2015/2016

2017/2018

DM270

L-ANT/06 (ETRUSCAN AND ITALIC CIVILISATIONS)

DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITIES

HUMANITIES

LETTERE ANTICHE

3°

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

6

36 lesson hours

Italian

ORAL TEST

DI FAZIO MASSIMILIANO (titolare) - 6 ECTS

None

The course will examine - from both historical and archaeological perspectives - the developement of Pre-
Roman Italy, from the Late Bronze Age to the second Iron Age.

In the first part we will analyse:

- the idea of Pre-Roman Italy

- sources and methods for the study of pre-roman Italy

- typology and chronology

In the second part we will examine the different italic groups (Celts, Ligurians, Umbrians, etc.) through the

following aspects:

- settlement

- funerary practices

- social structure

– trade

- cult practices

- artistic and artisanal production

Lessons with power point

Students are required to study, in addition to the course notes, one of the following texts:
- M. Pallottino, Storia della prima Italia, Milano 1984, Rusconi ed.
- F. Pesando (a cura di), L’Italia antica. Culture e forme del popolamento nel I millennio a. C., Roma 2005, Carocci ed.


- Nel volume M. Aberson et al. (c.), Entre archéologie et histoire: dialogues sur divers peuples de l’Italie preromaine, Peter Lang 2014:
i due saggi sui Volsci (pp. 245-277).

Students who are unable to attend classes are required to study, in addition to n. 1 and n. 2, the following texts:

- Nel volume Storia di Roma, vol. I, Einaudi 1988:
D. Musti, “I Greci e l’Italia”, pp. 39-51;
M. Torelli, “Le popolazioni dell’Italia antica: società e forme del potere”, pp. 53-74.

- dal su citato M. Aberson et al. (c.), Entre archéologie et histoire altri due popoli a scelta tra: Sabini (pp. 127-147), Sanniti (pp. 205-241), Campani (pp. 281-307).

Oral exam

Oral exam