ROMAN HISTORY

- to outline the history of Rome following the long story of a city which struggled to maintain its strong independence and to assert its hegemony in Latium, and came to dominate the Mediterranean, leaving an indelible mark in the history of Europe;

- to present aims and instruments of the methodology of historical research: interpreting the past through the ancient sources and precise location of the contents on a diachronic line and in a geographical context;

- to define the complex “matters” of the discipline in the light of the modern historiographical debate.

the origins of Rome and the monarchical age: relationships with the Etruscan world and other peoples of the Italian peninsula;

- Republican Rome: social, political and religious organization;

- expansionism in the Mediterranean basin;

- Imperial Rome: social and political organization of the Principate;

- the third century: economic problems and social dynamics;

- Christianity and imperial power;

- the bureaucratization in Late Antiquity;

- the fall of the Western Roman Empire.

A. The documentary basis of Roman history (1 CFU).

The student will make a choose between these books:

- G. Zecchini, Il pensiero politico romano. Dall’età arcaica alla Tarda Antichità, Roma La Nuova Italia Scientifica 1997, pp. 11-113 or pp. 69-170.

- G. Poma (a cura di), Le fonti per la storia antica, Bologna Il Mulino 2008, pp. 7-40; 115-158; 175-192; 215-236.

B. Knowledge of Roman history from its origins to the Late Empire: thematic units and historiographical issues (5 CFU).

The student will choose one of these books:

- AA.VV. (M. Mazza dir.), Storia di Roma dalle origini alla Tarda Antichità, Catania Edizioni del Prisma 2013, pp. 1-470.

- G. Cresci Marrone - F. Rohr Vio - L. Calvelli, Roma antica. Storia e documenti, Bologna Il Mulino 2014, pp. 11-379.

- G. Geraci - A. Marcone, Storia romana, Milano Mondadori Education 2011, pp. 1-338.

- A. Momigliano (a cura di A. Mastrocinque), Manuale di storia romana, Torino UTET 2011, pp. 1-257.

- M. Pani - E. Todisco, Storia romana. Dalle origini alla Tarda Antichità, Carocci editore Roma 2008, pp. 13-403.