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101352 - Investigación Básica en Historia de Roma (ORIENTACIÓN HISTORIA ANTIGUA) - Curso 2011/2012

Información

    Otros Datos

    • Tipo: Materia Ordinaria RD 1497/1987
    • Departamentos: Historia I
    • Áreas: Historia Antigua
    • Centro: Facultad de Geografía e Historia
    • Convocatoria: Primer Cuatrimestre
    • Docencia y Matrícula: null

    Profesores

    NombreCoordinador
    Pereira Menaut, Gerardo.SI

    Horarios

    NombreTipo GrupoTipo DocenciaHorario ClaseHorario exámenes
    Grupo L01OrdinarioLaboratorioNONO
    Grupo L02OrdinarioLaboratorioNONO
    Grupo P01OrdinarioPrácticosNONO
    Grupo T01OrdinarioTeóricosSISI

    Programa

    Existen programas da materia para los siguientes idiomas:

  • Castellano
  • Gallego
  • Inglés


  • Course objectives
    To understand the specificity of the Roman social formation as regards its fundamentals and the dynamic elements that caused its exhaustion.
    Contents
    1. The birth of Rome. New concept of citizen, new model of “State”. Separation of ethnic group and politics in the adscription of the individual to the social group.
    2. Roman political theory: law and society, city and political constitution. Civitas, respublica, populus: the different aspects of the political community. The Roman innovations.
    3. Fundamentals of the constitution of the Empire. An expansion model. Romanization as objective.
    4. The different ways of relation and integration of kingdoms and communities in the Roman Republic. Client kingdoms, associated kingdoms. The spreading of the citizens to the provinces.
    5. The dedition, subjection and surrender. The survival of indigenous structures and ways of life inside the Empire. The Roman view of the Barbarian and the foreigner.
    6. Roman political philosophy. Utopia: Roma aeterna, aeternitas rerum.
    7. Desire of stability of a historical model. The organization of the country and the city, the production and the resources as basis for stability.
    8. The strangulation of the Empire cities. Social class, status and features.
    9. The keys of the decadence of the Roman Empire.

    Basic and complementary bibliography
    F. de Martino, Historia de la Constitución Romana
    Storia di Roma de Edit. Einaudi (the corresponding parts)
    Classical texts

    There is not a handbook dealing with the whole of the subject.

    Competence
    Analytical knowledge of the historical evolution of the Roman world, by becoming acquainted with the conceptual steps that will be also useful for other periods and societies.
    Teaching methodology
    Theoretical and practical joint sessions.
    Academically supervised activity: discussion with the teacher about old and modern texts chosen in the classroom, for carrying out an essay.


    Assessment system
    Final exam.
    Assessment of the essay.
    The proportion in the Final Note of each item (Exam and Essay) is not previously stated.
    Study time and individual work
    Minimum: hours for sessions, discussion and study, approximately 120 hours.
    Recommendations for the study of the subject
    It is recommended a basic knowledge of Latin and modern languages for increasing the possibilities of bibliographic consultation.


    Comments
    Following the academic norms, attendance to lectures and to practical exercises is obligatory. Otherwise it is not allowed to take part in the Final Exam.