ANTIQUITY AND ROMAN INSTITUTIONS
Oral
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 trough the religious dynamics and the roman priesthoods.
“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.
G. Poma, "Le istituzioni politiche del mondo romano", Il Mulino, Bologna 2009 (nuova edizione).
J. Rüpke, "Pantheon. Una nuova storia della religione romana", Einaudi, Torino 2018.
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.
Face to face lessons, seminars.
There will be practical exercises at some archaeological sites of particular importance and the epigraphic laboratory.
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