2015/2016

2017/2018

DM270

L-ANT/03 (ROMAN HISTORY)

DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITIES

HUMANITIES

LETTERE ANTICHE

3°

1st semester (25/09/2017 - 10/01/2018)

6

36 lesson hours

Italian

ORAL TEST

CARSANA CHIARA (titolare) - 6 ECTS

General knowledge of the history of the Roman Republic

- The course aims at stimulating a critical approach and independence of judgement.
- Acquisition of critical methodology in analysing ancient sources.

- Critical reconstruction of the history of the Roman empire, with particular reference to Claudius.
The lectures will be devoted to ancient sources: inscriptions and selected passages of Roman and Greek historians will be read (in Italian translation) and commented on, in order to outline and examine thoroughly the main political stages of the history of Roman empire.

Frontal lectures, sided by handouts and power point presentations.

One among the following books:
1) B. Lewick, Claudius, London (1990);
2) P. Buongiorno, Claudio- Il Principe inatteso, 21 Editore (2017)

Oral Examination

Programme for students not attending lectures:

- A Monography about Claudius (look at Testi di riferimento)
- Books XI-XIII of Tacitus' Annales (in Italian or English translation).
- On Tacitus:
G. Reggi (a cura di), Tacito Storico e scrittore, Casagrande editore (2016).

For the students not attending lectures of Dr. Alessandro Maranesi:
- chapter 17 of handbook 1 or chapters 20-21 of handbook 2.