Ateneo - UPO

History of the ancient Greeks since tra Mycenean age to Roman conquest

It is essential the study of an handbook selected among the following: - M. Bettalli, D'Agata, Magnetto, Storia greca, Carocci; - C. Bearzot, Manuale di storia greca, Il Mulino; - G. Squillace, Tra Achille e Cleopatra. Manuale di storia greca, Utet. The students who can not attend the lessons must know also the following handbook: G. Poma, Le istituzioni politiche della Grecia in età classica, il Mulino. The slides shown during the lessons will be uploaded to the DIR platform.

The course aims to provide: 1) knowledge and skills: it is intended to provide a basic knowledge of the main events in Greek history, the institutions of the main poleis and their social and political dynamics. An in-depth study of some issues will provide students with the skills to critically analyze events in order to also approach issues of the historiographical method; 2) ability to apply knowledge and skills: students will be led to apply knowledge and skills acquired to tackle the analysis of ancient documentary sources and analyze their interpretation in contemporary bibliography, The assessment of the mentioned objectives will be possible during the examination; 3) expression of judgments: students will be led to have the ability to express judgments autonomously on historical facts, to judge the ideological tendency underlying the story of events in ancient historiographical sources and in modern bibliography; 4) communication skills: the module aims to provide the ability to tell, even in an educational context, a historical fact, to communicate its political, social, economic repercussions, using an appropriate language; 5) study skills: knowledge and understanding of a historical fact; ability to evaluate its political, social, economic significance, framing it in an appropriate reference context. At an advanced level, the course aims to provide the student: 1) an organic vision of the topics addressed, with the ability to analyze and synthesize; 2) ability to critically elaborate the topics dealt with, with full command of the language; 3) ability to autonomously investigate particular topics. The measurement of the indicated objectives will be carried out during the examination.

Historical knowledge and skills acquired in secondary school. Knowledge of the Greek language is not required.

Frontal lessons in which the main themes of Greek history will be illustrated in order to encourage students to develop a critical approach to the subject. It is possible that some lectures are held by professors from other Universities. The study of manuals and other material reported by the teacher remains of an individual character.

Class attendance is strongly recommended. Students are invited to register on the module's DIR page in order to access the uploaded teaching materials and receive any communications from the teacher. Students with disabilities or Specific Learning Disorders (SLD) or Special Educational Needs (SEN) can request specific services and tools dedicated to them by contacting the Career Development and Coordination and Student Services Staff and by consulting the dedicated page on the University website: https://uniupo.it/it/servizi/servizi-studentidisabili- e-dsa Students with disabilities, SLD, SSEN, once they have contacted the University Staff, can contact the professor in charge of the course in relation to the declination of the exam methods, regarding the didactic aspects. The objectives and contents of the course take into account the provisions of Ministerial Decree 616/2017 and its annexes in order to recognize the 24 credits Pre-competition for area D (Methods and teaching technologies) for the competition classes: A11, A12, A13, A19, A22, A70, A71, A72, A73, A74, A75, A78, A77, A79, A80, A81, A82, A83, A84, A85.

The exam is usually held in oral form and consists of three questions; attending students will be asked questions that will verify the knowledge of the topics addressed during the lessons; for non-attending students one of the questions will be dedicated to the text by G. Poma, The political institutions of Greece in the classical age, il Mulino. At the request of attending and non-attending students, the exam can also be held in written form, through the administration of three open-ended questions, which will ascertain complete knowledge of the discipline and the student's ability to accurately describe the historical facts, using appropriate language, which is also suitable in a school lesson. The request to hold the exam in written form must be made when registering for the exam. The exam will verify knowledge of the topics in the program (objectives 1-2); the ability to judge (objective 3), the use of appropriate terminology (objective 4); finally, the acquisition of an appropriate study method (objective 5). The outcome will be positive, if the vote of 18/30 is reached. To arrive at a full grade, equal to 30/30, students will have to reach. Full knowledge and understanding of historical facts and related sources, the ability to place them in the right context and the ability to present their knowledge in appropriate language. In the final evaluation the first skill will weigh for 80%, the second and third for 10% each.

The main events of ancient Greek history will be examined from the beginning to the Roman conquest. Special attention will be given to the beginnings of Greek civilization, Greek colonization, archaic tyranny, Solonian reforms, Peisistratos and Peisistratids, Cleisthenes’ reforms, Spartan state, Persian wars, pentecontaetia, the Athenian democracy, Peloponnesian war, polis’ crisis, Philip II’s and Alexander the Great’s reigns, the formation of the Hellenistic kingdoms and the Roman conquest.

Students are expected to be able to: 1) knowledge: know the historical events; 2) skills: critically analyze the events; 3) transversal skills: explain the events, using a proper terminology. To achieve an advanced level, the student must demonstrate that he/she possesses: - an organic vision of the topics addressed, with the ability to analyze and synthesize; - ability to critically elaborate the topics dealt with, with full command of the language; - ability to autonomously investigate particular topics. These results are consistent with the provisions of the SUA of the three-year framework study course A4.b.2.