Historical Geography of the Ancient World

This Course gives a view of tools and methods used by the Geographer of the ancient world. Through the written sources (Greek and Latin Authors, epigraphs, literary and documentary papyri) and the cartographical finds the students obtain a knowledge about:
themes of ancient geography, of ancient landscapes, and people's relationship with Nature; the geography narrated by the Ancient Authors.
The focus is on Greek and Roman period (VIII BC - VIII AD) with some previous and later references, in the context of the Ancient Near East.

Triennial Degree
Knowledge:
at the end of the Course, students will know the sources (they have studied) both, in an analytical way and their context; the history of Greco-roman Geography until the Middle Ages; main topics of the field with interdisciplinary connections.
Skills:
Students will be able to: illustrate some geographical topics clearly and using correct terminology;
use some key ideas of ancient Cartography: oikoumene, odologic space, klimata, latitudo, longitudo; manage the main bibliographical tools.
Master Degree:
Knowledge:
at the end of the Course, students will know the ancient sources (also in original version) in a critical way; some focus on open issues of the field, with the related international literature.
Skills:
Students will be able to use and discuss ancient sources (literary, archaeological) in a comparative way; build a scientific bibliography on a topic; set up their own research (also in view of a thesis).