- Docente: Tommaso Gnoli
- Credits: 6
- SSD: L-ANT/03
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Ravenna
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Corso:
First cycle degree programme (L) in
CULTURAL HERITAGE (cod. 0886)
Also valid for First cycle degree programme (L) in CULTURAL HERITAGE (cod. 0886)
First cycle degree programme (L) in CULTURAL HERITAGE (cod. 0886)
Learning outcomes
Introduction to the study of Roman history. At the end of the course the student is acquainted with the most relevant themes and events (concerning politics, institutions, mentality, religion, economics) of the Roman history and is able to locate them critically. Introduction to the methodology of historical research and to the analysis of literary and documentary scources. Particular attention is paid to historiography and epigraphy.
Course contents
This is a six-month course (second half of the year) and it will be articulated into modules. Students who choose a 6 CFU program shall attend lessons during the first half of the course, while students who choose 12 CFU program shall attend lessons in the second half as well. Frequency is warmly suggested. For those who cannot attend the lessons, it is possible to follow a program with a supplementary text (cfr. sect. "Texts"). The aim of the course is to supply the students with an in-depth analysis of some relevant subjects that are not sufficiently treated in the manuals. Two main groups of subjects will be dealt with: 1)- In depth-analysis of the manual; 2)- Guide to the knowledge and employment of the bibliographical resources.
Readings/Bibliography
12 CFU program:1) Filippo Cassola,Storia di Roma dalle origini a Cesare, Roma: Jouvence, 1985. 2) Santo Mazzarino,L'impero romanoI-II, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 1973. 3) Materials presented and discussed during the lessons. Students do not follow the lessons shall substitute 3) with: Elio Lo Cascio (a cura di),Storia romana, Antologia delle fonti, Bologna: Monduzzi Editore, 2008.
6 CFU program: 1) Arnaldo Momigliano, Manuale di Storia romana, a cura di Attilio Mastrocinque, Torino: UTET Università, 2011. 2) Elio Lo Cascio (a cura di), Storia romana, Antologia delle fonti, Bologna: Monduzzi Editore, 2008. 3)Materials presented and discussed during the lessons. Students do not follow the lessons shall substitute 3) with: Herrmann Bengtson,Introduzione alla storia antica, Bologna: Il Mulino.
Teaching methods
Frontal lessons.
Assessment methods
Oral examination.
Teaching tools
The course will be organized in frontal lessons held by the teacher himself. He will sometimes make use of an overhead-projector, computer presentations and photocopies of the texts. All these materials can be found at the end of the course also on-line on the web-page of the course.
Office hours
See the website of Tommaso Gnoli