FF:DSMB09 Roman Provinces - Course Information
DSMB09 Roman Provinces and Their Culture
Faculty of ArtsAutumn 2023
The course is not taught in Autumn 2023
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
- Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Tereza Antošovská, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Bc. Jana Malaníková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Markéta Melounová, Ph.D. (lecturer) - Guaranteed by
- Mgr. et Mgr. Markéta Melounová, Ph.D.
Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Erlebachová
Supplier department: Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts - Prerequisites
- ! DSMgrB09 Roman Provinces I
Good knowledge of Roman history. - Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Ancient History (programme FF, N-DST_) (3)
- Course objectives
- The aim of the course is to provide the students with a deeper level of knowledge of the Roman system of provincial administration than it is possible during the mandatory courses of Roman history; the discussed period of time spans from the time of gaining the first provinces under the Republic until the end of Antiquity. A due place is dedicated to the issue of the limes Romanus, too.
- Learning outcomes
- After the completion of the course the student will
- be able to explain the specifics of the Roman system of provincial administration under the Republic, the Principate and the Dominate
- learn to describe the advantages and problems of the Roman administrative system and to characterize its individual development phases
- be capable of explaining the nature of the border system of the Roman Empire (limes Romanus), its specifics in different parts of the Empire and in different time periods - Syllabus
- Introduction, working with the map
- Administration of provinces under the Republic: basic concepts, the emergence of first provinces and further acquisitions; the development of the administration up to the battle of Actium
- The system of administration of provinces under the Principate; the territorial development of the Empire; the development of the relation provinces - Italy, the attitude of the emperors towards provinces
- The system of administration of the Empire under the Dominate
- The problem of Roman borders
- Field trip
- Literature
- required literature
- WESCH-KLEIN, Gabriele. Die Provinzen des Imperium Romanum : Geschichte, Herrschaft, Verwaltung. Darmstadt: WBG Wissen verbindet, 2016, 162 stran. ISBN 9783534264384. info
- SAKAŘ, Vladimír and Jan BOUZEK. Římské provincie a limes Romanus ve střední a západní Evropě. Vyd. 1. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1990, 149 s. ISBN 80-7066-161-5. info
- recommended literature
- JONES, A. H. M. The Cities of the Eastern Roman Provinces. Wipf&Stock Publishers, 2004
- KOMORÓCZY, Balázs, Dana CEJNKOVÁ and Jaroslav TEJRAL. Římané a Germáni. Nepřátelé - rivalové - sousedé (Romans and Germans. Enemies – rivals – neighbours.). Brno: SVAN, spol. s. r. o., 2003, 28 pp. ISBN 80-85956-19-5. info
- KEMKES, Martin, Jörg SCHEUERBRANDT and Nina WILLBURGER. Am Rande des Imperiums : der Limes, Grenze Roms zu den Barbaren. Stuttgart: Jan Thorbecke Verlag, 2002, 288 s. ISBN 3882943319. info
- Die römischen Provinzen : eine Einführung in ihre Archäologie. Edited by Thomas Fischer - Michael Altjohann. Stuttgart: Theiss, 2001, 396 s. ISBN 380621591X. info
- BECHERT, Tilmann. Die Provinzen des Römischen Reiches. Einführung und¨Überblick. Mainz am Rhein, 1999. info
- MOMMSEN, Theodor. Römische Geschichte. Edited by Heinrich Kiepert. 10. Aufl. Berlin: Weidmannsche Buchhandlung, 1927, viii, 659. URL info
- Teaching methods
- lectures, discussion, homework
- Assessment methods
- active participation in lectures, written test
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further Comments
- The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
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