Ancient History (study plan)

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FF FBDSpH Ancient History

Name in Czech: Dějiny starověku
Bachelor's full-time major, language of instruction: Czech Czech

Included in the programme: FF B-DST_ Ancient History

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Parts of the final state examination and its content
The bachelor's state exam is oral. Topics, knowledge of which is required, are posted on a website of the Department of Classical Studies (in Czech):
http://classics.phil.muni.cz/studium/pro-studenty.
At the bachelor's exam, knowledge of rather encyclopedic character is required. Students draw four questions from the announced sets of questions that include the introduction into Ancient History studies, the history of the ancient Near East and Egypt, the history of ancient Greece and Rome and Late Antiquity.
The bachelor's thesis defense is also a part of the exam. Students present main ideas of their thesis and answer questions included in the opponents' reviews and in following discussion.
Suggestion of theses topics and the topics of defended theses
Suggestions of topics:
The legislative activity of the emperors Maiorianus and Anthemius
Mythical nations in the works of ancient geographers and historians on China
Defended theses (selected examples):
The revolt of Hermenegild in the light of contemporary sources
(https://is.muni.cz/th/110131/ff_b_b1)
Renovatio imperii - the beginning of the restoration of Byzantine hegemony over the lost provinces of the Western Roman Empire - Vandalic war
(https://is.muni.cz/th/382786/ff_b)
The research navigation of Pytheas from Massalia in the younger ancient sources
(https://is.muni.cz/th/427968/ff_b)
Spectaculum Magnum: Private and professional life of gladiators in ancient Rome
(https://is.muni.cz/th/413423/ff_b)
Selected aspects of the description of Thracians in the works of Greek writers
(https://is.muni.cz/th/428617/ff_b)
The crime of insulting the state in the Roman Republic
(https://is.muni.cz/th/437850/ff_b_a2)
Women and sport in Greek and Roman Antiquity
(https://is.muni.cz/th/f890y/J._Kouril_BP_Zeny_a_sport_v_recko-rimske_antice.pdf?info=1)
Importance of the Roman army auxiliary units during the period of the early and high principate
(https://is.muni.cz/th/l5sjy/)
Reconstruction of paleoenvironmental conditions of ancient Eastern Mediterranean and influence of geography on Greek colonisation
(https://is.muni.cz/th/gnf2b/)
Military use of elephants till AD
(https://is.muni.cz/th/xa475/)

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Compulsory courses

Code	Name	Guarantor	Type of Completion	Extent and Intensity	Credits	Term	Profile Cat.
FF:DSBcA01	Introduction to the Study of Ancient History	J. Bednaříková	zk	2/0/0	3	1	Z
FF:DSBcA02	Proseminar in Ancient History	M. Melounová	z	0/2/0	3	1	Z
FF:DSBcA03	History of the Ancient Near East I	L. Pecha	zk	2/2/0	3+3	1	P
FF:DSBcA22	History of the Ancient Near East II	L. Pecha	zk	2/2/0	3+3	2	P
FF:DSBcA05	History of Ancient Greece I	M. Habaj	zk	2/2/0	3+3	2	P
FF:DSBcA07	History of Ancient Greece II	M. Habaj	zk	2/2/0	3+3	3	P
FF:DSBcA09	History of Ancient Rome I	M. Melounová	zk	2/2/0	3+3	4	P
FF:DSBcA11	History of Ancient Rome II	M. Melounová	zk	2/2/0	3+3	5	P
FF:DSBcA13	Intermediate Period between Antiquity and the Middle Ages	J. Bednaříková	zk	2/2/0	4+3	6	P
FF:DSBcA15	Interpretative Seminar I	M. Habaj	z	0/2/0	4	5	Z
FF:DSBcA16	Interpretative Seminar II	M. Melounová	z	0/2/0	4	6	Z
FF:DSBcA24	Topography of Ancient Greece	M. Habaj	zk	2/0/0	4	1	-
FF:DSBcA25	Topography of Ancient Rome and Italy	M. Melounová	zk	0/0/0	4	4	-
FF:DSBcA26	History of Ancient Law I	M. Frýdek	z	2/0/0	2	3	-
FF:DSBcA27	History of Ancient Law II	M. Frýdek	zk	2/0/0	4	4	-
FF:DSBcA28	History of Ancient Historiography	M. Melounová	zk	1/1/0	3+1	1	Z
					75 credits

Selective courses

Pramenný jazyk

Studenti studující podle dvouoborového plánu s Dějinami starověku jako hlavním oborem (maior) mají povinnost absolvovat 4 semestry jednoho pramenného jazyka. Jazyk volí podle svého zaměření z dvojice latina - klasická řečtina.

