DSMgrB15 The Role of Religion in the Ancient Roman State

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2018
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Benedikt Lavrinčík (lecturer)
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
Thu 10:00–11:40 A24
Prerequisites
Active and passive knowledge of English
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
Students will deal with relationships between the Roman religion and the Roman state. These relations will be presented by lectures. For better understanding of these relationships, stundents will read ancient sources and papers of modern scholars.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course, students will be able to orientate in problems of relationships between the Roman religion and the Roman state.
Syllabus
  • 1) An overview of literatures relating to the Roman religion; ancient sources; a basic owerview of development of the Roman religion.
  • 2) Religious power of Roman officials
  • 3) Influence of divination and augury on the Roman state; pontifices, augures, Sibil´s book and divination
  • 4) Virgines Vestalis, the Eternal fire and civitas
  • 5) The Roman calendar and influece of pontifices on politics
  • 6) The Roman religion and laws; fas, nefas, ius, lex, sacrilegium
  • 7) The Roman religion and wars; fetiales; declaration of war and peace; Roman festivals relating to war and army
  • 8) The patrician-plebeian reconciliation in the religious field
  • 9) The state cult and other festivals
  • 10) The Roman religion and its relationship to arts and architecture
  • 11) Roles of the Roman religion in family life
  • 12) Augustus´s effor of old traditional religion renaissance
Literature
    recommended literature
  • Religion in archaic and republican Rome and Italy : evidence and experience. Edited by Edward Bispham - Christopher John Smith. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2000, xiv, 199. ISBN 0748614303. info
  • The Roman calendar from Numa to Constantinetime, history, and the fasti. Edited by Jèorg Rèupke. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, 2011, vi, 226 p. ISBN 9780470655085. info
  • LEVENE, D. S. Religion in Livy. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1993, x, 257. ISBN 9004096175. info
  • SCULLARD, H. H. Festivals and ceremonies of the Roman Republic. First published. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Library, 1981, 288 stran. ISBN 0801414024. info
  • Social struggles in archaic Rome : new perspectives on the conflict of the orders. Edited by Kurt A. Raaflaub. Expanded and updated edition. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing, 2005, xxix, 417. ISBN 1405100605. info
Teaching methods
lectures, class discussion, reading of ancient sources
Assessment methods
The written test consists of 20 questions, 14 of correct anaswers is needed to pass the test
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2017.
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