Università Roma Tre

Pierfrancesco PORENA, Latin Epigraphy (36 hours - 6 ECTS)
DISCIPLINARY FIELD: L-ANT/03
"Rome and the Roman world: an epigraphic civilization"
No human civilization has ever celebrated and exposed the written word more than the Greek-Roman one. The module proposes an introduction to the study of the epigraphic landscape in Latin in the Roman world, from the origins to the fall of the Western Empire. We proceed to the reading of original inscriptions, live, in xerocopia and in power point. The texts are examined and transcribed according to the criteria of the current scientific edition. The individual examples of the different categories of epigraphs (sepulchral, honorary, building, sacred, etc..) are analyzed with particular attention to their historical, social and topographical context. The course will then study the different categories of epigraphic sources in Latin, the criteria of their ancient editing, their history and their modern edition (paper and digital). In addition, the students will be sent to consult the collections and other tools of epigraphic and bibliographic research, and to consult the epigraphic databases.

TEXTS for attending students:
A. Buonopane, Manuale di epigrafia latina, Rome (Carocci) 2009.
In addition to the manual, to be studied in its entirety, the students attending can download in PDF format from the teacher's website some handouts; their contents are illustrated in class and which must be studied for the exam.

Reference texts for non-frequent students: they must agree on a programme with the teacher.

Students can study texts in English, French, German and Spanish on the teacher's advice; it is possible to ask for taking the exam in one of these three languages.