Ateneo - UPO

Greek history and Roman history

For the Greek history section, it is mandatory to study one of the following textbooks: - M. Bettalli, A. D'Agata, L. Magnetto, Storia greca, Carocci; - C. Bearzot, Manuale di storia greca, Il Mulino; - G. Squillace, Tra Achille e Cleopatra. Manuale di storia greca, Utet. Non-attending students are also required to study the textbook by 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. For the Roman history section, it is mandatory to study the following textbook: - F. Russo (ed.), Storia di Roma antica. Dalla fondazione al 476 d.C., Milan, Pearson, 2025 (ISBN 9788883398339). The slides shown in class will be uploaded to the DIR platform. Non-attending students shall study, in addition to the above handbook, also one of the following books (of their choice): 1) C. Letta, S. Segenni (eds.), Roma e le sue province. Dalla prima guerra punica a Diocleziano, Roma, Carocci, 2015 (or reprints), isbn 9788843074235. 2) M. Balbo, I dodici anni che cambiarono Roma. La vicenda dei Gracchi nella crisi della Repubblica, Edizioni Saecula, Zermeghedo 2018 (or reprints), isbn 9788898291687. 3) S. Segenni, F. Russo, M. Bellomo (eds.), Piccole storie di città dell'Italia romana, Roma, Quasar, 2024, isbn 9788854914711.

The course aims to provide the student: 1) knowledge and skills: it is intended to provide a basic knowledge of the main events in ancient history, both Greek and Roman, the political institutions and social and economic 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; 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: - 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. The measurement of the indicated objectives will be carried out during the examination.

Historical knowledge and skills acquired in secondary school. Knowledge of Greek or Latin is not required.

Lectures. 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 teachers. 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 teachers in charge of the individual courses 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 integrated exam consists of two partial exams, that of Greek History and that of Roman History, each of which is usually carried out in oral form; attending students will be asked questions that will verify their knowledge of the topics covered in the lessons, while non-attending students will be asked one of the three questions reserved for the program dedicated to them. The exam will verify knowledge of the scheduled topics (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 a mark of 18/30 is achieved in each of the modules and the verbalized mark will be the average of the two partial marks. Although it is advisable, for reasons of chronology of the topics covered, to take the Greek History exam first and then the Roman History exam, students are free to take the two partial exams in the order they prefer, even in different exam sessons. To achieve a full mark, equal to 30/30, students must achieve full knowledge and understanding of historical facts and related sources, the ability to place them in the right context e the ability to explain their knowledge with appropriate language. In the final evaluation the first skill will weigh 80%, the second and third 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 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. The Roman History module will examine the outlines of Roman history from its origins to Late Antiquity focusing in particular on the Archaic Age, the Imperial Republic, the civil wars, the Mediterranean Empire, and the late antique transformations.

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.