Academic Year/course:
2017/18
553 - Master's in the Ancient World and Archaeological Heritage
61258 - Ideology and power in the Imperial Rome
Syllabus Information
Academic Year:
2017/18
Subject:
61258 - Ideology and power in the Imperial Rome
Faculty / School:
103 - Facultad de Filosofía y Letras
Degree:
553 - Master's in the Ancient World and Archaeological Heritage
ECTS:
4.0
Year:
1
Semester:
Second 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
The course will address the following topics:
Topic 1. Introduction: The consolidation of the imperial system (1st to 3rd centuries A. D.). From unitary Empire to its desintegration. Institutional and ideological aspects.
Topic 2. The institutional, political, and religious transformations of the 3rd and 4th Centuries A. D.).
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
- Cameron, Averil. The Later Roman Empire, AD 284-430 / Averil Cameron. Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 1993.
- Errington, R. M.. Roman Imperial Policy fron Julian to Theodosius / R. M. Errington. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2006.
- Delmaire, Roland. Les institutions du bas-empire romain, de Constantin à Justinien. Vol.1 : Les institutions civiles palatines / Roland Delmaire. Paris : Cerf : Les Editions du CNRS, 1995.
- Harries, J.. Imperial Rome AD 284 to 363 : the new empire / J. Harries. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2013.
- Workshop of The International Network Impact of Empire (7. 2006. Nimega). Crises and the Roman Empire: Proceedings of the Seventh Workshop of the International Network Impact of Empire, Nijmegen, June 20-24, 2006 / O. Hekster, Gerda de Kleijn, Daniëlle Slootjes (eds.). Leiden ; Boston: Brill, 2007 [Impact of Empire v. 7. ]
- Mitchell, Stephen. A history of the later Roman Empire AD 284-641: the transformation of the ancient world / Stephen Mitchell. Malden and Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, 2007.