Prerequisites
a basic knowledge of Roman History
Course unit content
Rome, the greatest megalopolis of antiquity
Lesons will deal on economy and urbanism between late republic an later empire: demography, food supply, modern historiography.
Bibliography
M. Finley, L'economia degli antichi e dei moderni, Laterza, Roma-Bari, 1977;
E. Lo Cascio (a cura di), Roma imperiale, una metropoli antica, Carocci, Roma, 2000; P. Garnsey, Famine and food supply in the Graeco-Roman World, Cambridge Universityu Press, Cambridge, 1988..
Teaching methods
the course is a seminar; students will write written papers.