Università Roma Tre

The laboratory aims above all to introduce students to the knowledge of ancient historiography in its main lines of development. Through the direct examination of some authors and their texts, the specificities of ancient historical thought and its method of investigation will be highlighted: the reading of some pages from the first book of Appian's Civil Wars, in particular, will allow us to understand how the narration of ancient historians is often problematic vis-à-vis historical reconstruction and must therefore always be evaluated with a critical eye, with the aid of the tools of modern historical science.

Attending students:

1. K. Meister, La storiografia greca, Laterza 1992 (and later reissues)
2. G. Zecchini, Storia della storiografia romana, Laterza 2016 (and later reissues)

Non-attending students:

1. M. Bettalli (ed.), Introduzione alla storiografia greca, Carocci 2009 (and later reissues)
2. G. Zecchini, Storia della storiografia romana, Laterza 2016 (and later reissues)
3. To choose between:
- A. Marcone (ed.), Sallustio e la storiografia tardo repubblicana, Le Monnier 2021, pp. 1-102, 149-157
- D. Musti (ed.), La storiografia greca. Guida storica e critica, Laterza 1979 , pp. VII-90