Prerequisites and basic notions

No prerequisites are needed, but it is preferable to have at least general informations about Greek and Roman history

Program

The course offers a focused study of the funeral contexts and funeral monuments in Greek and Roman times.
- In the first part we address the study of Greek and Roman funeral contexts and funeral monuments by means of the integrated analysis of various types of source (literary, epigraphic, archaeological and historico-artistic). Topics highlighted include the architectural aspects of the funeral monuments, their decoration, their inscriptions, the location of the necropolis in the city, the grave goods, the rites etc. In the second part we address the study of anthropological, paleobotanical, chemical etc. analyses of the funeral contexts. In the third part we’ll analyze some exemples of funeral contexts in Gallia Cisalpina (with oral presentations by the students) and we’ll visit some sites and monuments.

Bibliography

Didactic methods

The first part of the course will consist of lectures while the second will consist of seminars and the educational trips to be agreed upon at the beginning of the course.
Lectures will be broadcast via videoconferencing. Further, the lecture PowerPoints will be made available to students by way of the online teaching.

The material provided by the teacher (lecture PowerPoints) should be combined with study of a text chosen from amongst those that will be presented in class and listed on the first slide of each lecture.

Learning assessment procedures

The exam will be oral. However, before the oral exam, students must prepare a written essay on a necropolis / funerary context of their choice, to be sent to the teacher at least one week before the exam itself. The paper must have a length of 10-12 pages of 2000 characters each, including notes, bibliography and images. The oral exam will focus on the discussion of this essay and on some questions on the general part.

Evaluation criteria

The exam aims to verify the level of achievement of the educational objectives indicated above, the ability to analyze and synthesize, the ability to present both written and oral, through the use of specific terminology. T

Criteria for the composition of the final grade

he questions on the general part will be worth 40% of the final grade, the written essay and its discussion will be worth 60% of the final grade.

Exam language

italiano