DSBcA011 History of Rome II

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2016
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. et Mgr. Markéta Melounová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. PhDr. Jarmila Bednaříková, CSc. (alternate examiner)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Jarmila Bednaříková, CSc.
Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Erlebachová
Supplier department: Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Tue 12:30–14:05 B2.33
Prerequisites (in Czech)
DSBcA009 History of Rome I
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
At the end of this lecture the student will be able to understand the history of the Roman Empire in the Principate and Dominate era.
Syllabus
  • 1) the solution of the crisis of the Republican regime - the beginnings of the Principate during the reign of Octavianus Augustus
  • 2) the international and cultural policy during the reign of Octavianus Augustus
  • 3) the consolidation of the Principate under the Julio-Claudian dynasty
  • 4) the international and interior evolution of the Roman Empire at the times of the Flavian dynasty
  • 5) the High Empire
  • 6) the culture and every-day-life during the High Empire
  • 7) the provinces during the High Empire
  • 8) the Roman Empire during the Severan dynasty - the evolution of Roman citizenship, administrative reforms
  • 9) the crisis of the Roman Empire in the years 235-270
  • 10) the reforms of the builders of the Dominate as a solution of the crisis
  • 11) the society in the Late Antiquity
  • 12) the Roman state and Christianity
  • 13) the elements of feudalization in the Late Roman Empire
Literature
    recommended literature
  • BEDNAŘÍKOVÁ, Jarmila and Markéta MELOUNOVÁ. Římské císařství II: Dominát (The Roman Empire II: the Dominate). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2014, 103 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-6955-8. Digitální knihovna FF MU info
  • MAREK, Václav, Pavel OLIVA and Petr CHARVÁT. Encyklopedie dějin starověku. 1. vyd. Praha: Libri, 2008, 535 s. ISBN 9788072772018. info
  • The Cambridge ancient history. Edited by Alan K. Bowman - Peter Garnsey - Averil Cameron. 2nd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005, xviii, 965. ISBN 0521301998. info
  • ECK, Werner. Augustus a jeho doba. Translated by Vlastimil Drbal. Vydání první. V Praze: Vyšehrad, 2004, 118 stran. ISBN 8070216883. info
  • BURIAN, Jan. Římské impérium : vrchol a proměny antické civilizace. Vyd. 1. Praha: Svoboda-Libertas, 1994, 236 s. ISBN 8020503919. info
  • TACITUS. Z dějin císařského Říma : dějiny, život Iulia Agricoly, Germánie, rozprava o řečnících. Translated by Antonín Minařík - Antonín Hartmann - Václav Bahník. Vyd. 1. Praha: Svoboda, 1976, 473 s. info
  • TACITUS, Publius Cornelius. Letopisy. Translated by Antonín Minařík - Antonín Hartmann. Vyd. 3. Praha: Svoboda, 1975, 554 s. URL info
  • SUETONIUS TRANQUILLUS, Gaius. Životopisy dvanácti císařů spolu se zlomky jeho spisu O význačných literátech. Translated by Bohumil Ryba. Vyd. 3., ve Svobodě 1. Praha: Svoboda, 1974, 582 s. info
  • SYME, Ronald. Emperors and biography : studies in the Historia Augusta. Oxford: Claredon Press, 1971, vii, 306. ISBN 0198143575. info
Teaching methods
Lectures accompanied by theoretical training of students.
Assessment methods
The final evaluation takes the form of an oral examination. Attending the lectures is not mandatory. It is necessary to individually prepare at home.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Information on completion of the course: Zkouška obsahuje vždy jedno téma týkající se dějin principátu, jedno z historie dom inátu a jedno se týká kontaktu římské říše s tzv. barbary.
The course is taught annually.
Information about innovation of course.
This course has been innovated under the project "Faculty of Arts as Centre of Excellence in Education: Complex Innovation of Study Programmes and Fields at FF MU with Regard to the Requirements of the Knowledge Economy“ – Reg. No. CZ.1.07/2.2.00/28.0228, which is cofinanced by the European Social Fond and the national budget of the Czech Republic.

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