Ateneo - UPO

Sulla

For atttending students: G. Brizzi, Silla, Il Mulino, Bologna 2018; G. Brizzi, Ribelli contro Roma. Gli schiavi, Spartaco, l'altra Italia, Il Mulino, Bologna 2023. For not attending students: G. Brizzi, Silla, Il Mulino, Bologna 2018; G. Brizzi, Ribelli contro Roma. Gli schiavi, Spartaco, l'altra Italia, Il Mulino, Bologna 2017; A. Momigliano, Manuale di Storia romana, 2a edizione, Utet, Torino 2016, pagg. 1-142.

• Objectives - knowledge and understanding: The module intends to analyse the social, political, military, and legal dynamics of Sulla age (88-78 BC), XXXXXXXXXXXXXX The deepening of political, military, religious, and cultural issues will generally be conducted through the direct examination of ancient documentary sources, thus contributing to a more mature approach to the historiographic method.
• Objectives - ability to apply knowledge and understanding: Understand historical facts and learn how to analyse them within a precise chronological, political, and social context, with constant reference to the main historiographic themes of the republican period, and relying on documentary sources.
• Objectives - expression of opinions: Know how to independently assess the historical facts of the age that have been taken into account, in light of a multidisciplinary approach, also with reference to long-term history.
• Objectives - communication skills: Know how to clearly report the main issues of the period under consideration, know how to communicate the political, social, military, religious, and cultural implications using appropriate language, and to provide motivated and in-depth evaluations.
• Objectives - ability to study: Know how to deepen the subject matter of the course through the study of specific monographs and the exegetical analysis of the reference sources, gaining critical skills to undertake successive studies even on a professional basis.

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Lectures, seminars, online tutorials.

Attendance in class is recommended.

Oral examination. Attending students: it will be proposed three questions: the first question will focus on G. Brizzi, Silla; the second question will focus on G. Brizzi, Ribelli contro Roma; the third question will focus on a source illustrated and commented in class (the students will find the sources on DIR). Non-attending students: one of three questions will focus on A. Momigliano, Manuale di storia romana, pp. 1-142. In order to achieve a minimum mark (18/30), the student should be familiar with the basics. The formulation of the overall mark will be based on the following elements: use of appropriate scientific terminology 10% of the assessment; for the answer to the three questions, 30% for each of them.

Both historical and literary sources will be analysed during the course to examine events linked to the period when Silla was the key figure in the political life of the Roman republic (88-78 BC). The following will be examined. Firstly events in the political conflict and the civil war and then against Mario and the populares ; the reforms introduced by Silla after his victory, in an attempt to reform the republican constitution in an aristocratic manner; links between political choices made by Silla and the more general problems of the republican crisis; aspects of preparation for the Augustan turning point and the transition to the principality.

Knowledge of the historical events of Sulla's age (88-78 b. C.) and analyzing them in a chronological, political and social context, with constant reference to major historiographical ancient sources.