29440 - Archaic and Republican Roman History (1) (LM)

Academic Year 2009/2010

  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Philology, Literature and Classical Tradition (cod. 0970)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course the student will know the Roman history of the republican age. He will read documents and texts of the classical civilisation in original languages. He will analyse them in the historical perspective. He will apply the metodologies of the research in the field of historical studies on the Roman world and on the provinces of the republican age. He will able to research in historical field.

Course contents

The course wants to help students to acquire knowledges and correct methodologies of research in the field of roman history of archaic and republican age.

Subject of course: "Rome and Carthage: from the entende to the confrontation".


Readings/Bibliography

Reading recommended:
G. Brizzi, "Annibale, strategia e immagine", Città di Castello 1984; oppure: Id., "Annibale come un'autobiografia", Milano 1994; e 
Id., "Scipione e Annibale. La guerra per salvare Roma", Roma-Bari 2009.

Assessment methods

Oral examinations and seminars.

Office hours

See the website of Giovanni Brizzi