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HISTORY OF ROMAN HISTORIOGRAPHY

Gianpaolo URSO HISTORY OF ROMAN HISTORIOGRAPHY

0322200074
DEPARTMENT OF HUMANISTIC STUDIES
EQF7
ANCIENT PHILOLOGY, LITERATURES AND HISTORY
2024/2025

YEAR OF COURSE 2
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2023
SPRING SEMESTER
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
630LESSONS
GIANPAOLO URSO T Curriculum
Objectives
THROUGH THE STUDY OF ANCIENT ROMAN HISTORIANS AND THEIR WORKS IN GREEK AND LATIN, THE COURSE AIMS TO INVESTIGATE THE LINKS BETWEEN HISTORIOGRAPHY AND POLITICAL DEBATE (DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL), THE VARIOUS HISTORIOGRAPHICAL SCHOOLS AND THEIR METHODOLOGY, AND THE MAIN LINES OF DEVELOPMENT OF ROMAN HISTORICAL THOUGHT.

KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
THE STUDENT
-WILL BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE MAIN STAGES OF THE METHODOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT OF ROMAN HISTORIOGRAPHY;
-WILL BE ABLE TO DISTINGUISH, IN ANCIENT SOURCES, BETWEEN HISTORICAL DATA AND APPLICATION OF HISTORIOGRAPHICAL MODELS.
-WILL BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE POLITICAL-CULTURAL CONTEXTS IN WHICH TO PLACE THE INFORMATION PROVIDED BY HISTORIOGRAPHICAL SOURCES.

ABILITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO
-CARRY OUT ORIGINAL RESEARCH ON TOPICS RELATED TO THE DISCIPLINE;
-ACT PROFESSIONALLY IN THE DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE WORLD OF WORK RELATED TO CLASSICAL STUDIES, INCLUDING RESEARCH ACTIVITY.

AUTONOMY OF JUDGEMENT
THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE REASONED JUDGEMENTS ABOUT THE HISTORIANS OF ANCIENT ROME, THEIR METHODOLOGY, THEIR RELIABILITY.

COMMUNICATION SKILLS
THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO
-MASTER THE SPECIFIC TERMINOLOGY OF THE DISCIPLINE;
-DISCUSS ISSUES CONCERNING ANCIENT ROME AND ITS HISTORIOGRAPHY IN A CLEAR, EXHAUSTIVE AND WELL-ARGUED WAY.

LEARNING SKILLS
THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO
-READ AND USE (ALSO FOR EDUCATIONAL AND/OR RESEARCH PURPOSES) THE SCIENTIFIC TEXTS RELATED TO THE DISCIPLINE;
-UPDATE HIS/HER KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS BY THE MEANS OF THE RELEVANT SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE.
Prerequisites
Knowledge of the broad outlines of Roman history.
Contents
Historians and historiographical trends of the Caesarian and Augustan age.
Teaching Methods
The course provides 30 of hours of didactics (6 credits) with face-to-face lectures. It aims to investigate the main themes of historiographic reflection in the age of the “Roman revolution” and their fortunes and evolution in the imperial age.
Verification of learning
Oral exam, aimed at assessing: the level of learning of the subject matter; the ability to expound in a clear and orderly argued manner the topics covered; the ownership of the technical language specifically required by the discipline.
Texts
1) Lecture notes.
2) G. Zecchini, Storia della storiografia romana, Laterza, 2016.
More Information
Course attendance is highly recommended. Any non-attending students are asked to contact the teacher as soon as possible.
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