ANTIQUITY AND ROMAN INSTITUTIONS

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Academic Year of enrolment:

2016/2017

Type of Course:

Characterising

Optional/Mandatory:

Optional

Degree:

Master's Degree Programme in HISTORICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL SCIENCES

Disciplinary Sector:

ROMAN HISTORY

Language:

Italian

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

RUGGERI Paola

Hours of classroom activity:

Prerequisites:

No prerequisites are required

AF code:

A000538

Assessment Methods

Verification of learning:

Oral

Teaching period

First semester

Objectives

We expect an in depth study of the mechanisms which regulated Roman political life, beyond the stereotypes of the teaching of Ancient History which has often which has often favoured the history of events.
Students will be guided to a deeper reflection over the Roman citizens’ sense of civil participation. They will also be guided in some ways to a comprehension of the contemporary political world through the study of the theories and practice of Roman politics.
Students will also be directed to a reflection on the relationship between politics and religion in Ancient Rome.

Contents

“Politics in Roman times”: the role of the comitia; magistrates; the senate; religion and politics; the disintegration of the Republican system; the emergence of individual leaderships; the partes, optimates and populares; reformism illuminated by the Gracchi elite; the role of intellectuals and the regime of the protesters; Augustus and his firm hand against the political opposition; the decline of the popular assemblies; the court and bureaucracy; politics in the late ancient period towards the Christian empire: the Emperor and the theocratic Emperor.
In addition (students of Antiquity and Roman institutions): politics and religion in Ancient Rome.

Recommended Bibliography

Luca Fezzi, "Modelli politici di Roma antica", Carocci, Roma 2015.
Simone Weil, "Sulla Germania totalitaria", Adelphi, Milano 1990, o altra edizione.
G. Cresci Marrone, F. Rohr Vio, L. Calvelli, "Roma antica. Storia e documenti", Il Mulino, Bologna 2014.
In addition (students of Antiquity and Roman institutions):
Cicerone, "De natura Deorum";
J. Champeaux, "La religione dei Romani", Il Mulino, Bologna 2002;
J. Scheid, "Quando fare è credere. I riti sacrificali dei Romani", Laterza Editori, Bari 2011.
Other articles and iconographic material will be provided by the lecturer during the course.

Methods of Provision

Conventional

Teaching Methods

Face to face lessons, seminars.
There will be practical exercises at some archaeological sites of particular importance and the epigraphic laboratory.

Contacts/More Information

Readiness to accept examination of incoming students also in a foreign language: English
Readiness to offer individual assistance also in a foreign language to incoming students: English

Borrowed courses

ANTIQUITY AND ROMAN INSTITUTIONS
LETTERE, FILOLOGIA MODERNA E INDUSTRIA CULTURALE - Filologia Moderna

Other courses

Course year: 1

HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY
12 credits
ANTIQUITY AND ROMAN INSTITUTIONS
12 credits - Caratterizzante
CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY
6 credits - Caratterizzante
HISTORY AND GREEK EPIGRAPHY
12 credits - Caratterizzante
THEORETICAL PHILOSOPHY
12 credits - Caratterizzante
CONTEMPORARY HISTORY
6 credits - Affine/Integrativa
MEDIEVAL HISTORY
12 credits - Affine/Integrativa
MODERN HISTORY
6 credits - Affine/Integrativa

Course year: 2

GEOGRAFIA DEI PAESAGGI
6 credits - Affine/Integrativa
PALEOGRAPHY
6 credits - Affine/Integrativa
FINAL TEST
10 credits - Lingua/Prova Finale
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
6 credits - Altro
FRENCH LANGUAGE
6 credits - Altro
GERMAN LANGUAGE
6 credits - Altro
OTHER USEFUL KNOWLEDGE FOR THE WORLD OF WORK INCLUSION
2 credits - Altro
SPANISH LANGUAGE
6 credits - Altro

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