AEB_A14e The Roman Era and the Great Migrations in Central Europe

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2024
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. Mgr. Jiří Macháček, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Balázs Komoróczy, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. Mgr. Jiří Macháček, Ph.D.
Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Šibíčková
Supplier department: Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Tue 8:00–9:40 M22, except Tue 16. 4.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 50 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 27/50, only registered: 0/50
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course focuses on the problem of the first six centuries of our era – the Roman Period and the Migration Period – within the archaeological and historical contexts. The aim is to present the current state of knowledge of these periods and to familiarize students with the present-day methodological trends of archaeological research.
The focal point of the lectures is in the clarification of the main features of cultural, social and economic development of the Middle Danube region. The chronological changes of cultural image of the region from the end of the Iron Age to the withdrawal of Langobards from Central Europe are distinctly reflected. Also important is the clarification of mutual relations between individual cultural spheres, among which the archaeological manifestations of the close neighbourhood of the advanced antique civilization and so-called barbarian cultures occupy a significant position. A detailed view of archaeological cultures of the Germanic tribes on our territory is accompanied by a significant reflection of parallel sources of archaeological information from neighbouring regions including Roman provinces. The teaching is completed by the characteristic of the dynamics of ethnic and cultural changes of the Middle Danube region during the turbulent Migration Period.
Learning outcomes
After completion of the course, student will be able to:
- define and describe the key issues of contemporary archaeological research on the Roman Period and Migration Period in Central Europe
- define the most important phases of development of the era in question and characterize them using the historical and above all archaeological sources of information
- describe basic characteristics of archaeological cultures including their mutual comparison
- be knowledgeable in the material culture of individual periods defined by relative or absolute chronology
- be knowledgeable in the history of research and in the changes of methodological tools of the Roman and Migration Period archaeology
Syllabus
  • 1. Spatial and temporal definition of the studied topic. Basic characteristics, terminology and methodological approaches to the study of Roman Period and Migration Period.
  • 2. General definition of the sources of information.
  • 3. Chronological systems of the Roman Period in Central Europe.
  • 4. The last Celts, the first Germans and Romans in Central Europe.
  • 5. Early Roman Period development in the neighbourhood of the established Roman provinces.
  • 6. At the turn of the Early and Late Roman Period (Marcomannic Wars and their aftermath).
  • 7. Late Roman Period.
  • 8. Settlement structures of the Roman Period and the present state of knowledge of the economic conditions of their inhabitants.
  • 9. Graves and social differentiation during the Roman Period.
  • 10. The last Suebi and Romans in the Middle Danube region.
  • 11. Early, pre-Langobardic phase of the Migration Period.
  • 12. Langobardic phase of the Migration Period.
Literature
    required literature
  • Tejral, Jaroslav. Za dob velkého neklidu (doba stěhování národů). In: Podborský, V. (ed.): Pravěké dějiny Moravy. Brno 1993, 471-503.
  • TEJRAL, Jaroslav. Na hranicích impéria (doba římská). In: Podborský, V. (ed.): Pravěké dějiny Moravy. Brno1993, 424-470.
  • SALAČ, Vladimír. Archeologie pravěkých Čech – Svazek 8: Doba římská a stěhování národů. Praha: Archeologický ústav AV ČR, Praha, v.v.i., 2008, 214 pp. ISBN 978-80-86124-81-0. info
  • PEŠKA, Jaroslav and Jaroslav TEJRAL. Das germanische Königsgrab von Mušov in Mähren. Mainz, 2002, 573 pp. Monographien Röm.-German. Zentralmuseum 56. ISBN 978-3-88467-076-7. info
  • SAKAŘ, Vladimír and Jan BOUZEK. Římské provincie a limes Romanus ve střední a západní Evropě. Vyd. 1. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1990, 149 s. ISBN 80-7066-161-5. info
    recommended literature
  • DROBERJAR, Eduard. Studien zu den germanischen Siedlungen der älteren römischen Kaiserzeit in Mähren. Translated by Jiří Leksa, Illustrated by Magdalena Fábiková - Bohumil Prudk. Pragae: Museum Nationale Pragae, 1997, 378 s. ISBN 80-7036-039-9. info
  • DROBERJAR, Eduard. Encyklopedie římské a germánské archeologie v Čechách a na Moravě. 1. vyd. Praha: Libri, 2002, 456 s. ISBN 807277106X. info
  • KOLNÍK, Titus. Rímske a germánske umenie na Slovensku. Edited by Ján Dekan, Photo by Jozef Krátky. 1. vyd. Bratislava: Tatran, 1984, 312 s. info
  • KOMORÓCZY, Balázs, Dana CEJNKOVÁ and Jaroslav TEJRAL. Římané a Germáni. Nepřátelé - rivalové - sousedé (Romans and Germans. Enemies – rivals – neighbours.). Brno: SVAN, spol. s. r. o., 2003, 28 pp. ISBN 80-85956-19-5. info
  • TEJRAL, Jaroslav. Langobardische Gräberfelder in Mähren. Brno: Archäologisches Institut der Akademie der Wissenschaften der Tschechischen Republik, 2011, 459 s. ISBN 9788086023977. info
Teaching methods
Lectures with bilingual presentations (Czech and English), reading in Czech, English and other languages. Chosen lectures are presented in English.
Assessment methods
Requirements for the examination: General attainments; knowledge of the life and customs and the methodology of study of the period in question; individual work with assigned specialised literature.
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Information on completion of the course: Informace ke způsobu ukončení viz sylabus.
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020, Spring 2022.
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