Università Roma Tre

Roman History DISCIPLINARY FIELD: L-ANT/03 (Roman History)
Bachelor course in Roman History (72 hours = 6+6 ECTS)
Lecturers: Prof. P. Porena & Prof. A. Marcone [First Semester]; Prof. A. Angius [Second Semester].

Premise:
the Roman History course (2 modules 6+6 = 12 ECTS) for the Bachelor’s degree can be attended by students either in the First or Second Semester.
■ First Semester:
the teacher of the first module (Roman History I = 6 ECTS), is Prof. P. Porena: his classes run from the first week of October to the second week of November 2023, and are supposed to take place on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, 1-3 p.m. (in recent years in Room 18) and on the Teams platform. The teacher of the second module (Roman History II, 6 CFU) is prof. A. Marcone: his classes will run from the third week of November to the end of December 2023, and will take place in the same classroom and according to the same schedule as the first module.
■ Second Semester

Both the first module (Roman History I, 6 ECTS) and the second module (Roman History II, 6 ECTS) are taught by prof. A. Angius: the first module classes will run from the last week of February to the last week of March; the second module classes will run from the first week of April to the second week of May 2024 (classroom and schedule to be defined) also on the Teams platform.
Students are free to choose whether to attend the course modules in the First Semester (with exams starting in the winter session, mid-January 2024), or in the Second Semester (with exams starting in the summer session, from the end of May 2024). Students who want to follow a course and take a 12 ECTS exam must follow the two 6 ECTS modules in their chronological order either in the First or Second Semester: they cannot attend a 6 ECTS module in the First Semester and a 6 ECTS module in the Second Semester. You are advised to check whether in your curriculum the 6 or 12 CFUs can be acquired in only one of the two semesters.

Description of the First module of the course of ROMAN HISTORY (prof. P. Porena): "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 aims 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. The course also provides a critical understanding of the events of Roman history, but also of the problems, of the themes and of the historical and cultural processes which affected the transformation of Roman society, the evolution of its institutions, and the formation, consolidation and deconstruction of its Mediterranean empire created at the crossroads of three continents.

▪ TEXTS for students who attend the course:
- G. GERACI, A. MARCONE, Storia romana, Le Monnier, (nuova edizione) Firenze 2011 (editio minor);
- G. GERACI, A. MARCONE, Fonti per la storia romana, Le Monnier, Firenze 2006 ;
- Atlante Storico, De Agostini, Novara 2003 or another edition;
(further suggestions for optional in-depth bibliography will be provided by the teacher at the beginning of the course)

▪ ADDITIONAL TEXTs for students who do not attend the course:
- A. Giardina (a cura di), L’uomo romano, Roma-Bari (Laterza) (1989) 2008.

It is possible to ask for bibliography in English, French and German and take the exam in one of these three languages