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.

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.