The course aims at providing the students with critical tools in order to make them understand and assess autonomously, through the reading of historiographical and documentary sources, the political, social, cultural and economic features of the Roman world in general and more specifically of the achievement of Roman hegemony over the eastern Mediterranean.

• Part 1 (36 hours) deals with the main themes about the history of Rome from the Archaic age to Late Antiquity.
• In Part 2 (36 hours) the relationships between Rome and the East in the Republican age will be discussed, with a particular focus on the key moments characterizing the Roman conquest of the hegemony over the Greek world from the III cent. B.C., the political and diplomatic processes hiding behind the annexation of the East to the Roman dominions and the control exercised by Rome over the territories newly acquired (provincialization of Macedonia and Asia).

Attendance of Part 2 requires a good knowledge of the main notions about Roman history (Part 1)

At the end of the course the student will have acquired a good knowledge of the themes discussed during the class and studied on the texts and will be able to debate properly about them. He will know how to interpet critically the topics illustrated by the teacher and to make diachronic connections between them and also to communicate orally in the discipline-specific language.

The teaching material prepared by the lecturer in addition to recommended textbooks (such as for instance slides, lecture notes, exercises, bibliography) and communications from the lecturer specific to the course can be found inside the Moodle platform › blended.uniurb.it

Teaching

Lectures, slides, didactic materials (sources)

Attendance

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Course books

International students should talk to the teacher as soon as possible about the Course books and the assessment procedure.

• Part 1: to be defined (around 300 pages)

• Among the Course texts of Part 2 are: 

               - J. Hind, Mithridates, in Cambridge Ancient History, 2nd edition (1992), vol. IX, The Last Age of the Roman Republic, 146-43 B.C., pp. 140-164

               - A. Sherwin-White, Lucullus, Pompey and the East, in Cambridge Ancient History, 2nd edition (1992), vol. IX, The Last Age of the Roman Republic, 146-43                   B.C., pp. 229-273

Assessment

Oral examination

Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)

Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.

To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.

Teaching

Didactic materials provided by the teacher

Attendance

-

Course books

Non-attending students should talk to the teacher as soon as possible about the Course books and the assessment procedure.

Assessment

Oral examination

Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)

Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.

To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.