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ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE MEDITERRANEAN IN CLASSICAL AGE

Academic Year 2026/2027 - Teacher: LUIGI MARIA CALIO'

Expected Learning Outcomes

The course will take a monographic approach to the archaeology of sanctuaries and worship in Sicily, from the early colonial period to the High Empire, with a particular focus on the relationship between Sicilian and Greek religion, seeking to identify local characteristics and Mediterranean patterns within the religious systems of Sicily.

Based on the Dublin descriptors, the course objectives are:

1) Knowledge and understanding. To provide students with knowledge of the cultural development of the Mediterranean between the Bronze and Iron Ages.

2) Ability to apply knowledge and understanding. make the student able to consciously undertake research in the field of classical archaeology, through the acquisition of adequate tools and methodologies, both in the archaeological, epigraphic and bibliographic fields. This purpose will be achieved through an in-depth examination of some specific aspects with seminar-type methodologies.

3) Autonomy of judgment. Develop in students a critical approach to texts with systematic comparisons between description of monuments and analysis of the same in situ.

4) Communication skills. Provide students with specialized vocabulary to enable them to communicate adequately to the scientific community.

5) Learning skills. Develop autonomy in the ability to identify the most representative scientific texts and understand them adequately

Course Structure

Lectures.

Attendance of Lessons

Attendance is not compulsory

Detailed Course Content

The course focuses on the religious aspect of ancient Sicily in the 11th century and the imperial period. A series of topics will be covered during the course to provide a comprehensive overview of the subject: indigenous sanctuaries; late Mycenaean cult systems; the development of a shared religious culture between the 11th and 7th centuries; the emergence of new architectural forms in Sicilian sanctuaries; the organisation of monumental cities with processional routes in the Classical period; the structuring of sanctuaries and worship in the Hellenistic period and the new royal cities; and the Romanisation of worship and the emergence of new cults in the Roman period.

Textbook Information

For those who have not taken the exam of Classical Archeology:

J. Whitley, The Archaeology of Ancient Greece, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2001, pp. 490.

Mod. A (3 CFU)

E. Lippolis, M. Livadiotti, G. Rocco, Architettura Greca, Milano 2007, pp.161-180; 253-291; 335-360; 394-428; 481-494.

 

Mod. B (3 CFU)

Brelich, La religione greca in Sicilia, Kokalos 10-11 (1964-1965), 35-54

P. Anello, G. Martorana, R. Sammartano, Ethne e religioni nella Sicilia antica, Supplementi a "Kókalos", 18, 2000, pp. 1-70; 215-342.

 

Mod. C (3 CFU)

Mertens, Città e monumenti dei Greci in Occidente, Roma 2006 pp. 463.

 

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 Italian Association on Copyright).

The teachers undertake, within the limits of the financial resources, to ensure as far as possible that a copy of the adopted texts is available in the departmental library or (in the case of hard-to-find texts, articles and essays) to make them available on Studium, in accordance with the applicable copyright laws.

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