Roman Culture

Code:

EP043

Acronym:

CR

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Cultural Studies - Classical

Instance: 2021/2022 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Portuguese and Romance Studies
Course/CS Responsible:	Bachelor in Portuguese Studies

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
EP	35	EP - Study Plan	1	-	6	52	162
LLC	4	LLC - Bidisciplinar Study Plan (Portuguese Studies)	2	-	6	52	162

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

The study of political, social, religious and moral ideas of Romans, visible in their literary works, aims to enhance the knowledge of the models of European culture and the recognition of the educational and informative value of classical culture. 

Learning outcomes and competences

At the end of the semester, students must be able to: - Situate the figures and events of Roman history; - Discuss the relationships between rhetoric and politics, literature and ideology; - Identify and interpret the literary sources selected; - Present, critically, essential literature recommended for each topic.

Working method

Presencial

Program

1. The origins of Rome. 2. The Roman expansion and the Hellenisation of culture. 3. Rhetoric and political theory in the work of Cicero. 4. Augustus and the creation of a universal civilisation. 5. The Aeneid by Virgil. 6. Christianity and pagan culture. 7. The idea of Rome and the imperial ideology.

Mandatory literature

AGOSTINHO (Stº); A cidade de Deus, ed. e trad. J. Dias Pereira, Lisboa, Gulbenkian, 2008.
CÍCERO; A República, introd., trad. e notas de Francisco de Oliveira, Lisboa, Temas e Debates, 2008. ISBN: 9789896440114
HORÁCIO; Odes, introd. trad. e notas de P. B. Falcão, Lisboa, Cotovia, 2008
TITO LÍVIO; História de Roma, Livro I, introd., trad. e notas de P. Farmhouse Alberto, Lisboa, Inquérito, 1993
VIRGÍLIO; Bucólicas, introd., trad. e notas de M. I. Rebelo Gonçalves, Lisboa, Verbo, 1996
VIRGÍLIO; Geórgicas, introd. trad. e notas de Gabriel Silva, Lisboa, Livros Cotovia, 2019. ISBN: 978-972-795-394-3
VIRGÍLIO; Eneida, trad. introd. e anotações de Carlos André, , Lisboa, Livros Cotovia, 2020. ISBN: 978-972-795-398-1

