FF:DSBcA16 Interpretative Seminar II - Course Information

DSBcA16 Interpretative Seminar II

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
In-person direct teaching

Teacher(s)

Mgr. et Mgr. Markéta Melounová, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

Mgr. et Mgr. Markéta Melounová, Ph.D.
Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Erlebachová
Supplier department: Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts

Prerequisites

DSBcA15 Interpretative Seminar I
At least basic knowledge of Latin/ancient Greek.

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Ancient History (programme FF, B-DST_) (3)

Course objectives

In the seminar, students will be appraised with the most important historical works of the Roman Republic and the Principate. Legal sources, letters, biographies etc. will be read, as well.
The seminar will focus on working with sources on the example of specific topics (e.g. Pompeius' unrealized principate and common features of his Eastern policy with the Roman policy towards the provinces in the Principate; integration of provinces under the Empire etc.).

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course students will be able to search out sources for specific problems of Roman history independently and draw conclusions on the basis of their critical analysis.

Syllabus

• Reading of sources (literary, legal, epigraphic) with complementing commentary regarding following topics:
• – social strata in the Principate (senatores, equites, decuriones; the problem of liberti and familia Caesaris).
• – the ways of integration of provinces under the Principate: service in the army (legions and auxilia).
• – Roman citizenship, ius Latii (Latium minus, maius), ius Italicum; taxes.
• – integration through urbanization: coloniae and municipia under the Principate.
• – Roman attitudes towards the integration promoted by emperors; Roman prejudice against foreigners.
• – the operation of Roman towns during the Principate

Literature

required literature
• ALFÖLDY, Géza. Römische Sozialgeschichte. 4., völlig überarbeitete u. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner, 2011, 399 stran. ISBN 9783515098410. info
• BALTRUSCH, Ernst. Caesar und Pompeius. 3. Aufl., bibliographisch ak. Darmstadt: WBG (Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft), 2011, x, 198. ISBN 9783534719327. info
• CHRIST, Karl. Krize a zánik římské republiky. Translated by Jan Hlavička. Vydání první. Praha: Vyšehrad, 2010, 421 stran. ISBN 9788074290299. info
• GRUEN, Erich S. The Last Generation of the Roman Republic. Berkeley; Los Angeles; London, 1995.
• The encyclopedia of ancient history. Edited by Roger S. Bagnall. 1st pub. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell, 2013, viii, s. ISBN 9781444338386. info

recommended literature
• SEAGER, Robin. Pompey the Great : a Political Biography. Reprint of the 2nd Edition. Malden, MA : Blackwell, 2003.
• APPIANOS. Krize římské republiky : (Římské dějiny II - Občanské války). Translated by Jan Burian - Bohumila Mouchová. Vydání první. Praha: Svoboda, 1989, 495 stran. ISBN 802050060X. URL info
• CAESAR, C. Iulius. Commentarii rerum gestarum. Vol. 1: Bellum Gallicum. Edidit Alfred Klotz. Přetisk 4. vyd. Leipzig: B. G. Teubner, 1957. info
• CAESAR, Gaius Iulius. Válečné paměti : o válce gallské, o válce občanské, alexandrijské, africké a hispánské. Translated by Ivan Bureš. 1. souborné vyd. Praha: Svoboda, 1972, 634 s. URL info
• CICERO, Marcus Tullius. M. Tulli Ciceronis Epistulae ad Atticum. Edited by D. R. Shackleton Bailey. [Leipzig]: De Gruyter, 2012, xviii, 327. ISBN 9783598712081. info
• CICERO, Marcus Tullius. M. Tulli Ciceronis Epistulae ad Atticum. Edited by D. R. Shackleton Bailey. [Leipzig]: De Gruyter, 2012, iv, 756. ISBN 9783598712098. info
• CICERO, Marcus Tullius. Political speeches. Edited by D. H. Berry. 1st pub. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006, xl, 345. ISBN 0192832662. info
• DESSAU, H. Inscriptiones Latinae selectae. Berlin, 1914. info
• IUVENALIS, Decimus Iunius. Satire. Edited by Ettore Barelli - Luca Canali. 1. ed. Milano: BUR, 2002, 291 s. ISBN 8817127825. info
• IUVENALIS AQUINATUS, Decimus Iunius. Satiry [Iuvenalis, 1972]. Praha: Svoboda, 1972. info
• PLUTARCHOS. Životopisy slavných Řeků a Římanů. 1. Praha: Odeon - nakladatelství krásné literatury a umění, 1967, 834 s. info
• PLUTARCHOS. Životopisy slavných Řeků a Římanů. 2. Praha: Odeon - nakladatelství krásné literatury a umění, 1967, 808 s., [3. info
• SUETONIUS TRANQUILLUS, Gaius. Opera. Edited by Maximilian Ihm. Ed. stereotypa editionis 1. Monachii: In aedibus K.G. Saur, 2003, xviii, 359. ISBN 3598718276. info
• SUETONIUS TRANQUILLUS, Gaius. Životopisy dvanácti císařů spolu se zlomky jeho spisu O význačných literátech. Translated by Bohumil Ryba. Vyd. 3., ve Svobodě 1. Praha: Svoboda, 1974, 582 s. info
• TACITUS, Publius Cornelius. P. Cornelii Taciti libri qui supersunt. Edited by Heinz Heubner. Editio correctior. Stutgardiae: In aedibus B.G. Teubneri, 1994, xi, 481. ISBN 3519118335. info
• TACITUS, Publius Cornelius. P. Cornelii Taciti libri qui supersunt. Edited by Heinz Heubner. Stutgardiae: In aedibus B.G. Teubneri, 1978, ix, 264. ISBN 3519018365. info
• TACITUS, Publius Cornelius. Letopisy. Translated by Antonín Minařík - Antonín Hartmann. Vyd. 3. Praha: Svoboda, 1975, 554 s. URL info
• TACITUS. Z dějin císařského Říma : Dějiny (Obsaž.) : Germánie (Obsaž.) : Rozprava o řečnících (Obsaž.) : Život Iulia Agricoly (Obsaž.). Translated by Antonín Minařík - Antonín Hartmann - Václav Bahník. Vyd. 1. Praha: Svoboda, 1976, 473 s. info

Teaching methods

Critical analysis of selected texts; discussion.

Assessment methods

Presentation of research tasks during the semester, active class participation, attendance (70 %).

Language of instruction

Czech

Further Comments

The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.

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