The course aims to illustrate the main institutions of public law along the course of the Roman legal experience. Special attention will be paid to the analysis of legal and literary evidence on food and nutrition.

The course is divided into a first general part, dedicated to the study of the different constitutional forms of ancient Rome.
In the second part, in-depth studies will be offered on the following topics: administrative organisation, annona, food and prices control, corpora.

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A) Knowledge and understanding:  knowledge and understanding of the main social, cultural and economic dynamics that produced and accompanied the constitutional changes of ancient Rome.

B) Applying knowledge and understanding: ability to understand  the importance of the historical contextualisation of the political phenomenon and to critically examine, also in an interdisciplinary dimension, the fundamental lines of the historical evolution of institutions.

C) Autonomy of judgement (making judgements): ability to carry out autonomous evaluations in discussion and debate contexts.

D) Communication skills: ability to organize the learned notions rationally and completely.

E) Learning skills: ability to learn and to interpret texts with autonomy and critical sensibility.

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

Seminars on specific topics. 

Teaching

The course will be articulated in traditional mode (lectures) and in innovative-experimental mode (Flipped Learning technique teaching, hybrid seminar forms also through the use of digital touch boards).

The reception for students, aimed at providing clarifications on the methods and topics covered in the lectures, will be held in a mixed mode (presential and distance), by appointment via e-mail: maria.biccari@uniurb.it

Innovative teaching methods

The face-to-face teaching method will be enriched with exercises and in-depth studies, both individual and group, which students will be able to carry out using the University's Moodle platform.

Some topics of the course will be covered following the practice of "flipped classroom".

Attendance

Active participation in class activities is highly recommended.

Course books

- Materials that the lecturer will make available to attending students during the course uploaded on the Moodle platform.

- The following study text is recommended: I. Fargnoli, I piaceri della tavola di Roma antica. Tra alimentazione e diritto, Giappichelli, Torino 2021.

Assessment

The final exam (an oral interview) is based on three or more questions on different topics covered by the course.  This method allows you to better understand and appreciate the level of understanding of the institutions, the punctuality and accuracy of the presentation, as well as the ability to develop critical arguments and to reason on practical cases.

The evaluation criteria and the scale of marks are as follows:

less than 18/30: competence level insufficient. The student doesn’t reach the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding”.

18-20/30: competence level sufficient. In particular, the student attains the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding”.

21-23/30: competence level satisfactory. In particular, the student attains the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding” and in “applied knowledge and understanding”.

24-26/30: competence level good. In particular, the student attains the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding”, “applied knowledge and understanding” and “making judgments”.

27-29/30: competence level very good. In particular, the student attains the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding”, “applied knowledge and understanding”, “making judgments” and “communication skills”.

30-30 with honours: competence level excellent. The student fully attains the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding”, “applied knowledge and understanding”, “making judgments” and “learning skills”.

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.

Course books

In order to give non-attending students the opportunity to compensate for what is done during the lectures through self-study, the following materials referring to the same syllabus content are provided to promote full understanding:

- P. Buongiorno, M. Varvaro, Percorsi di storia del diritto romano, Editoriale Scientifica, Napoli 2024, capitoli 1-2-4-5.

- I. Fargnoli, I piaceri della tavola di Roma antica. Tra alimentazione e diritto, Giappichelli, Torino 2021.

Assessment

The final exam ( an oral interview) is based on three or more questions on different topics covered by the course.  This method allows you to better understand and appreciate the level of understanding of the institutions, the punctuality and accuracy of the presentation, as well as the ability to develop critical arguments and to reason on practical cases.

The evaluation criteria and the scale of marks are as follows:

less than 18/30: competence level insufficient. The student doesn’t reach the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding”.

18-20/30: competence level sufficient. In particular, the student attains the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding”.

21-23/30: competence level satisfactory. In particular, the student attains the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding” and in “applied knowledge and understanding”.

24-26/30: competence level good. In particular, the student attains the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding”, “applied knowledge and understanding” and “making judgments”.

27-29/30: competence level very good. In particular, the student attains the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding”, “applied knowledge and understanding”, “making judgments” and “communication skills”.

30-30 with honours: competence level excellent. The student fully attains the learning results described in “knowledge and understanding”, “applied knowledge and understanding”, “making judgments” and “learning skills”.

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.

The student can request to sit the final exam in English with an alternative bibliography.