Archaeology

MARIA LETIZIA CALDELLI
MARIA LETIZIA CALDELLI

In consistency with the educational purposes of the whole teaching course, aim of the teaching unit is to give students knowledge and comprehension skills in the field of ADVANCED LATIN EPIGRAPHY I, that complete and/or reinforce those acquired in the first grade of studies. Moreover, it will make the students able to approach orginal themes in a research context, making more complex judgments, communicating knowledge and its process, and studying the subject in an independent and self-educational way.

The course is an advanced scientific and methodological expertise in research of Roman epigraphy.

1) C. W. Weber, Panem et circenses. La politica dei divertimenti di massa nell’antica Roma, Milano 1989.
2) inscriptions read and analysed during the course unit.

The course units of Greek and Latin epigraphy will consist in a series of frontal lessons (lecture-style approach)

It is scheduled a test at the end of the course unit. It is an oral exam with open-ended questions.
The student must demonstrate that he has achieved the expected learning outcomes in relation to the various parts of the modules, as described in the section Syllabus.
The oral exam of Latin Epigraphy will consist in verify the ability to read the epigraphic texts analyzed during the course; ability to translate and understand them; ability to apply basic knowledge of the discipline for the historical interpretation of the same texts.
In order to obtain an evaluation of 30/30 cum laude, the student must demonstrate that he has acquired in an excellent way the expected learning outcomes.