History of Rome

Code:

FLUP0143

Acronym:

HROM

Instance: 2004/2005 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Heritage Studies
Institution Responsible:	Faculty of Arts

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
HA	83	Official Study Plan - LHA	1	2,5	5	-

Objectives

Identify the peoples and cultures that preceded Rome in Italy
Explain the historical birth of Rome
Interpret the Etruscan influences in Roman urbanization and religion
Explain the antagonism between Patricians and Plebeians
Evaluate the importance of the Reforms of the Gracchi Brothers
Understand the phenomenon of dictatorships and triumvirates in the Roman Republic
Become acquainted with the political thought of Julius Caesar Octavianus
Identify the major reforms introduced by Julius Caesar Octavianus
Explain the concept of "the Century of Augustus”
Evaluate the governance of the emperors of the 1st Dynasty
Explain the 3rd-Century Crisis
Understand the changes introduced by Constantine the Great

Program

1. The Greeks and Etruscans in Italy
2. Origins of Rome
3. Roman nobility
4. The Republican institutions
5. The Patrician-Plebeian State
6. Territorial expansion: the Western and Eastern Mediterranean
7. Social and economic transformations
8. The agrarian crisis of the 2nd century B.C.
9. Civil wars and personal ambitions
10. Rome in the 1st century B.C.
11. Triumvirates: civil war and Julius Cesar’s "monarchy"
12. Imperial Rome
13. The powers of Cesar Augustus Octavius
14. The imperial Administration
15. The importance and power of the army
16. Political culture and ideology
17. The dynasties of Julius and Claudius
18. The dynasties of Flavius, Antoninos and Severus
19. The 3rd-century crises
20. Diocletian and the Imperial reforms
21. Constantine: the concept of imperial power
22. The Low Empire: economy, society and culture
23. Conquest and Romanization of the Iberian Peninsula

Main Bibliography

1 - Sources

CÍCERO, Catilinarias y Filípicas, Planeta, nº 233, Barcelona.
CÉSAR, La Guerra de las Gálias, Bibli. edaf de bolsillo, nº 147, Madrid.
PETRÓNIO, O Satíricon, Livros Europa-América, nº 68, Lisboa.
PLÍNIO O VELHO, Historia natural, Biblioteca Clásica Gredos, nº 206, Madrid.
TITO LÍVIO, História de Roma, Clássicos Inquérito, nº 23, Lisboa.
VITRÚVIO, Los diez libros de arquitectura, Editorial Iberia, Barcelona.

2 – General bibliography

ALARCÃO, Jorge de - O Domínio Romano em Portugal, Publ. Europa-América, Mem Martins, 1988.
BLÁZQUEZ, José María; MARTINEZ-PINNA, Jorge; MONTERO, Santiago - Historia de las Religiones Antiguas, Oriente, Grecia y Roma, Catedra, Madrid, 1993ó
BRETONE, Mario - Historia do Direito Romano, Editorial Estampa, Lisboa, 1998.
CRUZ, Sebastião - Direito Romano, Coimbra, 1980.
DUPONT, Florence - El Ciudadano Romano durante la República, Vergara Editor, Buenos Aires, 1992.
GARNSEY, Peter; SALLER, Richard - El Imperio Romano, Ed. Critica, Barcelona, 1990.
GLAY, Marcel le - Rome, Perrin, Paris, 1987.
GLAY, Marcel le - La Religion romaine, Armand Colin, Paris, 1971.
GIARDINA, Andrea; SCHIAVONE, Aldo – Storia di Roma, Biblioteca Einaudi, nº 63, Torino, 1999.
GIARDINA, Andrea et alii - O Homem Romano, Ed. Presença, Lisboa, 1991.
GRIMAL, Pierre - La Civilisation Romaine, Armand Colin, Paris, 1971.
GUERRA, Amílcar - Plínio-O-Velho e a Lusitânia, Edições Colibri, nº 1, Lisboa, 1995.
HARMAND, Louis - Société et Économie de la République Romaine, Armand Colin, Paris, 1976.
HEURGON, Jacques - Rome et la Méditerranée Occidentale, Nouvelle Clio, Paris, 1980.
LEVI, Mario Attilio - Augusto e il suo tempo, Rusconi, Milano, 1986.
NÚNEZ PAZ, María Isabel - Consentimiento matrimonial y divorcio en Roma,Salamanca, 1988.
RÉMONDON, Roger – La Crisis del Imperio romano de Marco Aurelio a Anastasio, Editorial Labor, Barcelona, 1984.
ROLDÁN HERVÁS - José Manuel,Historia de Roma, I, Republica Romana, Catedra, Madrid, 1991.
ROLDÁN HERVÁS, José Manuel - Historia de Roma, Ediciones Universidad Salamanca, Salamanca, 1995.
SIRAGO, Vito Antonio - Femminismo a Roma, Rubbettino, 1983.
TUÑON DE LARA, Manuel; TARRADEL, Miquel; MANGAS, Julio - Introducción Primeras Culturas e Hispania Romana, "Historia de España", I, dir. Manuel Tuñon de Lara, Labor, Barcelona, 1992.
VEYNE, Paul - La Società Romana, Editori Laterza, Roma, 1990.
VEYNE, Paul - O Império Romano, in História da Vida Privada, dir. Philippe Ariès e Georges Duby, Círculo de Leitores, Vol.I, Lisboa, 1989.

Teaching methods and learning activities

Lectures and interactive methods

Software

No specific software required.

Evaluation Type

Evaluation with final exam

Eligibility for exams

Positive mark in the final exam.

Calculation formula of final grade

Mark obtained in the final exam.

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicable

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Not applicable

Classification improvement

According to the Assessment Regulations in force.

Observations

Language of instruction: Portuguese.