Latina

Code	Name	Guarantor	Type of Completion	Extent and Intensity	Credits	Term	Profile Cat.
FF:LJ601	Latin for the Non-Latinists I	P. Ševčík	k	1/1/0	4	-	-
FF:LJ602	Latin for the Non-Latinists II	P. Ševčík	zk	1/1/0	4	-	-
FF:LJ603	Latin for the Non-Latinists III	P. Ševčík	k	1/1/0	4	-	-
FF:LJ604	Latin for the Non-Latinists IV	Z. Čermáková Lukšová	zk	1/1/0	4	-	-
					16 credits

Klasická řečtina

Code	Name	Guarantor	Type of Completion	Extent and Intensity	Credits	Term	Profile Cat.
FF:KR013	Classical Greek I	J. Steklá	z	0/2/0	4	1	-
FF:KR014	Classical Greek II	J. Steklá	z	0/2/0	4	2	-
FF:KR015	Classical Greek III	J. Steklá	z	0/2/0	4	3	-
FF:KR016	Classical Greek IV	J. Steklá	zk	0/2/0	4	4	-
					16 credits

Písemnictví, náboženství a filozofie starověku

Studenti si vybírají předměty z bloků Písemnictví, náboženství a filozofie starověku a/nebo Širší kulturně-historicko-archeologický kontext dle vlastního zaměření v celkové hodnotě minimálně 4 kredity.

Code	Name	Guarantor	Type of Completion	Extent and Intensity	Credits	Term	Profile Cat.
FF:KR021	The Beginnings of Greek Philosohy: Presocratics and Sophists	J. Franek	z	2/0/0	4	3	-
FF:KR022	Classical Greek Philosophy: Socrates, Plato, Aristotle	J. Franek	z	2/0/0	4	-	-
FF:LJ401	Classical Mythology: Gods	I. Radová	k	2/0/0	3	1	-
FF:LJ402	Classical Mythology: Heroic myths	I. Radová	k	2/0/0	3	2	-
FF:MED05	Overview of Classical Greek Literature	I. Radová	k	1/1/0	4	3	-
FF:MED06	Overview of Classical Roman Literature	K. Petrovićová	zk	1/1/0	4	-	-
FF:RLBcB023	Ancient Near Eastern Religions	D. Papoušek	k	1/1/0	4	-	-
FF:RLBcB206	Roman Religion	A. Chalupa	k	1/1/0	4	-	-
FF:RLBcB238	Greek Religion	I. Doležalová	k	1/1/0	4	2	-
					34 credits

Širší kulturně-historicko-archeologický kontext

Nabídka předmětů vyučovaných externími odborníky (domácími nebo zahraničními) se pravidelně obměňuje.

Studijní soustředění

Code	Name	Guarantor	Type of Completion	Extent and Intensity	Credits	Term	Profile Cat.
FF:DSBcB22	Intensive Study Course	M. Melounová	z	0/20/0	4	-	-
FF:DSBcB35	Autumn School of Roman Law	M. Frýdek	z	0/0/0	4	-	-
					8 credits

