Università Roma Tre

First part of the course of ROMAN HISTORY: Critical paths of Roman history

It is hardly possible to summarize Roman history, since it extends along a long time frame and involves different and wide geographical and cultural spaces. Moreover Roma egemony has produced a variety of experiences and transformations. The course is meant to underline, through the analysis of literary, epigraphic and artistics sources, the original characters of Roman history, in order also to neutralize some chichés and commonplaces about the ancient Rome, which depends on deeply rooted preconceptions.

For all the syudents:

- G. Geraci - A. Marcone, Storia romana, Le Monnier, (nuova edizione) Firenze 2011 (o edizione precedente).
- G. Geraci - A. Marcone, Fonti per la storia romana, Le Monnier, Firenze 2006.
- Atlante Storico, De Agostini, Novara 2003 o altra edizione

Another text for not following students :
- A. Giardina (a cura di), L’uomo romano, Roma-Bari (Laterza) (1989) 2008 (economica).

This course offers a study of the society, culture and religion of the Principate of Augustus and of its evolution.
Students will read the ancient biographical account of this emperor by Suetonius and they will become familiar
with the genre of ancient biography as a form of historical evidence. Other forms of evidence such as literature,
epigraphy, and numismatics will also be used.

Svetonio- Vita di Augusto (any edition in Italian or English)
Augusto- Res Gestae- I miei Atti (a cura di P. Arena), Edipuglia Bari 2014.
A. Marcone- Augusto, Salerno Editrice, Roma 2015
P. Zanker- Augusto e il potere delle immagini, Bollati Boringhieri, Torino 2009 (or other edition).
Per i non frequentanti
F. Guidetti, L'Impero romano in 100 date, Dalla Porta, Pisa 2016