KLB_104 Introduction in ancient epigraphy

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2023
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Balázs Komoróczy, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Veronika Florianová (lecturer)
Mgr. Věra Klontza, 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
Timetable
Thu 10:00–11:40 M11, except Thu 16. 11.
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: 1/20, 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
Course objectives
Aim of the course is to acquire the basic methodological approaches of ancient Latin epigraphy including ability to read and edit simple inscriptions (tombstones, altars etc.). Equally important part of the course is illumination of the basic features of the social history of ancient Rome: legal status of the population, formation of names, roles and carrier order of the members of the higher social classes (senatorial, equestrian and municipal). The subject is mainly focused on testimony of inscription sources originating from Italy and the Central European provinces. In addition to common inscriptions, attention is also paid to selected, historically extraordinary inscriptions on the basis of which the students will become familiar with the potential source value of these texts.
Learning outcomes
After absolving the course student will be able to:
- actively read, edit and professionally further use epigraphically edited inscription sources
- define the basic development tendencies of the Roman society during the eras of Republic and Principate
- identify concrete individuals and their social, official and religious roles based on inscriptions
- at the professional level to orientate in possibilities of use of epigraphical sources for archaeological research
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
  • KEPPIE, L. J. F. Understanding Roman inscriptions. 1st pub. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1991, 158 s. ISBN 0801843227. 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 2019, Autumn 2021.
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