Code	Name	Guarantor	Type of Completion	Extent and Intensity	Credits	Term	Profile Cat.
FF:DSBcB03	Auxiliary Sciences of History in the Context of Ancient History	N. Jašková	z	2/0/0	4	-	-
FF:DSBcB15	Ancient Roman Family	T. Antošovská	z	1/1/0	4	-	-
FF:DSBcB19	Trade in Antiquity	T. Štěpánek	z	2/0/0	4	-	-
FF:DSBcB20	The History of "Sport" in Antiquity I - Greece	J. Kouřil	z	2/0/0	4	-	-
FF:DSBcB21	The History of "Sport" in Antiquity - Rome	J. Kouřil	z	2/0/0	4	-	-
FF:DSBcB24	The Formation and Development of Cities in Antiquity	T. Štěpánek	z	2/0/0	4	-	-
FF:DSBcB25	Roman Art	M. Pardyová	z	2/0/0	4	-	-
FF:DSBcB26	Health, Lifestyle and Medicine in Antiquity	J. Kouřil	z	2/0/0	4	-	-
FF:DSBcB27	The Unrelenting World: Labour, Violence, and Death in Ancient Roman Society	T. Antošovská	z	2/0/0	4	-	-
FF:DSBcB31	Oriental and Mystery Cults in the Ancient Mediterranean	M. Šmerda	k	2/0/0	4	-	-
FF:DSBcB32	Late Ancient and Early Christian Culture	M. Pardyová	z	2/0/0	4	-	-
FF:DSBcB33	History of the Jewish People in Antiquity	T. Kvasničková	k	2/0/0	4	-	-
FF:DSBcB34	The Criminal Law of Ancient Rome	M. Frýdek	k	1/1/0	4	-	-
FF:DSBcB39	An Expedition in the Footsteps of Alexander the Great's Campaign	J. Kouřil	z	0/0/0 exkurze.	4	-	-
FF:DSBcB40	Ancient Sparta	J. Kouřil	z	2/0/0	4	-	-
FF:DSBcB42	From Cyrus to Alexander: through the History of Achaemenid Persia	M. Habaj	k	4/0/0	4	-	-
FF:DSBcB44		-	-	0/0	-	-	-
FF:DSBcB46		-	-	0/0	-	-	-
FF:DSBcB47	Empires along the Silk Road	N. Gottvaldová	z	1/1/0	4	-	-
FF:DSBcB48	Archaeology of Ancient Medicine	T. Alušík	k	1/0/0	3	-	-
FF:DSMB01	History of Ancient Warfare - Greece	J. Kouřil	k	1/1/0	4	-	-
FF:DSMB24	History of Ancient Warfare - Eastern Peoples	M. Jurík	k	1/1/0	4	-	-
FF:DSMB18	Pseudo-History versus Science	M. Jurík	k	0/2/0	4	-	-
FF:KLA_004	Greek Art I	V. Klontza	zk	2/0/0 0.	3	-	-
FF:KLA_005	Greek Art II	V. Klontza	zk	2/0/0 0.	3	-	-
FF:KR007	Reading Xenophon	J. Steklá	k	0/2/0	4	5	-
FF:KR010	Reading Ancient Greek Texts	J. Steklá	k	0/2/0	4	-	-
FF:KR017	Languages and Writing Systems of the Ancient Mediterranean: Greece	J. Franek	k	1/0/0	3	5	-
FF:KR018	Women and Private Life in Ancient Greece	J. Steklá	k	2/0/0	4	-	-
FF:KR027	Historical and Critical Introduction to the New Testament	V. Hrůšová	k	2/0/0	4	-	-
FF:KR030	Magic in the Graeco-Roman World	J. Franek	k	2/0/0	4	-	-
FF:LJ202	Reading Seminar (Caesar)	J. Mikulová	k	0/2/0	4+1	-	-
FF:LJ208	Individual Reading of Sallust	J. Mikulová	k	0/0/0 0.	2	-	-
FF:LJ404	Languages and Writing Systems of the Ancient Mediterranean (Italy)	D. Urbanová	k	1/0/0	3	-	-
FF:LJ407	The Arabian World in Antiquity and Early Middle Ages I	J. Bednaříková	z	2/0/0	3	-	-
FF:LJ408	The Arabian World in Antiquity and Early Middle Ages II	J. Bednaříková	k	2/0/0	3	-	-
FF:LJ409	Etique of the civilizations of Antiquity I	J. Bednaříková	z	2/0/0	3	-	-
FF:LJ410	Etique of the civilizations of Antiquity II	J. Bednaříková	k	2/0/0	3	-	-
FF:LJ451	Lectures by Czech and Foreign Experts	D. Urbanová	k	in blocks - Jedná se o přednášky a semináře hostů z ČR i ze zahraničí.	4	-	-
FF:LJ453	Expert lectures: Romanisation and Latinisation of the Roman Empire	D. Urbanová	k	in blocks - Lectures held by foreign lecturers.	4	-	-
FF:MED55	Geography of the Mediterranean	V. Herber	k	1/1/0	3	-	-
FF:RLBcB041	Biblical Archaeology	D. Papoušek	k	1/1/0	4	-	-
					149 credits

Bakalářská práce (min. 10 kr.)

Code	Name	Guarantor	Type of Completion	Extent and Intensity	Credits	Term	Profile Cat.
FF:DSBcDI	Major (Diploma) B. A. Thesis Seminar I	M. Melounová	z	0/2/0	3	5	P
FF:DSBcDII	Major (Diploma) B. A. Thesis Seminar II	M. Melounová	z	0/2/0	7	6	P
FF:DSBcDipl	Bachelor’s Thesis	M. Melounová	z	0/0/0 0.	-	6	-
					10 credits

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