MED54 Powerful neighbours of (not) powerful Rome - Persians and Visigoths

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2011
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Bc. Silvie Elmoujahid, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Tomáš Knittl (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Katarina Petrovićová, Ph.D.
Department of Classical Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jitka Erlebachová
Prerequisites
NOW ( MED50 Intensive Course )
basic orientation in the ancient 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
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Course objectives
In the end of this course the student will have a basic overview of the history of Visigoths and Persians and about their interactions with the roman empire; the student will be able to orientate himself in the contemporary sources - written and material - and will have the ability to analize them and make his/her own conclusions based on them.
Syllabus
  • Persians:
  • 1. Introduction, literature and sources
  • 2. The collapse of the Seleucid Empire, the creation Parthia, the first expansion of Arsacids
  • 3. Parthian military, society, foreign trade and policy
  • 4. The first contacts with Rome, Mithridates II, Orodes II., Battle of Carrhae
  • 5. Roman - Parthian relations during the Second Triumvirate and the reign of Emperor Augustus
  • 6. Queen Musa, the decline of Parthia, Vologases I, campaign of Traianus and Lucius Verus , Vologases IV.
  • 7. Septimius Severus, the disintegration of Parthia, the battle for Nisibis, Ardeshir and uprise of the Sassanid Empire
  • 8. Shapur I. The Great , the transformation of the Persian Visigoths:
  • 1. the origin of the Goths, their wandering through Europe
  • 2. contacts with the Roman empire, christianization
  • 3. the kingdom of Toulouse
  • 4. the arian visigothic kingdom
  • 5. the crucial era – the reign of Leovigild and Reccared
  • 6. the catholic visigothic kingdom
  • 7. the end of the visigothic empire, invasion of the Arabs
  • 8. visigothic society and religon; culture,arts and crafts
Literature
  • al-Mukaddina (Orig.) : Čas království a říší : Mukaddima : úvod do historie. info
  • Daryaee, Touraj: Sasanian Iran (224 – 651 CE). Costa Mesa 2008.
  • BEDNAŘÍKOVÁ, Jarmila. Stěhování národů (The great migration of peoples). III. Praha: Vyšehrad, 2007, 416 pp. Historica. ISBN 978-80-7021-705-4. info
  • BEDNAŘÍKOVÁ, Jarmila, Aleš HOMOLA and Zdeněk MĚŘÍNSKÝ. Stěhování národů a Východ Evropy : Byzanc, Slované, Arabové. Vyd. 1. Praha: Vyšehrad, 2006, 557 s. ISBN 8070217871. info
  • HEATHER, Peter. Goths. Praha: Lidové Noviny, 2002, 408 pp. Dějiny národů. ISBN 80-7106-199-9. info
  • ČEŠKA, Josef. Zánik antického světa. Vyd. 1. Praha: Vyšehrad, 2000, 277 s. ISBN 8070213868. info
  • ORLANDIS, José. Historia de España. Época visigoda (409-711). Madrid, 1999. ISBN 84-249-1250-0. info
  • ZÁSTĚROVÁ, B. Dějiny Byzance. Praha, 1994. info
  • KLÍMA, Otakar. Sláva a pád starého Iránu. 1. vyd. Praha: Orbis, 1977, 252 s., [1. info
  • LIVERMORE, Harold V. The origins of Spain and Portugal. London, 1971. ISBN 0-04-946005-6. info
Teaching methods
The classes will take the form of lectures complemented by illustrations and work with written sources.
Assessment methods
The students will obtain the colloquium for active participation on the lectures and elaboration of a written paper on one of the topics, which will be posted to the study materials, within the range of 15 000 signs.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: celkem 10 hodin.
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