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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 Mediolatin Literature, 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. In particular, the course focuses on specific aspects of medieval and humanistic Latin literature (authors, genres, themes, etc.) to provide students with knowledge and understanding which extend and strengthen the skills acquired in the first cycle. Students will be able to make a critical reading of the literary works, to interpret them in the light of the most modern critical and methodological acquisitions, to read the medieval Latin texts in their original language, analyzed from a philological, linguistic, stylistic and historical-literary point of view. A further objective is to develop awareness of the value of the Latin medieval culture - the synthesis of classical, christian and germanic / celtic cultures - as the true foundation of modern European culture.

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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 Byzantine Philology, 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. In particular, students will acquire advanced skills to use critical and methodological tools related to specific aspects of the history of the Byzantine civilization and of the medieval Greek language. Students will be able to read literary texts of the Byzantine era (starting from philological, linguistic, stylistic, historical and literary point of view) from a critical perspective and interpret them through modern methodology related to scientific discussion.

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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 Latin Epigraphy and Roman Antiquities, 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. In particular, the course aims at providing students with basic knowledges and methodological competences for the research in the field of the Latin epigraphy and the Roman antiquities.

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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 Papyrology, 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. In particular, students are expected to acquire: (a) the basic technical and methodological tools necessary to study the Greek papyri, both literary and documentary; (b) a basic knowledge of the development of the Greek script from the fourth century B.C to the eighth century A.D.; (c) an ability to express their own distinctive scholarly voices on individual documents, as well as on select problems of historical and philological character; and (d) a good knowledge of the instrumenta studiorum of the discipline.

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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 the Aegean Civilizations, 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. In particular, the didactical goal of the archaeological section of the course is represented by the study of Minoan and Mycenaean civilization, in the wider context of the Mediterranean area, from the islands (Cyprus, Cyclades) to Anatolia (Hittite empire), and from Syrian and Palestinian coasts to the Egypt and to the far routes to Italic coasts; the didactical goal of the philological section of the course is the philological interpretation and study of the Greek Mycenaean texts (II mill. a.C.).

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1. The student has to demonstrate that he has acquired knowledge and ability to understand that reinforce those acquired during the first cycle of the training course and that allow to elaborate original ideas in the field of text criticism.
2. The student has to show to be able to solve new problems in the field of textual criticism with reference to interdisciplinary contexts.
3. The student must be able to integrate the acquired knowledge and manage the complexity of the scientific problems related to the method of restitution of the text, to know how to formulate independent judgments with attention to the social issues related to the critical edition of a text.
4. The student has to know how to communicate the acquired information and explain the procedures that have enabled their acquisition so that they can be understood in the specialist and non-specialist fields.
5. The student must prove that he knows how to study independently in the field of philology and textual criticism of Italian literature.

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The course in Historical linguistics for MA aims at elaborating at a deeper level the linguistic knowledge already acquired by the students during their BA course. Particularly,the general skills in theoretical
linguistics will be applied to specific natural languages, with a particular regard towards extra-European languages. This course deals with the phenomenon of linguistics contact, discussing the main effects it may produce with respect to linguistic change, not only at lexical level, but, most importantly, at more structured levels as morphology, syntax and phonology. As for the consequences of the linguistic contact, the relationship between universal drifts and specific historical and sociological biases will be carefully examined.

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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 Greek Epigraphy, 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. In particular, the course aims at providing students with the tools to assess the contribution of epigraphic studies to historical issues of ancient Greece.

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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 Ancient Numismatics, 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. In particular, the course aims at introducing students to the understanding of the history of the object currency, in its progress in the different cultures of the ancient Mediterranean.

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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 Ancient Urban Planning, 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. In particular, the course aims at providing students with notions about urban development process in historical cities, that is basic elements on: 1. the inspiring principles in colonial planning in distinct historical periods; 2. architectural components in urban framing; 3. technical processing work from the urban project to the accomplished plan, to now-a-days situation through the post-roman alterations. The course also analyses geopolitical context referring to particularly interesting archaeological environments (from Mediterranean basin to Central America).

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- To promote the acquisition of advanced skills in the field of Greek literature by examining specialized topics and adopting innovative interpretive approaches;
- To enhance skills in text interpretation and analysis through the application of advanced methodological frameworks, emphasizing interdisciplinary integration and strengthening the foundations for deeper disciplinary specialization;
- To encourage the independent development of research on specific literary themes, stimulating analytical, synthetic, and argumentative abilities while reinforcing communication skills.

