Enrollment year
2014/2015
Academic discipline
L-ANT/03 (ROMAN HISTORY)
Department
DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITIES
Course
CLASSICAL AND ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN STUDIES
Curriculum
STORICO-ORIENTALISTICO
Period
2nd semester (23/02/2015 - 30/05/2015)
Lesson hours
36 lesson hours
Prerequisites
Good knowlwdge of Roman History and Latin Epigraphy
Learning outcomes
The course aims to provide a clear guidance towards translating texts, in order to acquire a deeper ability of understanding roman inscriptions, thanks to the analysis of a selected epigraphical corpus.
Course contents
This year's topic is Roman Army. Close attention will be paid to a wide range of inscribed sources, encompassing instrumentum inscriptum. Roman armed forces underwent numerous permutations in composition, organisation, equipment and tactics, therefore the leit-motiv will be the structural history, analyzing the unit types and ranks, legions, auxiliaries, generals, praetorian guards, special decorations, the lenght of service and the discharging of veterans as well.
An autoptical survey of Musei Civici of Pavia's epigraphical collection will take place at the end of the course.
Teaching methods
Lectures and seminar
Reccomended or required readings
1) Notes about an anthology of inscriptions examined during lectures
2) S. Giorcelli Bersani, Epigrafia e storia di Roma, Roma, Carocci, 2004
3) C. Ricci, Soldati e veterani nella vita cittadina dell'Italia imperiale, Roma, Quasar, 2010: mandatory for not attending students
Assessment methods
Oral examination
Further information
Oral examination
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