AEA_33 The Roman Era and The Great Migration Period in Europe

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2014
Extent and Intensity
2/2/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Dagmar Vachůtová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Zdeněk Měřínský, CSc.
Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Šibíčková
Supplier department: Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Thu 15:50–19:05 C43
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 40 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/40, only registered: 0/40
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
there are 7 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
The teaching expands on the knowledge of proto-history of Central Europe and is mainly aimed on Roman-barbarian relations and their archaeological reflection along the border of the Roman Empire and within the territory of barbarian peoples. The course also gives an overview of history and material culture of the period of Great Migrations. In the tutorial lessons, which link, increas and supplement the themes of lectures, students elaborate an essay with complete bibliography and detailed summary in English. Lectures on the subject of the essay are presented in Czech or English depending on student´s choises and options. Also the class discussion is managed in Czech or English, depending on student´s priorities.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction, definition, specification of the topic, chronology and bibliography. Assignment of topics to individual papers. The area of so-called Barbaricum in the Pre-Roman and Early Roman Period (legends of the origins of Germans.
  • 2. The area of so-called European Barbaricum in the Pre-Roman and Early Roman Period (Jastorf and Oksywie Cultures).
  • 3. Cultural image of today's Poland in the Roman Era – Przeworsk and Wielbark Cultures (their extent, archaeological displays and internal development). Amber trade and West Baltic area (the Aesti).
  • 4. Großromstedt Culture – eponymous burial ground, Schkopau cemetery, settlement conditions. Luboszyce Culture and Gustow Group. Lübsow – the phenomenon of so-called princely tombs of the Early Roman Period (examples from Poland, Germany and Denmark.
  • 5. Settlement conditions in the area of the North European Barbaricum (Holland, Schleswig-Holstein, Denmark) and Nordic votive deposits.
  • 6. The outset of the Roman-barbarian conflicts and building of military bases east of the Rhine.
  • 7. The Roman province of Germania and building of the Roman frontier.
  • 8. The Roman province of Rhaetia and Rhaetian Limes – military features in the Danube region (Regensburg, Künzing, Passau).
  • 9. The Roman province of Noricum and burial rites in the Roman Empire.
  • 10. Further development in the Danube region (the Roman provinces of Pannonia, Thracia, Moesia, Dacia). Roman Britain.
  • 11.Cultural picture at the beginning of the Migration Period and archaeological periodization of the Migration Period.
  • 12. Archaeological reflection of the Goths, Langobards and Gepids in Europe.
Literature
  • ESMONDE CLEARY, A. S. The Roman West, AD 200-500 : an archaeological study. 1st pub. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013, xv, 533. ISBN 9780521196499. info
  • LENDERING, Jona and Arjen V. A. J. BOSMAN. Edge of empire : Rome's frontier on the Lower Rhine. Rotterdam: Karwansaray, 2012, vii, 193. ISBN 9789490258054. info
  • DE VINGO, Paolo. From tribe to province to state : an historical-ethnographic and archaeological perspective for reinterpreting the settlement processes of the Germanic populations in western Europe between Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages. Oxford: Archaeopress, 2010, 303 s. ISBN 9781407306582. info
  • KOLB, Anne and Joachim FUGMANN. Tod in Rom : Grabinschriften als Spiegel römischen Lebens. Mainz am Rhein: Philipp von Zabern, 2008, 228 s. ISBN 9783805334839. info
  • HUMPHREY, John William. Ancient technology. 1st pub. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood, 2006, xxiv, 219. ISBN 0313327637. info
  • GREENE, Kevin. The archaeology of the Roman economy. Berkeley: University of California, 1986, 192 s. ISBN 9780520074019. info
Teaching methods
Lectures and tutorial (each student have to present a paper), class discussion, the seminar is enriched with study materials in english (resumé of the papers), which are available in the form of e-learning course https://elf.phil.muni.cz/elf2/course/view.php?id=2097
Assessment methods
Completion Requirements for the examination: overview of knowledge of the issues and selected topics based on the lectures and literature for study.
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
Information on completion of the course: Informace ke způsobu ukončení viz sylabus.
The course is taught once in two years.
General note: První dvouhodinovka je přednášena doc. PhDr. E. Kazdovou, CSc., druhou dvouhodinovku tvoří seminář vedený Mgr. D. Vachůtovou, Ph.D.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Účast na semináři je povinná. Pokud student nesplní podmínky pro ukončení semináře (vypracování referátu a anglického resumé) není možné přistoupit ke zkoušce.
Teacher's information
https://elf.phil.muni.cz/elf2/course/view.php?id=2097
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2000, Autumn 2002, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2018.
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