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Aim of the teaching unit is to give students a basic knowledge and comprehension skills in the field of Ancient Greek Dialectology. 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. In particular, the course will provide students with some more advanced notions of Greek language and literature together with epigraphical competences and skills, that are necessary for the study of Ancient Greek Dialects.

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To consolidate and deepen the knowledge of the Greek language and literature, while cultivating a critical approach to the teaching of Ancient Greek and engaging in reflective inquiry into its complex dynamics in light of the ongoing debate in classical studies;
To acquire a profound understanding of the methodologies and didactical tools essential for instructing Greek language and literature at the upper secondary level;
To develop cross-disciplinary reflections on cultural themes, thereby fostering the capacity to formulate nuanced and sophisticated judgments;
To design thematic and interdisciplinary learning modules, developing operational tools that are applicable in teaching practice.

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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 Mediolatin Literature, 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. In particular, the course focuses on specific aspects of medieval and humanistic Latin literature (authors, genres, themes, etc.) to provide students with knowledge and understanding which extend and strengthen the skills acquired in the first cycle. Students will be able to make a critical reading of the literary works, to interpret them in the light of the most modern critical and methodological acquisitions, to read the medieval Latin texts in their original language, analyzed from a philological, linguistic, stylistic and historical-literary point of view. A further objective is to develop awareness of the value of the Latin medieval culture - the synthesis of classical, christian and germanic / celtic cultures - as the true foundation of modern European culture.

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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 the History of Near Ancient East, 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. In particular, the course aims at providing students with the basic historical competency to deal with the History of the ancient Near East in its development over more than two millennia and in its geographic and linguistic differences, with the presentation of illustrative case studies.

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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 the Philosophical Anthropology, 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. In particular, the course aims at providing students with the essential notions of the Philosophical Anthropology.

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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 the History of Ancient Philosophy, 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. In particular, the course aims at putting students in direct contact with the ancient philosophical texts and providing them with historical, philosophical and philological knowledge, that is needed to interpret and understand their originality and specificity in the right way.

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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 the History of Medieval Philosophy, 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. In particular, the course aims at introducing students to the knowledge of medieval philosophical texts, providing them with the philosophical, historical and philological means indispensable to interpret and understand their original specification.

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The course of geography teaching, addressing the main issues concerning the learning / teaching processes of geography, highlights the relationships between research and disciplinary teaching and identifies teaching methodologies and tools able to promote in students an appropriate use of vocabulary and categories interpretations of the discipline in order to be able to understand and contextualise the environmental and anthropological characteristics of the territory.

Course topics: geographic skills and the assumptions of the vertical geography curriculum; learning units; teaching practices; direct observation; indirect observation and the tools of geo-graphicity (iconic instruments, literary-linguistic tools, ludiform instruments); space and time; geotechnologies; values in geographic education.

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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 Cultural Anthropology, 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. In particular, students are required to acquire the basic knowledge of Cultural Anthropology.

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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 Medieval History, 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. In particular, the course aims at: analizing historical events by reading documents both published and unpublished; making students know the scholars’ bibliography and the changes of historical perspectives about the lessons’ subject; working out students’ critical ability towards history and its development; teaching the students how to compare different kinds of documents in order to take into consideration and to use the different points of view; understanding how to place a particular event inside the wider and more general historical frame.

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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 History of Religions, 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. In particular, the course aims at providing students with advanced tools within the religious-historical research, especially on the classical world.

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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 the History of Christianity, 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. In particular, the course aims at providing students with an advanced knowledge of the history of the origins of Christian institutions and theology.

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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 the Palaeography of the Classics, 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. In particular, the course, by using the palaeographical method, will enable students to read, date and locate manuscripts – especially medieval ones –, and will provide some coordinates on the history of the texts and the culture that manuscripts illustrate.

Educational objectives

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 the Palaeography of the Classics, 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. In particular, the course, by using the palaeographical method, will enable students to read, date and locate manuscripts – especially medieval ones –, and will provide some coordinates on the history of the texts and the culture that manuscripts illustrate.

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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 Papyrology, 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. In particular, students are expected to acquire: (a) the basic technical and methodological tools necessary to study the Greek papyri, both literary and documentary; (b) a basic knowledge of the development of the Greek script from the fourth century B.C to the eighth century A.D.; (c) an ability to express their own distinctive scholarly voices on individual documents, as well as on select problems of historical and philological character; and (d) a good knowledge of the instrumenta studiorum of the discipline.

