Lecture in Ancient History II

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Knowledge of English sufficient for understanding the content of the lectures.

State-of-the-art lecture on the most important issues in the history of ancient Rome.

From the legendary foundation of the City to the birth of the Republic to the establishment of the Imperial regime and the transformation of the Empire, this course examines key aspects of Rome's political, social, religious and cultural development. Attention is given to written and material sources, their limitations, and the ways in which modern historians reconstruct Rome's past.

General works

Cambridge Ancient History (ed. 2), Cambridge. Vols:

7.2: The Rise of Rome to 220 B.C. (1990), 8: Rome and the Mediterranean to 133 B.C. (1989), 9: The Last Age of the Roman Republic, 146 – 43 B.C. (1994), 10: The Augustan Empire, 43 B.C. – A.D. 69 (1996), 11: The High Empire, A.D. 70 – 192 (2000); 12: The Crisis of Empire, A.D. 193 – 337 (2005).

M. T. Boatwright et al., The Romans, From Village to Empire: A History of Rome from Earliest Times to the End of the Western Empire, Oxford 2011.

T. J. Cornell, The Beginnings of Rome. Italy and Rome from the Bronze Age to the Punic Wars (c. 1000–264 BC), London–New York 1995.

P. Garnsey, R. Saller, et al., The Roman Empire: Economy, Society and Culture. Second Edition, London-New Delhi-New York-Sydney 2014.

Dictionaries / encyclopaedias / companions

T. R. Broughton, The Magistrates of the Roman Republic, voll. 1-2, Nowy Jork 1951.

M. Crawford (ed.), Roman Republican Coinage, voll. 1-2, Cambridge.

M. Crawford et al., Roman Statutes, voll. 1-2, Londyn 1996.

P. Erdkamp (ed.), Cambridge Companion to Ancient Rome, Cambridge 2013.

S. Hornblower, A. Spawforth (ed.), Oxford Classical Dictionary, ed. 4, Oxford 2012.

E. M. Steinby (ed.), Lexicon topographicum urbis Romae, voll. 1-6, 1993-2000.

By the end of the lecture, an attentive student will grasp the peculiar character of Rome as a socio-political entity, appreciate its historical significance, and be familiar with the key questions and difficulties historians face when analyzing Rome’s past.

Final written test.

No more than 3 absences in the semester are allowed. Absences 2 and 3 may result in additional assignments. Anyone who is more than 15 minutes late will be considered absent.