STORIA DELLA SICILIA ANTICA

To show the main phases of the history of ancient Sicily; to promote a proper use of literary, epigraphical, archaeological and numismatic sources; to present the most important theories of modern scholars about the main themes of the history of ancient Sicily; to provide instruments and methods to study and to process historical data.

Frontal and interactive lessons.

Fonts about the history of ancient Sicily; greek settlements in Sicily; Sicilian tyrants; the democratical interlude; Dionysius the Elder and his successors; Timoleon in Sicily; Agathocles’ reign; Sicily during the Punic wars; the first Roman province; Sicily as Rome’s granary; Sicily in the second century B.C.; Verres’ gouvernment; Sicily in the first century B.C.; Sextus Pompey, Octavian and Sicily; Sicily in the Augustan age; Roman emperors and Sicily; Sicilian latifundia under the Roman empire; Sicily from the fourth to the sixth century A.D.

1. General course: Sicily from the Archaic age to the rule of Odoacer

- L. Braccesi- G. Millino, La Sicilia greca, Carocci, Roma 2010³.

- C. Soraci, La Sicilia romana, Carocci, Roma 2016.

1. History of ancient Sicily and promotion of the cultural heritage: some examples

- G. Lamagna (a cura di), Tesori dalla Sicilia: gli ori del British Museum a Siracusa, Regione Siciliana, Palermo 2015, pp. 3-23.

- G. Lamagna, R. Amato (a cura di), La rotonda di Adelfia. Testimonianze archeologiche dalla catacomba di S. Giovanni, Regione Siciliana, Palermo 2014, pp. 4-39.

Students have to choose one of the following texts:

- S. Pittia, Diodore et l’histoire de la Sicile républicaine, DHA suppl. 6 : Diodore d’Agyrion et l’histoire de la Sicile, 2011, pp. 171-226;

- R.J.A. Wilson, Roman villas in Sicily, in A. Marzano e G. Métraux (eds.), The Roman villa in the Mediterranean basin. Late Republic to Late Antiquity, Cambridge 2018, pp. 195-219.

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).

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