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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 History of Medieval Art, 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. In particular, the course aims at providing students with insight into the culture and artistic production (painting, sculpture, architecture) of the Middle Age and a critical approach to art-historical issues of the period.

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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 Byzantine Philology, 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. In particular, students will acquire advanced skills to use critical and methodological tools related to specific aspects of the history of the Byzantine civilization and of the medieval Greek language. Students will be able to read literary texts of the Byzantine era (starting from philological, linguistic, stylistic, historical and literary point of view) from a critical perspective and interpret them through modern methodology related to scientific discussion.

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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 Romance Philology, 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. In particular, the course aims at providing students with a reliable research methodology in relation to the most recent fields of the research for what concerns some key issues of the Romance philological studies.

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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 Glottology, 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. In particular, the course aims at providing students with a diachronic methodology in order to have a critical mind in analyzing bibliography concerning issues and problems of historical linguistics, with special reference to ancient Indo-European languages.

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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 Egyptology, 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. In particular, the course aims at the analysis of some archaeological and linguistic aspects of Egyptian culture.

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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 Hebrew Language and Literature, 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. In particular, the course aims at providing students with knowledge of Hebrew language aimed at the reading of texts, and notions of Hebrew literature.

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The course aims to provide students with the linguistic knowledge to deal with Armenian texts of medium difficulty, directing them to the understanding of the main historical and literary dynamics that characterized ancient Armenian culture. Students will be able to exercise the knowledge and understanding acquired in order to analyze texts and historical contexts that are new, although connected with those they have already encountered in their field of study. This way, the students will be able to take note of the more complex articulation of the ancient world and to refine their ability to reflect on this complexity and evaluate it. Students will be guided to express and communicate these reflections and evaluations in a clear and understandable way. The aim of the course is to develop in students the learning skills necessary to continue and deepen the study independently.

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The course aims to provide knowledge and understanding of the methodological, critical and applicable aspects of the discipline, with particular regard to the material characters of manuscript witnesses, the figures of both copyists and readers, and the role that all these aspects played in the history of Greek texts, whose preservation and loss from Antiquity to the Humanism will also be focused. The course also proposes geographical areas and sectorial perspectives in which related projects are activated; it shows the variability of fields of interest; it enables the student to master the specific topics in order to use them and apply them in other fields of study while using the correct specific language. With the acquired knowledge the student will be able to develop autonomous ability of connections with other disciplines in the various historical epochs and cultural contexts.

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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 the Etruscology and Italic Antiquities, 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. In particular, the course aims at providing students with an overview of the history and civilization of the Etruscans, with particular reference to the relationship between archaeological data - material culture, art and crafts - and the valuable information derived from Greek and Latin sources, since we do not have any Etruscan literary text.

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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 Classical Archaeology, 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. In particular, the course aims at providing students with the knowledge of an integrated framework of the main conceptual categories of discipline and at the same time, of some important particular acquisitions related to this framework.

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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 Medieval Archaeology, 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. In particular, the course aims at providing students with consolidated tools for the archaeological analysis: students will study some archaeological complexes that are very relevant to the reconstruction of the Medieval society, and will be introduced to the knowledge of the most important themes in the most updated archaeological research in Italy and in Europe.

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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 Latin Literature, 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. In particular, students are required to acquire: a deep knowledge of Latin language; a deep knowledge of Latin literature from III B.C. to VI A.D.; a good notion of the persistence of Latin language and civilization in Italian and European culture from the Middle Ages onwards; advanced skills in the research techniques required for the critical exam of Latin texts; mastery of the specific research tools available in traditional or computerized and telematic form in the specific area of Latin texts.

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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 Classical Philology, 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. In particular, the course aims at providing students with the capacity to investigate a classical literary work from an historical, linguistic and critical point of view.

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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 the Ancient Christian Literature, 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. In particular, the course aims at providing students with knowledge of literary genres, main themes and historical-philological problems of ancient Christian literature in Greek and Latin and translation and commentary of Christian texts in a critical edition.

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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 Latin Philology, 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. In particular, the course aims at providing students with: a deep knowledge of Latin language; mastery of the philological method (eventually through exercises of recensio); a good notion of the transmission of Latin texts; advanced skills in the research techniques required for the critical exam or editing of Latin texts; mastery of the specific research tools available in traditional or computerized and telematic form in the specific area of Latin texts.

