Università Roma Tre

Roman History DISCIPLINARY FIELD: L-ANT/03 (Roman History), now STAN-01/B (Roman History)
Bachelor course in Roman History (72 hours = 6+6 ECTS)
Lecturers: Prof. P. Porena [First Semester].

Premise:
the Roman History course (2 modules 6+6 = 12 ECTS) for the Bachelor’s degree may only be attended by students in the First Semester.
The first module of Roman History (I = 6 ECTS) takes place from the first week of October to the first week of November 2024, generally on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, 1-3 p.m. (in recent years in Classroom 18) and on the Teams platform. From the second week of November to the end of December 2024 the second module of Roman History (II = 6 ECTS) follows seamlessly in the same classroom and at the same times. You are advised to check whether 6 or 12 ECTS are to be acquired in your Curriculum and Study Plan. Students wishing to follow a course and take a 12 ECTS examination must follow the two 6 ECTS modules in their chronological order in the First Semester. There are two separate written examinations: one for the first module (6 ECTS) and one for the second module (6 ECTS). Examinations from the winter session begin on 13th January and end by 22th February. (see below).
The Roman History I module consists of 18 didactic units that illustrate in chronological order the history of ancient Rome from the origins of the city (8th-5th centuries BC - 3 units), to the construction of the Mediterranean hegemony (4th-1st centuries BC - 10 units), to the stability of the High Empire (1st-2nd centuries AD - 3 units), to the crisis of the system in the late empire (3rd-6th centuries AD - 2 units).
The Roman History II module is composed of 18 teaching units that explore the political, economic, social, and religious history from the establishment of the Mediterranean empire to the end of the stability of the Antonine age (3rd century B.C.-II century A.D. - 10 units), and then of the late Roman Empire (3rd- 6th century A.D. - 8 units).

Description of the Second module of the course of ROMAN HISTORY: "Reinforcement, apogee and crisis of Mediterranean hegemony"
In the module, the historical processes that allowed the construction and management of the only global society the Western world has known are studied through the analysis of literary, epigraphic, numismatic and artistic evidence. The analysis of the deconstruction process, early in the West, slow in the East, of this Mediterranean-centric hegemony will also be examined. The second module focuses on examining and interpreting the events of the age of the Principate and the Late Empire (1st-6th centuries AD) in order to study the evolution of the historical and cultural processes involved in the transformation of Roman society and the institutional responses given progressively by the emperors and aristocracies.

▪ Teaching materials (PDF) prepared by the professor and available on the Team online platform of the Roman History II course. It is not possible to insert and register students in the distance learning Teams platforms if they do not have the @stud.uniroma3.it domain. The teaching materials will always be available in the Team and the examination schedule and materials will not expire, even in subsequent academic years.

▪ TEXTS for students who attend the course:
a) eventemential history:
- G. GERACI, A. MARCONE, Storia romana. Editio maior, Firenze, Le Monnier, now edition 2017, pp. 271-533 [262 p.]
- G.A. CECCONI, La città e l’impero. Una storia del mondo romano dalle origini a Teodosio il Grande. Nuova edizione, Roma (Carocci) 2021, pp. 255-376 [121 p.]
b) to be consulted:
- G. GERACI, A. MARCONE, Fonti per la storia romana, Le Monnier, Firenze 2006 (2019, 2a), pp. 253-477 (e schema cronologico finale)
- Atlante Storico, De Agostini, Novara 2003 o altra edizione ;
(further reference bibliography is indicated in a handout (PDF) made available in the Course Team).
c) to be studied in more detail:
- A. Giardina, L’identità incompiuta dell’Italia romana, primo saggio de Id., L’Italia romana. Storie di un’identità incompiuta, Roma-Bari (Laterza) 2000 (2004, 2a), pp. 3-116 [113 p. PDF].

▪ ADDITIONAL TEXTs for students who do not attend the course:
in addition to the texts recommended for attending students (a-c):
(Curr. Lettere Classiche L-10): S. Mazzarino, L’impero romano, 2 voll., Roma-Bari (Laterza) 1956 (2006, 6a): vol. I, pp. 29-77; 109-194; 229-305 [tot. p. 309]; vol. II, pp. 359-495; 537-671 [tot. p. 270]
(Curr. Lettere Moderne L-10 e BC L-1 Storia dell’Arte): A. Giardina, A. Vauchez, Il mito di Roma: da Carlo Magno a Mussolini, Roma (Laterza) 2000 (2008 economica) [300 p.]
(Curr. Religione società L-10): G. De Sanctis, La religione a Roma. Luoghi, culti, sacerdoti, dèi, Roma (Carocci) 2012 [166 p.]; M. Bettini, Dèi e uomini nella Città. Antropologia, religione e cultura nella Roma antica, Roma (Carocci) 2015 [144 p.] = 310 p.
(Curr. BC L-1 Archeologia): A. Giardina (a cura di), Storia di Roma dall’antichità a oggi, I. Roma antica, Roma-Bari (Laterza) 2000 (20103) [378 p.]
(Storia L-42): G. Zecchini, Il pensiero politico romano. Dall’età arcaica alla tarda antichità, Roma (La Nuova Italia Scientifica) 1997 (20182) [184 p.]; F. Landucci, G. Zecchini (a cura di), Geopolitica del mondo antico. Caratteri politico-militari del Mediterraneo dal II millennio a.C. al VI secolo d.C., Roma (Carocci) 2023, pp. 113-218 [105 p.] = 289 p.
(Filosofia L-5): P. Veyne, La vita privata nell’impero romano, Roma-Bari (Laterza) 2000 (economica) [230 p.]
(Corsi liberi): one of the programmes listed above.
It is possible to ask for bibliography in English, French and German and take the exam in one of these three languages.