ROMAN HISTORY

To outline the history of Rome by following the long story of a city which, from the struggle to safeguard its independence and assert its hegemony in Latium, came to dominate theMediterranean area, leaving an indelible mark on the history of Europe; to present aims and instruments of the methodology of historical research: interpreting the past through the ancientsources (literary, epigraphic, papyrological, numismatic and archaeological) and to locate events in a diachronic line in the geographical frame of reference; to define the complex “issues” of thediscipline in the light of modern historiographical debate; to trace and understand the evidence of the past in order to acquire a culturally aware approach to one’s own territory.

The origins of Rome and the monarchical age: relationships with the Etruscan world and other peoples of the Italian peninsula; Republican Rome: social, political and religious organization; expansionism in the Mediterranean basin; administration of Italy and the provinces; Imperial Rome: social and political organization of the Principate; the Flavian and Antonine periods; the third century: economic problems and social dynamics; Christianity and Empire; burocratization in Late Antiquity; the fall of the Western Roman Empire; public building and private homes.

1) -G. Brizzi, Roma. Potere e identità dalle origini alla nascita dell`impero cristiano, Bologna Pàtron 2012; or: G. Geraci - A. Marcone, Storia Romana, Le Monnier, Firenze 2011.
2) -G. Geraci - A. Marcone, Fonti per la Storia Romana, Le Monnier, Firenze 2006

3) -Monographic Course: in-depth study relating to the most significant aspects of the culture of the territory will be agreed upon during the course. Guided tours of important archaeological sites are also included: C. Quartarone (a cura di), Sicilia romana e bizantina, Palermo Grafill 2006, pp.121-144; 284-297; 330-339.

The consultation of a historical atlas is recommended: Atlante storico 2011, Zanichelli (2 Volumi); or Atlante storico, De Agostini