Complementary Bibliography

ANDRÉ, J. M.; La Philosophie à Rome, Paris, PUF, 1977
BONNER, Stanley F.; Education in Ancient Rome, Berkeley, University of California Press, 1977
BORDET, M.; Síntese de História Romana, Porto, Asa, 1995
CAIRNS, F.; Virgil's Augustan Epic, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1989
CAMPS, W.; An Introduction to Virgil?s Aeneid, , Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1969
CITRONI, M. et alii; Literatura da Roma Antiga, Lisboa, Gulbenkian, 2006
CLAUSEN, W.; Vergil's Aeneid: Decorum, Allusion and Ideology, , Munich, K.G. Saur Verlag, 2002
CONTE, G. B.; Virgilio: l' epica del sentimento, Torino, Einaudi, 2007 (2º ed.).
CONTE, Gian Biagio; Virgilio: Il genere e i suoi confini, Milano, Garzanti, 1984
CONTE, Gian Biagio; The Rhetoric of Imitation, Ithaca, Cornell University Press, 1996
CORNELL, T. J.; The Beginnings of Rome, London, Routledge, 1995
DELLA CORTE, F. (ed.); Enciclopedia Vergiliana, 6 vols., Roma, Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, 1996
DOMINIK, W. ? HALL, J. (eds.); A Companion to Roman Rhetoric, Oxford, Blackwell, 2007
FANTHAM, E.; The Roman World of Cicero's De Oratore, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2004
FLASHAR, H. (ed.); Le Classicisme à Rome au Ier siècle avant et après J.-C., Genève, Droz, 1979
GALINSKY, K.; Augustan Culture: An Interpretive Introduction, Princeton (NJ), Princeton University Press, 1996
GRANDAZZI, A.; La fondation de Rome, Paris, Les Belles Lettres, 2004
GRANSDEN, K. W.; Virgil's Iliad: an essay on epic narrative, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1991
GRIMAL, P.; Le siècle des Scipions, Paris, Aubier, 1975 (2ª ed.)
GRIMAL, P.; Cicéron, Paris, Fayard, 1986
GRIMAL, P.; O Império Romano, Lisboa, Edições 70, 1999
GRIMAL, P.; O século de Augusto, Lisboa, Edições 70, 1997
HABINEK, Thomas (ed.); The Roman Cultural Revolution, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1998
HARDIE, Philip; Virgil's Aeneid: Cosmos and Imperium, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1998
HARDIE, Philip (ed.); Virgil: Critical Assessments of Classical Authors, 4 vols., London, Routledge, 1999
HARRISON, S. J. (ed.); Oxford Readings in Vergil's 'Aeneid', Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1990
HEINZE, R.; Virgil?s Epic Technique, London, Bristol Classical Press, 1993
HORSFALL, N. (ed.); A Companion to the Study of Virgil, Leiden, Brill, , 1995
JOST, W (ed.); A Companion to Rhetoric and Rhetorical Criticism, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2004
KENNEDY, G.; A New History of Classical Rhetoric, Princeton (NJ), Princeton University Press, 1994
LOURENÇO, J. D.; Cícero, Lisboa, Editorial Inquérito, 1999.
LYNE, R. O. M.; Further voices in Vergil's Aeneid, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1992
MARTINDALE, C. (ed.); The Cambridge Companion to Virgil, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1997
MAY, J. (ed.); Brill's Companion to Cicero: Oratory and Rhetoric, Leiden, Brill, 2002
McKENDRICK, P.; The Philosophical Books of Cicero, London, Duckworth, 1989
MEDEIROS, W. - ANDRÉ, C. - PEREIRA, V.; A Eneida em contraluz, Coimbra, IEC, 1992
MICHEL, A.; Histoire des doctrines politiques à Rome, Paris, PUF, 1971
MICHEL, A.; Rhétorique et Philosophie dans l'oeuvre de Cicéron, , Paris, P.U.F., 1960
PARATORE, E.; História da Literatura Latina, Lisboa, Gulbenkian, 1987
PEREIRA, M. H. Rocha; Estudos de História da Cultura Clássica, II vol., Lisboa, Gulbenkian, 2009 (4ª ed.)
PEREIRA, M. H. Rocha; Romana. Antologia da Cultura Latina, Porto, Asa, 2005 (5ª ed.)
PEREIRA, Virgínia Soares (ed.); O além, a ética e a política: em torno do Sonho de Cipião, Braga, Universidade do Minho, 2010
PÖSCHL, V.; The Art of Vergil, Ann Arbor, University of Michigan Press, 1962
RODRIGUES, Nuno Simões; Mitos e Lendas: Roma Antiga, Lisboa, Livros e Livros, 2005
STROH, Wilfried (ed.); Eloquence et rhétorique chez Cicéron, Genève, Droz, 1982
TEIXEIRA, Cláudia; Estrutura da viagem na épica de Virgílio e no romance latino, Lisboa, Gulbenkian, 2007
WISEMAN, T. P.; The Myths of Rome, Devon, University of Exeter Press, 2004.
WOODMAN, Tony – WEST, David (eds.); Poetry and Politics in the Age of Augustus, Cambridge, CUP, 1984.
ALARCÃO, Jorge de; A Lusitânia e a Galécia: do séc.II a.C. ao séc.VI d.C., Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra, 2018. ISBN: 978-989-26-1478-6
BRANDÃO, J. L. - OLIVEIRA, F., ; História de Roma antiga, vol. I, , Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra, 2015. ISBN: 978‑989‑26-0959-1
BROWN, Peter, ; A ascensão do cristianismo no ocidente,, Lisboa, Presença, , 1999
CARANDINI, A., ; Roma. Il primo giorno, , Bari, Laterza, , 2009. ISBN: 9788842088745
ELSNER, J. – MEYER, M. (eds), ; Art and Rhetoric in Roman Culture, , Cambridge, CUP, , 2014. ISBN: 978-1-107-00071-1
GALINSKY, K., ; The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Augustus, , Cambridge, CUP, , 2005. ISBN: 9780521003933
Werner Jaeger; Cristianismo primitivo e paideia grega. ISBN: 972-44-0740-3
KERSHAW, S., ; The Enemies of Rome, , New York, Pegasus Books, , 2019. ISBN: 978-1643133102
WARD-PERKINS, B., ; A queda de Roma e o fim da civilização, , Lisboa, Alêtheia, , 2006. ISBN: 9789896220563

Teaching methods and learning activities

- theory exposition of programme contents; - analysis and interpretation of texts. - discussion of themes prepared by students.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	50,00
Trabalho escrito	50,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	108,00
Frequência das aulas	54,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

Attending 75% of classes, unless established otherwise by law.

Calculation formula of final grade

Assignments /reading reports: 50% Written tests and exam: 50%

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicable

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

In accordance with the Assessment Regulations in force.

Classification improvement

In accordance with the Assessment Regulations in force.