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Academic Year/course: 2019/20

553 - Master's in the Ancient World and Archaeological Heritage

61254 - Institutions and politics in the classical city


Syllabus Information

Academic Year:
2019/20
Subject:
61254 - Institutions and politics in the classical city
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:
First semester
Subject Type:
Optional
Module:
---

1. General information

2. Learning goals

3. Assessment (1st and 2nd call)

4. Methodology, learning tasks, syllabus and resources

4.1. Methodological overview

  • The methodology followed in this course is oriented towards the achievement of the learning objectives. 
  • Students are expected to participate actively in the class throughout the semester.
  • Further information regarding the course will be provided on the first day of class.

4.2. Learning tasks

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

4.3. Syllabus

The course will address the following topics:

Section I. Greece

1. Polis as political way of life.

2. Aristotle and different politeiai.

3. Stasis between democrats and oligarchs.

4. Concept of law and legal system.

Section II. Republican Rome

1. Polybius’ mixed constitution (Plb. 6.11-18).

2. Democracy in Rome? The debate in the scholarship (Millar vs Hölkeskamp).

3. The constitution of the Roman Republic. The formation of the Roman constitution. Mos maiorum / Tradition and the control of history by the aristocracy. Legitimation of State’s violence.

4. The institutions of the Roman Republic:

- magistrates

- senate

- popular assemblies

5. Oratory in the Roman Republic:

- public speaking at Rome: A question of auctoritas

- the political debate before the people, without the people

4.4. Course planning and calendar

Further information concerning the timetable, classroom, office hours, assessment dates and other details regarding this course will be provided on the first day of class or please refer to the Facultad de Filosofía y Letras.

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.

 

4.5. Bibliography and recommended resources

  • [Greece] - Bordes, Jacqueline. Politeia dans la pensée grecque jusqu'à Aristote / Jacqueline Bordes Paris: Belles Lettres, 1982.
  • [Greece] - Christ, Matthew Robert. The Litigious Athenian / Matthew R. Christ Baltimore & Londres: JHU Press, 1998.
  • [Greece] - Finley, Moses I.. El nacimiento de la política / Moses I. Finley . Barcelona : Crítica, 1986.
  • [Greece] - Miller, Fred D.. Nature, justice, and rights in Aristotle's politics / Fred D. Miller . [1st ed.] Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1995.
  • [Greece] - Ober, Josiah. Mass and Elite in Democratic Athens: Rhetoric, Ideology, and the Power of the People / Josiah Ober Princenton: Princenton University Press, 1989.
  • [Greece] - Poddighe, Elisabetta. Aristotele, Atene e la metamorfosi dell'idea democratica. Da Solone a Pericle (591-451 a. C.) / Elisabetta Poddighe Roma: Carocci, 2014.
  • [Greece] - Rahe, Paul A.. Republics Ancient & Modern, Vol. 1: The Ancien Régime in Classical Greece / Paul A. Rahe The University of North Caroline Press, 1994.
  • [Greece] - Schütrumpf, Eckart. Die Analyse der Polis durch Aristoteles / Eckart Schütrumpf Amsterdam: B. R. Grüner, 1980.
  • [Greece] - Zumbrunnen, John. Silence and democracy : Athenian politics in Thucydides' history / John Zumbrunnen . University Park (Pennsylavania) : The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2008.
  • [R] - Flower, Harriet I.. Roman Republics / Harriet I. Flower . Princeton ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, 2010.
  • [Republican Rome] - Hölkeskamp, Karl-J. . Reconstructing the Roman Republic: An Ancient Political Culture and Modern Research / Karl-J. Hölkeskamp Princenton: The Princenton niversity Press, 2010.
  • [Republican Rome] - Lintott, Andrew. The Constitution of the Roman Republic / Andrew Lintott . Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1999.
  • [Republican Rome] - Millar, Fergus. The crowd in Rome in the late Republic / Fergus Millar . Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 1998.
  • [Republican Rome] - A companion to the Roman Republic / edited by Nathan Rosenstein and Robert Morstein-Marx . Malden, MA ; Oxford : Blackwell, 2006 [North, J.: ?The Constitution of the Roman Republic?, pp: 256-277].


