ROMAN HISTORY

Thaugt classes, but, in order to consolidate the disciplinary contents acquired on a manual basis (knowledge), exercises will be held on specific topics through the direct reading of some literary and epigraphic evidence (skills).

The teaching material (diagrams, tables, concept maps, selected passages of ancient sources with Italian translation and original text on the front) will be provided in class and published in Studium.

• the origins of Rome and the monarchical age: relationships with the Etruscan world and other peoples of the Italian peninsula;
• Republican Rome: social, political, cultural 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;
• illness and medical science in the Roman world.

Module A. The documentary basis of Roman history (3 CFU)

- G. Zecchini, Il pensiero politico romano. Dall’età arcaica alla Tarda Antichità. Nuova edizione, Roma Carocci Editore 2018 (2^a edizione), pp. 11-190.

- G. Poma (a cura di), La storia antica. Metodi e fonti per lo studio, Bologna Il Mulino 2016, chap. I; II; III; IV; VI; VIII; X; XI; XII.

Module B. Knowledge of Roman history from its origins to the Late Empire (3 CFU)

C. Giuffrida-M. Cassia-G. Arena, Roma e la sua storia. Dalla città all’Impero, Bologna Il Mulino, 2019, pp. 9-261.

Module C. Illness and medical science in the Roman world (3 CFU)

The student will study the following texts:

- I. Andorlini - A. Marcone, Medicina, medico e società nel mondo antico, Firenze, Le Monnier 2004, pp. 1-195;

- G. Arena, Inter eximia naturae dona. Il silfio cirenaico fra Ellenismo e Tarda Antichità, Acireale-Roma, Bonanno Editore 2008, pp. 11-86.

The student can otherwise choose:

- G. Arena - M. Cassia, Marcello di Side. Gli imperatori adottivi e il potere della medicina, Acireale-Roma, Bonanno Editore 2016, pp. I-XI; 9-348.

Please remember that, in compliance with art. 171 L. 22.04.1941, n. 633 and its amendments, it is illegal to copy entire books or journals, and that 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).

All the books listed in the program can be consulted in the Library.