Syllabus Information

5.1. Methodological overview

See "Learning activities " and "Syllabus".

More information will be provided on the first day of class.

5.2. Learning tasks

• Theoretical lectures.
• Practical lectures.
• Individual work.
• Personal study.
• Assessment activities.

5.3. Syllabus

I. Archaic Period (7th-6th centuries B. C.).

General conditions of the Greek world from 700 BC: demographic and economic growth. Colonization, hoplitic revolution and stasis

II. Sparta and Athens: processes of territorial definition, institutions and citizenship.

Classical Period (5th-4th centuries B. C.).

III. Greece before the Persian Empire.

IV. Athenian democracy and maritime imperialism (arche, Peloponnesian War and Second Naval League).

V. The Struggle for Hegemony: Macedon and the Greeks.

VI. Monarchy and Early Republican Phase: conflict between patricians and plebeians.

VII. The conquest of Italy and juridical organization system.

VIII. The Roman “Constitution”. The nobilitas and the Struggle against Carthago.

5.4. Course planning and calendar

See the academic calendar of the University of Zaragoza (http://academico.unizar.es/calendario-academico/calendario) and the website of the Faculty of Philosophy and Arts (Schedule of classes: https://fyl.unizar.es/horario-de-clases#overlay-context=horario-de-clases; Examination schedule: https://fyl.unizar.es/calendario-de-examenes#overlay-context=)

More information will be provided on the first day of class.

5.5. Bibliography and recommended resources

• Gómez Espelosín, Francisco Javier. Historia de Grecia en la Antigüedad / Francisco Javier Gómez Espelosín Tres Cantos (Madrid) : Akal, D.L. 2011.
• Roldán Hervás, José Manuel. Historia de Roma. Tomo I, La República romana / José Manuel Roldán Hervás . - [1a. ed.] Madrid : Cátedra, D.L. 1981.
• Boardman, John. Los griegos en ultramar : comercio y expansión colonial antes de la era clásica / John Boardman ; versión española de Antonio Escohotado ; revisión, Marisa Balseiro [Madrid] : Alianza, 1975.
• Rodríguez Adrados, Francisco. El mundo de la lírica griega antigua / Francisco Rodríguez Adrados Madrid : Alianza, D.L. 1981.
• Rodríguez Adrados, Francisco. La democracia ateniense / Francisco Rodríguez Adrados ; adaptado por Manuel Gonzalo Madrid : Alianza, 1975.
• Hammond, N. G. L.. Alejandro Magno : rey, general y estadista / N.G.L. Hammond Madrid : Alianza, D.L. 1992.
• Heurgon, Jacques. Roma y el Mediterráneo occidental hasta las guerras púnicas / Jacques Heurgon ; [traducción por Antonio Antelo] . - [1a. ed.] Barcelona : Labor, 1971.
• Harris, William V.. Guerra e imperialismo en la Roma republicana, 327-70 a.C. / por William V. Harris Madrid [etc.] : Siglo XXI, 1989.
• La antigua Grecia : historia política, social y cultural / Sarah B. Pomeroy ...[et al.] ; traducción castellana de Teófilo de Lozoya . 1ª ed. en rust. Barcelona : Crítica, 2011.