- Docente: Sandro De Maria
- Credits: 8
- SSD: L-ANT/07
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: In-person learning (entirely or partially)
- Campus: Ravenna
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in RESEARCH, DOCUMENTATION AND PRESERVATION OF THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL HERITAGE (cod. 0887)
Learning outcomes
The class aims at deepening the features of the urban civilization of the Roman world, with particular reference to the characteristics of the urban patterns, the monumental arrangements and their development, the various forms of culture promoted within the context of Rome itself, the municipia and the colonies, chiefly in Roman Italy, from the Republican period to the Late Imperial Age. The division of the class into two parts (moduli) permits us to better arrange the teaching activity in relation both to the centre of the power and the Italic peripheries, with proper and deeper investigation of the Eastern and Western provincial world, facing from times to times specific themes. These also concern the different aspects of the figurative expressions and of the material culture, according to the manners developed in the different historical and social contexts. Thus, at the end of the class, the student is enabled to deal critically with the problems investigated during the course, through instruments useful both for the correct comprehension and the elaboration of what is known in the specific field. The student also takes possession of the essential knowledge to elaborate projects and carry out research within on-filed archaeological activities.
Course contents
The class is divided into two parts (moduli). The first part (modulo A), 8 CFU (Prof. Sandro De Maria): Rome and its monumental development: the Roman Forum, the Imperial Fora, the Palatine and Capitol, the Campus Martius. The Latin and Roman colonies in Italy: Ostia, Minturnum, Cosa, Paestum, Alba Fucens, Luna and the colonies of the Cisalpine Gaul. Fora, baths, sacred areas, necropolises. Semantics of the spaces and cycles of the images. The second part (modulo B), 4 CFU (Prof. Giuseppe Lepore) is articulated in the following way: Introduction on the concept of city in the Roman world; augural foundation practices and rites. The division of space: city and ager.
Readings/Bibliography
All students taking the exam must study on the following text: P. Gros, M. Torelli, Storia dell'urbanistica. Il mondo romano, nuova edizione, Roma-Bari, Ed. Laterza (Rome and Italy).
Choice (1 text):
1. P. Gros, L'urbanizzazione dopo la guerra sociale, in Storia di Roma, a cura di A. Momigliano e A. Schiavone, vol. 2/1, Torino, Einaudi Ed., pp. 831-855; P. Sommella, L. Migliorati, Il segno urbano, ivi, vol. 2/2, pp. 287-309.
2. P. Zanker, Pompei. Società, immagini urbane e forme dell'abitare, Torino, Einaudi Ed.
3. A. Carandini e altri, Le case del potere nell'antica Roma, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2010.
Further, not required, bibliography of the course, directed in particular to students not attending the lessons: Roma. Romolo, Remo e la fondazione della città, Catalogo della Mostra 2000, Milano; F. Coarelli, Roma (Guide Archeologiche Laterza), 3a ediz., Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2011; A. Carandini, La casa di Augusto. Dai "Lupercalia" al Natale, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2008.
T. Hoelscher, L'archeologia classica. Un'introduzione, Roma, L'Erma di Bretschneider, 2010; P. Zanker, Arte romana, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2008..
Teaching methods
Frontal lessons will be supplemented with debates on the various discussed themes. On-field work - in the archaeological sites and during the visits to monumental complexes and Museums - will considerably complete class preparation
Assessment methods
Final examen will imply an oral test on some of the themes discussed during the lessons and seminar and on the methods of present-day archaeology applied to the Roman world. Learning during study tours and archaeological excavations will also be taken into account for final evaluation.
Teaching tools
Visual, digital and photographic materials will be utilized during the lessons. According to the available financial resources, a study tour in Roman sites of Italy will be organized. The students of the course will also have the possibility to apply for summer archaeological campaigns under the direction of the teacher in Italy or Albania (Roman towns).
Links to further information
Office hours
See the website of Sandro De Maria