2016/2017

2017/2018

DM270

L-ANT/03 (ROMAN HISTORY)

DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITIES

HISTORY AND PROMOTION OF CULTURAL HERITAGE

Archeologia classica

2°

2nd semester (26/02/2018 - 01/06/2018)

6

36 lesson hours

Italian

ORAL TEST

SCUDERI RITA (titolare) - 6 ECTS

Good knowledge of Latin and Roman History.

Reading, dating, recording a latin inscription and publishing criteria of text will be taught during the lessons.
A whole comprehension of every aspect shown by epigraphies (historical and palaeographical ones) will be achieved during the course, thanks to guided transcriptions and analysis of selected examples.

Survival, transmission and reception of ancient epigraphies. Roman onomastic. Palaeographical features. Categories: holy, honorific, burial, related to public buildings, juridical ones and instrumentum inscriptum.
Epigraphical databases. Study of selected examples.
An autoptical survey of University of Pavia's epigraphical collection will take place at the end of the course.

Lectures and seminars.

1) Notes about an anthology of inscriptions examined during lectures
2) One of the following handbooks:
- L. Braccesi, U. Agnati, Epigrafia latina, Bologna, Monduzzi, 2008
- A. Buonopane, Manuale di epigrafia latina, Roma, Carocci, 2011 (II ediz.): mandatory for not-attending students.

The competences acquired in Latin Epigraphy will be checked by oral examination.

The competences acquired in Latin Epigraphy will be checked by oral examination.