KLBcA29 Introduction to Roman Epigraphy

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2017
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Balázs Komoróczy, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Eliška Kazdová, CSc.
Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Šibíčková
Supplier department: Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Wed 10:50–12:25 T227
Prerequisites
Basic ability to understand Latin text.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The basic concepts of epigraphy, the development of Latin letters, institutions of the Roman state; epigraphic Greek; reading and interpretation of writings, primarily, sepulchral, votive and military; basic aids and their use.
Syllabus
  • Basic terminology of epigraphy.
  • Development of latin script.
  • Forms of latin names.
  • Institutions of the Roman state especially in the period of principat.
  • Cursus honorum.
  • Structure of the Roman army and the provincial-roman administration.
Literature
  • VIDMAN, Ladislav. Psáno do kamene : (antická epigrafie). 1. vyd. Praha: Academia, 1975, 183 s. URL info
  • ČEŠKA, Josef and Radislav HOŠEK. Inscriptiones Pannoniae Superioris : in Slovacia Transdanubiana asservatae. Vyd. 1. Brno: Universitas Purkyniana Brunensis, 1967, 125 s. URL info
  • HOŠEK, Radislav. Tituli Latini Pannoniae Superioris annis 1967-1984 in Slovacia reperti. Praha, 1984. info
  • DESSAU, H. Inscriptiones Latinae selectae. Berlin, 1914. info
  • CAGNAT, René. Cours d'épigraphie Latine. 4. éd. Paris: Fontemoing et Cie, 1914, 504 s., př. info
  • DE RUGGIERO, H. Sylloge epigraphica orbis Romani. Roma, 1904. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, class discussion.
Assessment methods
Oral exam.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2019.
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