2009/2010

2009/2010

DM270

L-ANT/03 (ROMAN HISTORY)

DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITIES

PHYLOLOGY, LITERATURE AND HISTORY OF THE ANCIENT WORLD

ORIENTALISTICO

1°

2nd semester (22/02/2010 - 29/05/2010)

6

30 lesson hours

Italian

ORAL TEST

SCUDERI RITA (titolare) - 6 ECTS

Geographical knowledeges during classical age












Fair knowledge of Classics

Lectures aim to provide an initial introduction to geographical knowledge during the classical age through the analysis of an anthology of Latin and Greek sources, such as Pausania''s Periegesis.

The conception of geography as shown by Greek historical sources. Peripli, Strabo''s Geographica (inventory of people and places in the world), Pausania''s Periegesis, Geography and Politics. Natural and administrative boundaries: known issues.

Lectures, with active students'' partecipation too.

1) Historical sources examined during lessons.
2) S. Bianchetti, Geografia storica del mondo antico, Bologna, Monduzzi, 2008: mandatory.
For not attending students, studying F. Cordano, La geografia degli antichi, Bari, Laterza, 2002 (III ediz.) id mandatory too.

Oral examination