Academic Year/course:
2017/18
418 - Degree in History
28140 - The Classical City
Syllabus Information
Academic Year:
2017/18
Subject:
28140 - The Classical City
Faculty / School:
103 - Facultad de Filosofía y Letras
Degree:
418 - Degree in History
ECTS:
5.0
Year:
4
Semester:
First semester
Subject Type:
Optional
Module:
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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
1. ATHENS
1.1. Origins of democracy
1.2. Democracy and imperialism
1.3. Stasis: ideological conflicts and civil war
1.4. The loss of the empire and the economic problem in IVth century BC
2. ROME
2.1. The development of Rome as urbs and civitas according to literary sources and archaeological information.
2.2. The regal period and the beginning of the Republican age.
2.3. Roman imperialism.
2.4. The crisis of the Republic: society and politics in Rome from the Gracchi to Caesar.
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
- Sancho Rocher, Laura. Democracia e imperialismo marítimo : Atenas, siglos V-IV a. C. : fuentes y cuestiones historiográficas / Laura Sancho Rocher . - 1ª ed. en Liceus [Madrid] : Liceus, Servicios de Gestión y Comunicación, 2012.
- Cornell, Timothy J.. Los orígenes de Roma : c. 1000-264 a.C. : Italia y Roma de la Edad del Bronce a las guerras púnicas / T.J. Cornell ; traducción castellana de Teófilo de Lozoya Barcelona : Crítica, D.L. 1999.
- Martínez-Pinna, Jorge. Los orígenes de Roma / Jorge Martínez-Pinna Madrid : Síntesis, D.L. 1999.
- Duplá Ansuategui, Antonio. La republica romana arcaica (509-264 a. C. ) / Antonio Duplá . - [1ª ed.] Madrid : Síntesis, [2003].
- Roldán Hervás, José Manuel. El imperialismo romano : Roma y la conquista del mundo mediterráneo : (264-133 a.C.) / José Manuel Roldán Hervás. - [1a. ed.] Madrid : Síntesis, D.L. 1994.
- Pina Polo, Francisco. La crisis de la República (133-44 a.C.) / Francisco Pina Polo Madrid : Síntesis, D.L. 2010.