The course, unique in the Italian academic panorama, aims to offer students a complete picture, as possible, of the salient moments in the history of ancient Sicily, encouraging a correct approach to the use of literary, epigraphic and numismatic sources. At the same time, tools will be provided for the study and processing of historical data. Among the objectives expected, and pursued through interactive lessons, in-progress tests and guided tours, there is the development of critical and judgement skills in the field of historical processes; the teaching also proposes to promote the communication skills of acquired concepts, through short oral simulations carried out during the lessons.
Frontal and interactive lessons; guided visits to sites of particular tourist interest are also planned
Fonts about the history of ancient Sicily; greek settlements in Sicily; Sicilian tyrants; the democratic 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’ government; 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. |
General course: Sicily from the Archaic age to the Roman age
I) L. Braccesi- G. Millino, La Sicilia greca, Carocci, Roma 20103.
II) C. Soraci, La Sicilia romana, Roma 2016.
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