Catalogo dei Corsi di studio

The course is divided in two parts:
 A.    Introduction to Greek history
 B.    Aspects of Greek political thought
 
Part A
General introduction to Greek history from the Mycenaean to the Roman period. Attention will be paid to the political and institutional history, as well as to economic, social and cultural aspects.
 Topics are tentatively arranged according to the following syllabus:
 - introduction to the main sources, to aspects of modern historiography and to the periodization
 - the Mycenaean and the early archaic periods
 - Colonization, tyranny and earliest lawgives
 - the VI century BC
 - the Persian Wars and the Pentecontetia
 - the Peloponnesian War
 - the IV century BC
 - Alexander the Great and the origins of the Hellenistic period
 - Hellenism down to the Roman conquest

Part B
The course aims at illustrating some aspects of Greek political thought in the fifth and fourth centuries BC, with particular attention to the ancient historiographical debate on the main constitutional forms.

 The lectures may be supplemented by complementary teaching activities, both off-campus (visits to Museum, exhibits, archaeological sites in Rome and nearby) and lectures and seminars held by invited speakers.

Bibliography

Part A
- Lectures’ notes and didactic materials distributed by the instructor or uploaded in his personal webpage;
- D. Musti, Storia greca. Linee di sviluppo dall’età micenea all’età romana, Roma-Bari 2006.

Part B
- Lectures’ notes and didactic materials distributed by the instructor or uploaded in his personal webpage;
 - D. Musti, Demokratìa. Origini di un'idea, Laterza, Roma-Bari 1995 (three chapters).
Additional bibliography will be given during the lessons.

Students who will not be able to attend the course will substitute the literary and documentary texts distributed by the instructor with Thucydides' Book 1 (in translation), and, as regards Part B, will read D. Musti, Demokratìa. Origini di un'idea, Laterza, Roma-Bari 1995 in its entirety.

This is a general introduction to Greek history from the Mycenaean to the Roman period. Attention will be paid to the political and institutional history, as well as to economic, social and cultural aspects.

 Topics are tentatively arranged according to the following syllabus:
 - introduction to the main sources, to aspects of modern historiography and to the periodization
 - the Mycenaean and the early archaic periods
 - Colonization, tyranny and earliest lawgives
 - the VI century BC
 - the Persian Wars and the Pentecontetia
 - the Peloponnesian War
 - the IV century BC
 - Alexander the Great and the origins of the Hellenistic period
 - Hellenism down to the Roman conquest

 The lectures may be supplemented by complementary teaching activities, both off-campus (visits to Museum, exhibits, archaeological sites in Rome and nearby) and lectures and seminars held by invited speakers.

Bibliography

- Lectures’ notes and didactic materials distributed by the instructor or uploaded in his personal webpage;
- A university textbook -e.g., Cinzia Bearzot's published by Mulino- to be supplemented with at least two chapters of one's choice from Musti, Storia greca, Laterza, Roma-Bari 2006 and subsequent reprints (e.g., but not necessarily, chapters V and VII).
Additional bibliography will be given during the lessons.

Students who will not be able to attend the course will substitute the literary and documentary texts distributed by the instructor with Thucydides' Book 1 (in translation).

This is a general introduction to Greek history from the Mycenaean to the Roman period. Attention will be paid to the political and institutional history, as well as to economic, social and cultural aspects.

 Topics are tentatively arranged according to the following syllabus:
 - introduction to the main sources, to aspects of modern historiography and to the periodization
 - the Mycenaean and the early archaic periods
 - Colonization, tyranny and earliest lawgives
 - the VI century BC
 - the Persian Wars and the Pentecontetia
 - the Peloponnesian War
 - the IV century BC
 - Alexander the Great and the origins of the Hellenistic period
 - Hellenism down to the Roman conquest

 The lectures may be supplemented by complementary teaching activities, both off-campus (visits to Museum, exhibits, archaeological sites in Rome and nearby) and lectures and seminars held by invited speakers.

Bibliography

- Lectures’ notes and didactic materials distributed by the instructor or uploaded in his personal webpage;
- A university textbook -e.g., Cinzia Bearzot's published by Mulino- to be supplemented with at least two chapters of one's choice from Musti, Storia greca, Laterza, Roma-Bari 2006 and subsequent reprints (e.g., but not necessarily, chapters V and VII).
Additional bibliography will be given during the lessons.

Students who will not be able to attend the course will substitute the literary and documentary texts distributed by the instructor with Thucydides' Book 1 (in translation).

This is a general introduction to Greek history from the Mycenaean to the Roman period. Attention will be paid to the political and institutional history, as well as to economic, social and cultural aspects.