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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 the Didactics of Latin, 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. In particular, students are required to acquire: a deep knowledge of Latin language; a deep knowledge of Latin literature from III b.C. to VI a.D.; a good notion of the persistence of Latin language and civilization in Italian and European culture from the Middle Ages onwards; advanced skills in the research techniques required for the critical exam of Latin texts; competences and skills that are necessary for school teaching and up-to-date methodologies in teaching Latin; mastery of the specific research tools available in traditional or computerized and telematic form in the specific area of Latin texts.

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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 Mediolatin Literature, 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. In particular, the course focuses on specific aspects of medieval and humanistic Latin literature (authors, genres, themes, etc.) to provide students with knowledge and understanding which extend and strengthen the skills acquired in the first cycle. Students will be able to make a critical reading of the literary works, to interpret them in the light of the most modern critical and methodological acquisitions, to read the medieval Latin texts in their original language, analyzed from a philological, linguistic, stylistic and historical-literary point of view. A further objective is to develop awareness of the value of the Latin medieval culture - the synthesis of classical, christian and germanic / celtic cultures - as the true foundation of modern European culture.

Educational objectives

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 Classical Archaeology, 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. In particular, the course aims at providing students with the knowledge of an integrated framework of the main conceptual categories of discipline and at the same time, of some important particular acquisitions related to this framework.

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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 Medieval Greek Literature, 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. In particular, the course aims at: studying in depth some significant literary genres within the historical framework of Medieval Greek literature; acquiring a knowledge of the distinctive traits of the system of literary genres within their historical tradition; acquiring the skill to compare the Medieval Greek literary tradition with other traditions; deepening the knowledge of textual criticism by applying its principles to traditions other than the classical one.

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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 Roman Law, 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. In particular, students are required to acquire: 1) knowledge about Roman political and constitutional events, sources of law, law enforcement and criminal procedure; 2) instruments of research in Roman law (fontes, lexicon, bibliography, digital archives).

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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 Classical Philology, 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. In particular, the course aims at providing students with the capacity to investigate a classical literary work from an historical, linguistic and critical point of view.

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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 the Etruscology and Italic Antiquities, 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. In particular, the course aims at providing students with an overview of the history and civilization of the Etruscans, with particular reference to the relationship between archaeological data - material culture, art and crafts - and the valuable information derived from Greek and Latin sources, since we do not have any Etruscan literary text.

Educational objectives

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 Mediolatin Literature, 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. In particular, the course focuses on specific aspects of medieval and humanistic Latin literature (authors, genres, themes, etc.) to provide students with knowledge and understanding which extend and strengthen the skills acquired in the first cycle. Students will be able to make a critical reading of the literary works, to interpret them in the light of the most modern critical and methodological acquisitions, to read the medieval Latin texts in their original language, analyzed from a philological, linguistic, stylistic and historical-literary point of view. A further objective is to develop awareness of the value of the Latin medieval culture - the synthesis of classical, christian and germanic / celtic cultures - as the true foundation of modern European culture.

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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 Byzantine Philology, 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. In particular, students will acquire advanced skills to use critical and methodological tools related to specific aspects of the history of the Byzantine civilization and of the medieval Greek language. Students will be able to read literary texts of the Byzantine era (starting from philological, linguistic, stylistic, historical and literary point of view) from a critical perspective and interpret them through modern methodology related to scientific discussion.

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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 Greek Epigraphy, 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. In particular, the course aims at providing students with the tools to assess the contribution of epigraphic studies to historical issues of ancient Greece.

Educational objectives

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 Medieval History, 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. In particular, the course aims at: analizing historical events by reading documents both published and unpublished; making students know the scholars’ bibliography and the changes of historical perspectives about the lessons’ subject; working out students’ critical ability towards history and its development; teaching the students how to compare different kinds of documents in order to take into consideration and to use the different points of view; understanding how to place a particular event inside the wider and more general historical frame.

Educational objectives

According with the objectives of the Degree Course, the lessons aim to provide, in the field of Roman Antiquities and Institutions,
knowledge and understanding skills to enable the student to address
original themes in a research context, formulating judgments in a more complex and articulated form, communicating the knowledge and processes that led to their acquisition, and studying the topics independently. Specifically, the teaching aims to provide students with mastery
of the basic tools for research in the field of epigraphy and Roman antiquities and institutions with in-depth study of methodological skills.