The teaching is organized as follows:

Learning outcomes

Module: I MODULO PARTE (I)
Educational purposes: knowledge of the important topics of Roman history in the late Republican and Imperial Ages


Module: II MODULO PARTE (P)
The course is aimed at teaching some important topics concerning the Roman Empire, and aspecially the tranformation of the Empire into the Christian Roman Empire.

Program

Module: I MODULO PARTE (I)
Subject of the course: The end of the Roman Republic
Texts to be read: 1) Plutarch, Lives of Gracchi, Sulla, Cicero, Caesar, and Antony
2) the passages that will be discussed during the course
3) Study of a good handbook of Roman history, such as A. Momigliano, Manuale di storia romana, a cura di A. Mastrocinque, Torino, UTET, 2011 (the study can stop at page 241); or Storia di Roma dalle origini alla tarda antichità, Catania, Edizioni del Prisma, 2013 (the study can stop at Section IX, chapter IV).
An historical atlas will be useful.

normal lessons or seminars will be organized; the students will be provided with the passages (also in translation) which will be discussed. Students who are unable to attend some lessons will find them in mp3 format, along with texts and images on the e-learning platform of the University.


Module: II MODULO PARTE (P)
Subject of the course: The period of Julian “the Apostate”..
Texts to be read:
1) Ammianus Marcellinus, Histories, books XX-XXIII;
2) Passages that will be discussed during the course

normal lessons or seminars will be organized; the students will be provided with the passages (also in translation) which will be discussed. Students who are unable to attend some lessons will find them in mp3 format, along with texts and images on the e-learning platform of the University.

Examination Methods

Module: I MODULO PARTE (I)
oral exam



Module: II MODULO PARTE (P)
oral exam