Enrollment year
2015/2016
Academic discipline
L-ANT/03 (ROMAN HISTORY)
Department
DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITIES
Course
CLASSICAL AND ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN STUDIES
Curriculum
STORICO-ORIENTALISTICO
Period
2nd semester (22/02/2016 - 28/05/2016)
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
A selected collection of inscriptions (esp. funerary ones) will be presented, in order to illustrate the emergence of a distinctively Christian epigraphic culture as a gradual process.
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
Assessment methods
Oral examination
Further information
Oral examination
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