 Topics are tentatively arranged according to the following syllabus:
 - introduction to the main sources, to aspects of modern historiography and to the periodization
 - the Mycenaean and the early archaic periods
 - Colonization, tyranny and earliest lawgives
 - the VI century BC
 - the Persian Wars and the Pentecontetia
 - the Peloponnesian War
 - the IV century BC
 - Alexander the Great and the origins of the Hellenistic period
 - Hellenism down to the Roman conquest

 The lectures may be supplemented by complementary teaching activities, both off-campus (visits to Museum, exhibits, archaeological sites in Rome and nearby) and lectures and seminars held by invited speakers.

Bibliography

- Lectures’ notes and didactic materials distributed by the instructor or uploaded in his personal webpage;
- A university textbook -e.g., Cinzia Bearzot's published by Mulino- to be supplemented with at least two chapters of one's choice from Musti, Storia greca, Laterza, Roma-Bari 2006 and subsequent reprints (e.g., but not necessarily, chapters V and VII).
Additional bibliography will be given during the lessons.

Students who will not be able to attend the course will substitute the literary and documentary texts distributed by the instructor with Thucydides' Book 1 (in translation).

This is a general introduction to Greek history from the Mycenaean to the Roman period. Attention will be paid to the political and institutional history, as well as to economic, social and cultural aspects.

 Topics are tentatively arranged according to the following syllabus:
 - introduction to the main sources, to aspects of modern historiography and to the periodization
 - the Mycenaean and the early archaic periods
 - Colonization, tyranny and earliest lawgives
 - the VI century BC
 - the Persian Wars and the Pentecontetia
 - the Peloponnesian War
 - the IV century BC
 - Alexander the Great and the origins of the Hellenistic period
 - Hellenism down to the Roman conquest

 The lectures may be supplemented by complementary teaching activities, both off-campus (visits to Museum, exhibits, archaeological sites in Rome and nearby) and lectures and seminars held by invited speakers.

Bibliography

- Lectures’ notes and didactic materials distributed by the instructor or uploaded in his personal webpage;
- A university textbook -e.g., Cinzia Bearzot's published by Mulino- to be supplemented with at least two chapters of one's choice from Musti, Storia greca, Laterza, Roma-Bari 2006 and subsequent reprints (e.g., but not necessarily, chapters V and VII).
Additional bibliography will be given during the lessons.

Students who will not be able to attend the course will substitute the literary and documentary texts distributed by the instructor with Thucydides' Book 1 (in translation).

This is a general introduction to Greek history from the Mycenaean to the Roman period. Attention will be paid to the political and institutional history, as well as to economic, social and cultural aspects.

 Topics are tentatively arranged according to the following syllabus:
 - introduction to the main sources, to aspects of modern historiography and to the periodization
 - the Mycenaean and the early archaic periods
 - Colonization, tyranny and earliest lawgives
 - the VI century BC
 - the Persian Wars and the Pentecontetia
 - the Peloponnesian War
 - the IV century BC
 - Alexander the Great and the origins of the Hellenistic period
 - Hellenism down to the Roman conquest

 The lectures may be supplemented by complementary teaching activities, both off-campus (visits to Museum, exhibits, archaeological sites in Rome and nearby) and lectures and seminars held by invited speakers.

Bibliography

- Lectures’ notes and didactic materials distributed by the instructor or uploaded in his personal webpage;
- A university textbook -e.g., Cinzia Bearzot's published by Mulino- to be supplemented with at least two chapters of one's choice from Musti, Storia greca, Laterza, Roma-Bari 2006 and subsequent reprints (e.g., but not necessarily, chapters V and VII).
Additional bibliography will be given during the lessons.

Students who will not be able to attend the course will substitute the literary and documentary texts distributed by the instructor with Thucydides' Book 1 (in translation).

This is a general introduction to Greek history from the Mycenaean to the Roman period. Attention will be paid to the political and institutional history, as well as to economic, social and cultural aspects.

 Topics are tentatively arranged according to the following syllabus:
 - introduction to the main sources, to aspects of modern historiography and to the periodization
 - the Mycenaean and the early archaic periods
 - Colonization, tyranny and earliest lawgives
 - the VI century BC
 - the Persian Wars and the Pentecontetia
 - the Peloponnesian War
 - the IV century BC
 - Alexander the Great and the origins of the Hellenistic period
 - Hellenism down to the Roman conquest

 The lectures may be supplemented by complementary teaching activities, both off-campus (visits to Museum, exhibits, archaeological sites in Rome and nearby) and lectures and seminars held by invited speakers.

Bibliography

- Lectures’ notes and didactic materials distributed by the instructor or uploaded in his personal webpage;
- A university textbook -e.g., Cinzia Bearzot's published by Mulino- to be supplemented with at least two chapters of one's choice from Musti, Storia greca, Laterza, Roma-Bari 2006 and subsequent reprints (e.g., but not necessarily, chapters V and VII).
Additional bibliography will be given during the lessons.

Students who will not be able to attend the course will substitute the literary and documentary texts distributed by the instructor with Thucydides' Book 1 (in translation).