According to the Dublin
descriptors, students, at the end of the course, will demonstrate:
1) Knowledge and
understanding: students will acquire the specific methodological tools for the
knowledge of the history of Rome, from its formation to late antiquity, in
order to understand the institutional,
social and cultural dynamics in the Roman world.
2) Ability to apply knowledge
and understanding: students will be able to distinguish the nature of sources,
as well as to link the theoretical and methodological contents learned to the
interpretation of past, present and future events and processes.
3) Autonomy of judgement:
students will acquire tools and techniques for autonomously interpreting
historical data.
4) Communication skills:
students will acquire the technical language of the historical disciplines in
order to illustrate the objectives, procedures and methodologies of Roman
history in oral and written form.
5) Learning skills: Students will
develop the ability to carry out documentary and bibliographical research on
specific historical topics.
-The first module (Module A, 2
credits) has a propaedeutic character;
- The second module (Module B,
4 credits) covers the History of Rome from the origins to the fall of the
Western Roman Empire;
- The third module (Module C,
3 credits) deals with the specific theme of the female condition in ancient
Rome
Contents:
Sources for ancient history
History of ancient
historiography
Origins of Rome and the
monarchic age
Social, political and
religious organisation of Republican Rome
The expansion in Italy and the
Mediterranean
The crisis of the roman Republic
and the formation of personal power
Social, political and
religious organisation of the Principaty
The crisis of the Third
Century/
The Dominate
The rise of Christianity
The fall of the Western Roman
Empire
Condition and image of women
in Roman antiquity
Module A: The documentary basis of Roman history (2 Credits)
- G. Poma (ed.), La storia antica. Metodi e fonti per lo studio,
Bologna Il Mulino, 2016, pp. 7-130; 157-195; 209-224; 245-307.
Module B: History of Rome from origins to the fall of
the Roman West Empire (4 Credits)
Students have to study one of
the following texts:
G. Cresci Marrone - F. Rohr Vio - L. Calvelli, Roma antica. Storia e documenti, Il
Mulino, Bologna 2014, pp. 11-379;
E. Gabba - D. Foraboschi - D. Mantovani - E. Lo Cascio - L. Troiani, Introduzione
alla storia di Roma, LED, Milano 2002, pp. 13-148, 224-464,
535-560;
G. Geraci-A. Marcone, Storia romana. Editio maior, Mondadori
Education, Milano 2017, pp. XV-XVIII; 1-533;
M. Mazza (ed.), Storia di Roma dalle origini alla tarda antichità,
Edizioni del Prisma, Catania 2019.
Module C: The condition of women in ancient Rome (3 Credits)
- E. Cantarella, L’ambiguo malanno. Condizione e immagine della donna
nell’antichità greca e romana, Universale economica Feltrinelli,
Milano 2015, pp. 7-21; 149-263
-M. Albana, Imperatrici, donne d'alto rango e popolane nel IV sec. d.C.:
osservazioni in margine ad Ammiano Marcellino, «QC» 4-5, 1992-1993,
pp. 275-331.
-M. Albana, Le medicae nel mondo romano, Nuova Rivista
di Storia della Medicina, IV, 1, 2023 (ISSN: 2724-4954 ) DOI 10.13135/2724-
4954/7297 , pp. 1-28.
Please remember that in compliance with art 171
L22.04.1941, n. 633 and its amendments, it is illegal to copy entire books or
journals, only 15% of their content can be copied.
For further information on sanctions and regulations
concerning photocopying please refer to the regulations on copyright (Linee
Guida sulla Gestione dei Diritti d’Autore) provided by AIDRO - Associazione
Italiana per i Diritti di Riproduzione delle opere dell’ingegno (the
ItalianAssociation on Copyright).
All
the books listed in the programs can be consulted in the Library..