Academic Year/course: 2019/20

553 - Master's in the Ancient World and Archaeological Heritage

61254 - Institutions and politics in the classical city


Información del Plan Docente

Academic Year:
2019/20
Subject:
61254 - Institutions and politics in the classical city
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:
First semester
Subject Type:
Optional
Module:
---

1. General information

2. Learning goals

3. Assessment (1st and 2nd call)

4. Methodology, learning tasks, syllabus and resources

4.1. Methodological overview

  • The methodology followed in this course is oriented towards the achievement of the learning objectives. 
  • Students are expected to participate actively in the class throughout the semester.
  • Further information regarding the course will be provided on the first day of class.

4.2. Learning tasks

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

4.3. Syllabus

The course will address the following topics:

Section I. Greece

1. Polis as political way of life.

2. Aristotle and different politeiai.

3. Stasis between democrats and oligarchs.

4. Concept of law and legal system.

Section II. Republican Rome

1. Polybius’ mixed constitution (Plb. 6.11-18).

2. Democracy in Rome? The debate in the scholarship (Millar vs Hölkeskamp).

3. The constitution of the Roman Republic. The formation of the Roman constitution. Mos maiorum / Tradition and the control of history by the aristocracy. Legitimation of State’s violence.

4. The institutions of the Roman Republic:

- magistrates

- senate

- popular assemblies

5. Oratory in the Roman Republic:

- public speaking at Rome: A question of auctoritas

- the political debate before the people, without the people

4.4. Course planning and calendar

Further information concerning the timetable, classroom, office hours, assessment dates and other details regarding this course will be provided on the first day of class or please refer to the Facultad de Filosofía y Letras.

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.

 

4.5. Bibliography and recommended resources

  • [Greece] - Bordes, Jacqueline. Politeia dans la pensée grecque jusqu'à Aristote / Jacqueline Bordes Paris: Belles Lettres, 1982.
  • [Greece] - Christ, Matthew Robert. The Litigious Athenian / Matthew R. Christ Baltimore & Londres: JHU Press, 1998.
  • [Greece] - Finley, Moses I.. El nacimiento de la política / Moses I. Finley . Barcelona : Crítica, 1986.
  • [Greece] - Miller, Fred D.. Nature, justice, and rights in Aristotle's politics / Fred D. Miller . [1st ed.] Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1995.
  • [Greece] - Ober, Josiah. Mass and Elite in Democratic Athens: Rhetoric, Ideology, and the Power of the People / Josiah Ober Princenton: Princenton University Press, 1989.
  • [Greece] - Poddighe, Elisabetta. Aristotele, Atene e la metamorfosi dell'idea democratica. Da Solone a Pericle (591-451 a. C.) / Elisabetta Poddighe Roma: Carocci, 2014.
  • [Greece] - Rahe, Paul A.. Republics Ancient & Modern, Vol. 1: The Ancien Régime in Classical Greece / Paul A. Rahe The University of North Caroline Press, 1994.
  • [Greece] - Schütrumpf, Eckart. Die Analyse der Polis durch Aristoteles / Eckart Schütrumpf Amsterdam: B. R. Grüner, 1980.
  • [Greece] - Zumbrunnen, John. Silence and democracy : Athenian politics in Thucydides' history / John Zumbrunnen . University Park (Pennsylavania) : The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2008.
  • [R] - Flower, Harriet I.. Roman Republics / Harriet I. Flower . Princeton ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, 2010.
  • [Republican Rome] - Hölkeskamp, Karl-J. . Reconstructing the Roman Republic: An Ancient Political Culture and Modern Research / Karl-J. Hölkeskamp Princenton: The Princenton niversity Press, 2010.
  • [Republican Rome] - Lintott, Andrew. The Constitution of the Roman Republic / Andrew Lintott . Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1999.
  • [Republican Rome] - Millar, Fergus. The crowd in Rome in the late Republic / Fergus Millar . Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 1998.
  • [Republican Rome] - A companion to the Roman Republic / edited by Nathan Rosenstein and Robert Morstein-Marx . Malden, MA ; Oxford : Blackwell, 2006 [North, J.: ?The Constitution of the Roman Republic?, pp: 256-277].