Learning objectives
To provide a critical account, according to science and knowledge and for the use and enjoyment of students, of the documentary and human wealth of texts which are largely unknown outside of academic circles. <br />
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Prerequisites
Knowledge of Latin and Roman history.
Course unit content
The course (5 credits) will contain a brief preliminary and methodological introduction to (ancient) history and its sources, particularly epigraphical sources. It will then develop research dedicated to the structures and social classes of Roman Italy, with ethno-anthropological and socio-economic examples. The general historiographical outline is as follows: <br />
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- females and males: women (suitable and unsuitable for childbirth [under the age of puberty, elderly]), men (suitable and unsuitable for war [under the age of puberty, elderly]), children; <br />
- the un-free (urban and rural slaves, private and public slaves [imperial, municipal, etc.] and the free (born free [ingenui] and ex-slaves [the freed]); <br />
- the poor and the rich; <br />
- the plebs and the patricians; <br />
- the knights, senators and emperors. <br />
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Bibliography
[1°] I. Calabi Limentani, Epigrafia latina, rist. aggiorn. 4 ed., Bologna, Cis alpino, 2000, pp. 15-155, 177-327 <br />
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[2°] "Res publica Veleiatium". Veleia, tra passato e futuro, cur. N. Criniti, 3 ed., Parma, MUP, 2007, pp. 1-263 <br />
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[3°] G. Susini, Le scritture esposte, in Lo spazio letterario di Roma antica, II, Rome, Salerno Editrice, 1989, pp. 271-305 <br />
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R. Cordella - N. Criniti, "Ager Nursinus". Storia, epigrafia e territorio di Norcia e della Valnerina romane, Perugia, Deputazione di Storia Patria per l'Umbria [cas. post. 130, 06100 Perugia / tel. / fax 075.5727057 / dspu@fastwebnet.it], 2008, pp. 23-183 <br />
Teaching methods
Off campus, but with frequent specialised seminars and field trips to museums and archaeological sites (Veleia being the most important), periodic laboratories to develop a better understanding of the written material and their techniques. <br />
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