KLB_101 Topography of ancient Italy

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Ing. Monika Zobková Koróniová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Věra Klontza, Ph.D.
Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Šibíčková
Supplier department: Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of Roman history and civilization.
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 30 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/30, only registered: 0/30, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/30
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
At the end of the course, students will master the knowledge of historical and topographical development of Italy and the process of urbanization of the territory. The students will also be able to mark regions and cities in the map and list their most famous archaeological sites.
Learning outcomes
After successfull passing the course, students will be able to:
- Identify and place in a map principal historical regions of Italy
- Describe historical and cultural development of the given region
- List fundamental archaeological sites of the region
- Compare and analyze individual regions in terms of their material culture
- Define individual tribes settled in the Apennine peninsula in terms of their material culture, residential and funerary architecture
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction (meaning of the historical topography; tools and methodologies), geography
  • 2. Ancient peoples of Italy
  • 3. Regio I - Latium et Campania
  • 4. Regio II - Apulia et Calabria
  • 5. Regio III - Lucania et Brutium
  • 6. Regio IV - Samnium
  • 7. Regio V – Picenum
  • 8. Regio VI - Umbria et Ager Gallicus
  • 9. Regio VII - Etruria
  • 10. Regio VIII, Regio IX - Aemilia, Liguria
  • 11. Regio X, Regio XI - Venetia et Histria, Transpadana
  • 12. Sicily
Literature
  • DE LA BÉDOYÈRE, Guy. Cities of Roman Italy : Pompeii, Herculaneum and Ostia. 1st pub. London: Bristol Classical Press, 2010, 123 s. ISBN 9781853997280. info
  • The Roman world, 44 BC-AD 180. Edited by Martin Goodman - Jane Sherwood. New York: Routledge, 1997, xxiii, 380. ISBN 0415049709. info
  • CORNELL, Tim. The beginnings of Rome : Italy and Rome from the Bronze Age to the Punic Wars (c. 1000-264 BC). 1st pub. London: Routledge, 1995, xx, 507. ISBN 9780415015950. info
Teaching methods
Lectures with powerpoint presentation.
Assessment methods
Active participation, written examination (including a blind map of Italy).
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further Comments
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2021, Spring 2023.
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