Ateneo - UPO

Greek history and Roman history

For the part of the Greek history 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; - D. Musti, Introduzione alla storia greca, Laterza; - A. Momigliano, Manuale di storia greca, UTET Università. 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 reference texts for Roman history will be indicated later.

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.

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 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 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 module relating to Roman history will give particular attention to the monarchic period, to the formation of the of the Republic, the expansion in Italy and the Mediterranean, the civil wars, the formation of the Augustan principality, the high imperial period, the crisis of the third century, the late ancient period and the fall of the Western Empire.

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.