, Fonti per la storia romana, con la collaborazione di A. Cristofori, C. Salvaterra (not mandatory; recommended for everyone, especially for non-attending students).

Module: GREEK HISTORY
D.Musti, Storia greca, Roma-Bari (Laterza) 2006 (3.ed.)


Module: ROMAN HISTORY
N/D

Lectures in which the main methodological elements and basic knowledge of the discipline will be outlined in order to develop students' critical thinking skills, scientific expertise and ability to present the results achieved in the study of Greek history.

Recommended.

Questions about the main phases and phenomena of Greek history (Archaic, Classical, Hellenistic).

Reading in translation and historical commentary of Solon's verses contained in Chapter 12. of Aristotle's Constitution of the Athenians.
What are Pericles' reforms and what do they represent in the Athenian history of Greece?
When does Spartan hegemony over Greece take place and how is it articulated?
Who was Epaminondas?
Review the main events in the life of Alexander the Great.
What are the major Hellenistic kingdoms?

Module: GREEK HISTORY



Module: ROMAN HISTORY
N/D