DSMgrB10 Roman Provinces and Their Culture II

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2016
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Jiří Bartůněk, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Pavel Dadák (lecturer)
Mgr. Adéla Křížová (lecturer)
Mgr. Jan Plocek (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Jarmila Bednaříková, CSc.
Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Erlebachová
Supplier department: Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Mon 7:30–9:05 A21
Prerequisites
!OBOR(DST) && !TYP_STUDIA(B)
Student needs to be familiar with history of Roman Empire from Roman kingdom to the end of Western Roman Empire (476 AD)
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
Course objectives
At the end of the course student will have knowledge about cultural, economical and religious affairs in the provinces and about military presence of Roman army on Limes. Next question answered will be creation and administration of single provinces with focus on differences between provinces and Italy (economy).
Syllabus
  • 1. Nerva–Antonine dynasty, newly acquired provinces and its Romanization. Architecture in provinces, Limes Romanus along Barbaricum 2. Marcomannic Wars and its impact on provinces, devastation of frontier provinces 3. Civil Wars, Severan dynasty and administration in provinces, Civil rights for all inhabitans of Empire 4. Crisis of 3rd century in provinces, The Gallic Empire, The Palmyrene Empire 5. Crisis of Limit defence, natural disasters, beginning of settling of barbarians within Empire 6. Overview of lost territories under rule of barbarians 7. Diocletian and Tetrarchy 8. Constantine the Great, barbarian invasions, re-building of Limes, religion in provinces 9. Theodosius the Great, division of Empire, fall of Roman power in remote areas 10. Fall of the Western Roman Empire, newly formed kingdoms, comparison between western former provinces and provinces in the East (to circa 500 AD)
Literature
  • KOMORÓCZY, Balázs, Dana CEJNKOVÁ a Jaroslav TEJRAL. Římané a Germáni. Nepřátelé - rivalové - sousedé. Brno: SVAN, spol. s. r. o., 2003. 28 s. ISBN 80-85956-19-5.
  • BOWDEN, William. Epirus Vetus: the archaeology of a late antique province. Duckworth, 2003
  • NOBLE, Thomas. From Roman Provinces to Medieval Kingdoms. Routledge, 2006
  • KING, Anthony. Roman Gaul and Germany. California: University of California Press, 1990
  • RAJA, Rubina. Urban development and regional identity in the eastern Roman provinces, 50 BC-AD 250: Aphrodisias, Ephesos, Athens, Gerasa. xvii, 273 pages. ISBN 978-876-3526-067.
  • LAURENCE, Ray. Roman archaeology for historians. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. ISBN 11-362-9531-3.
  • CIUGUDEAN .., Ed. by Horia.. Army and urban development in the Danubian provinces of the Roman Empire: proceedings of the international symposium Alba Iulia, 8th - 10th October 1999. Alba Iulia: Muzeul Naţional al Unirii, 2000. ISBN 97-381-4109-5.
  • SAKAŘ, Vladimír a Jan BOUZEK. Římské provincie a limes Romanus ve střední a západní Evropě. Vyd. 1. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1990, 149 s. ISBN 80-706-6161-5.
Teaching methods
lecture
Assessment methods
oral exam
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
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